US Supreme Court rules on juvenile life terms, immigration law
In two widely anticipated rulings, the Supreme Court ruled the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment bars juvenile homicide offenders from being sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
Consumer Protection – RESPA — class actions
11-1816 & 11-1817 Howland v. First American Title Ins. Co.
US Supreme Court justices ponder if RESPA bars non-kickback fee
When a mortgage fee is just a fee and not a kickback to a third party, is it barred by federal law? That was the question before the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court recently.
Supreme Court to decide whether RESPA requires fee split
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether §8(b) of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act prohibits a real estate settlement services provider from charging an unearned fee only if the fee is divided between two or more parties.
09-2182 Catalan v. GMAC Mortgage Corp.
Consumer Protection RESPA A qualified written request under RESPA need only identify the borrower, the account, and include a reasonably stated request for information. “RESPA does not require any magic language before a servicer must construe a written communication from a borrower as a qualified written request and respond accordingly. The language of the provision […]
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