Firm will present at American Legal & Financial Network’s ANSWERS Webinar

On Friday, July 31, 2020, Founding Partner Jim Noonan will be virtually presenting at this year’s American Legal & Financial Network (ALFN) ANSWERS webinar entitled “Hindsight is 2020 – A year in Review. Top Issues of the Past Year.” Conferences as we have known them may be on hold, but…

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Illinois Court holds that complaint inferred acceleration notice was provided and for a monetary…

The mortgagor, in U.S. Bank, Nat’l Ass’n as Tr. for Truman 2016 SC Title Tr. v. Reinish, 2020 IL App (2d) 190175 (April 21, 2020), asserted as a defense to a judgment of foreclosure that the mortgagee did not provide her with a notice of acceleration prior to foreclosing. The…

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Even though foreclosure accelerates debt Eleventh Circuit holds it is not inaccurate to report…

In Hunt v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, Nat’l Ass’n, No. 18-11306 (11th Cir. Apr. 25, 2019) a consumer filed a class action suit alleging that his lender violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by reporting him late even after the lender had commenced foreclosure proceedings. He also contended that after he…

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Illinois Appellate Court holds condominium association not required to file lawsuit against prior owner…

In Sylva, LLC v. Baldwin Court Condominium Association, Inc., 2018 IL App (1st) 170520, a purchaser bought a condominium unit at a foreclosure sale. At the time of sale, the purchaser paid six months’ of the prior owner’s unpaid assessments to clear the title of the unpaid assessment lien. After…

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Illinois Appellate Court holds that condominium law puts no time limit on when the…

In 5510 Sheridan Road Condominium Association v. U.S. Bank, 2017 IL App. (1st) 160279 (March 31, 2017) the First District Appellate Court clarified some confusion over how Section 9(g)(3) of the Condominium Property Act (765 ILCS 605/9(g)(3)) operates to foreclose an assessment lien and concluded that when the foreclosure sale…

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