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US v. Baum

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Defendant's conviction and sentence for wire fraud and money laundering arising from his orchestration of a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders by...

Ameriloan v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Indian Law
In claim brought by companies providing short-term loans to state residents over the internet, petition for writ of mandate compelling trial court to...

In re: Hunt

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy case, creditor-bank's appeal is dismissed as moot where: 1) debtors' conversion of their case from Chapter 13 to Chapter 7 mooted the...

Quik Payday, Inc. v. Stork

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law
In a case brought by a company that utilizes the Internet in making short-term loans, a district court's decision rejecting its constitutional dormant...

LaBarge Pipe & Steel Co. v. First Bank

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging tort and contract claims relating to a letter of credit issued by defendants, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part...

Sherer v. Green Tree Servicing LLC

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit involving Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act claims, denial of a motion to compel arbitration is reversed...

UnitedHealth Group Inc. v. Wilmington Trust Co.

Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a company's action seeking a declaratory judgment that its failure to file timely reports with the SEC violated no duties owed to its noteholders,...

Brown v. Wells Fargo Bank

Banking Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action to determine whether there was fraud in the execution of a brokerage account agreement, in particular the arbitration clause, denial of...

LaBarge Pipe & Steel Co. v. First Bank

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging tort and contract claims relating to a letter of credit issued by defendants, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part...

Dominguez v. Washington Mutual Bank

Banking Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for job discrimination based upon sexual orientation, summary judgment in favor of defendant-Washington Mutual Bank is reversed in part and...