all - Opinion Summaries

ANNOD CORP. v. HAMILTON & SAMUELS

Banking Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A landlord's claims under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, that partners in a defunct law firm drained firm assets by taking draws instead of...

LOPEZ v. WASHINGTON MUT. BANK, FA

Banking Law, Government Benefits
A bank's practice, of using directly deposited Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits to cover overdrafts and overdraft fees, does...

PARK TERRACE, LTD. v. TEASDALE

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Actions for loans of money at allegedly usurious rates were not actionable under the exemption for loans arranged by a licensed real estate broker...

ESPRESSO ROMA CORP. v. BANK OF AM.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law
Under California Uniform Commercial Code section 4406, an employer is precluded from asserting claims against a bank for payment of forged checks...

HEATON v. MONOGRAM CREDIT CARD BANK OF GEORGIA

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action alleging violations of Louisiana usury laws, because the FDIC was entitled to intervene, instant federal subject matter jurisdiction...

APS SPORTS COLLECTIBLES, INC. v. SPORTS TIME, INC.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action arising from a loan default and transfer of assets from a bankrupt corporation, no valid claim of liability of individual corporate...

OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO. v. WELLS FARGO BANK

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A bank employee's laundering of proceeds from a robbery did not proximately cause the robbery victim's loss, and the employee's entry into a RICO...

PASCHAL v. FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
A mortgage-lending discrimination lawsuit is barred where denial of a loan occurred more than three years prior to the filing of the complaint, and no...

PASCHAL v. FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Rights, Remedies
When only one set of plaintiffs ultimately prevailed in a mortgage-lending discrimination lawsuit, attorney fees and interest must be reduced to...

US v. HARTZ

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence enhancement was properly imposed against an attorney and real estate broker who pled guilty to mail and insurance fraud, where defendant...