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Goldman v. Capital City Mortgage Corporation

Contracts, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Banking Law
In an action by a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee to prevent the transfer of debtor's property to defendant, 11 U.S.C. section 550(b), judgment of the...

Laboy v. Doral Mortgage Corporation

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy dispute involving the violation of an automatic stay, judgment of the bankruptcy court denying a hearing on damages is reversed...

In re Lehman Brothers Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation

Banking Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a dispute arising from several securities actions seeking to hold defendants liable as underwriters or control persons for misstatements or...

US v. $79,650.00 Seized from Bank of America

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Asset Forfeiture
In a civil forfeiture dispute arising from a complaint of illegal currency structuring, 31 U.S.C. section 5324, judgment of the trial court ordering...

Semler v. General Electric Capital Corp.

Banking Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Banking Law
In an Unruh Civil Rights Act , Civ. Code section 51, dispute involving whether the declination of a commercial lending institution to make a mezzanine...

In Re: Parmalat Securities Litigation

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies, Securities Law
In consolidated cases arising from the financial collapse of Parmalat Finanziaria, judgment of the district court denying motions for remand and...

In Re: American Express Merchants' Litigation

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action dispute challenging the validity of a mandatory arbitration clause which also contained a class action waiver, judgment of district...

Hess v. Cohen and Slamowitz, LLP

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action seeking damages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act's (FDCPA) civil liability provisions, 15 USC section 1692k, the district...

Gomes v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.

Banking Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In an suit regarding a home mortgage foreclosure, alleging "Wrongful Initiation of Foreclosure", defendant's demurrer was properly sustained without...

Slattery v. US

M&A, Administrative Law, Banking Law
In an en banc review of the Court of Federal Claims ruling against the government in a suit on behalf of shareholders of a failing bank that merged...