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Read More »The Illinois Supreme Court in Joiner v. SVM Mgmt., LLC, 2020 IL 124671 (Feb. 21, 2020) affirmed that a plaintiff’s class action claims are moot where the requested damages and fees are tendered to the name plaintiff before a motion for class certification is filed. In effect, it allows a…
Read More »On February 24, 2020, the FDIC, through its FDiTech initiative, released a guide (“Guide”) to assist fintech companies working with banks understand the process that banks must undertake in entering and maintaining business relationships with fintech providers. The Guide provides an executive style overview of the vendor management and risk…
Read More »In Preston v. Midland Credit Management, Inc., No. 18-3119 (Jan. 21, 2020), the Seventh Circuit reversed a district court’s order of dismissal, holding that the language “TIME SENSITIVE DOCUMENT” on the envelope of a dunning letter violated § 1692f(8) of the FDCPA. In doing so, it refused to recognize the benign‐language…
Read More »On January 24, 2020, the CFPB issued a policy statement (“Policy Statement”) providing a framework on how it intends to apply the “abusive” acts or practices standard in supervision and enforcement matters. The Policy Statement was issued in an attempt to address the financial industry concerns over the uncertainty surrounding…
Read More »The insured in Evergreen Real Estate Servs., LLC v. Hanover Ins. Co., 2019 IL App (1st) 181867 (Jan. 4, 2020) sought a declaration that its insurer had a duty to defend it in a class action brought by the insured’s tenants alleging that the insured committed several violations of the…
Read More »On December 3, 2019, the FRB, CFPB, FDIC, NCUA and OCC (the “regulators”) issued a joint statement concerning the use of alternative data in credit underwriting (the “Statement”). The statement is directed to both depository and non-depository financial institutions (collectively “institutions”). The alternative data covered by the Statement is the…
Read More »The US Supreme Court was asked in Rotkiske v. Klemm, No. 18-328 (U.S. Dec. 10, 2019) to weigh in on when the statute of limitations begins to run on an FDCPA claim. It held that absent the application of an equitable doctrine, the statute of limitations begins to run when…
Read More »At issue in CSI Worldwide, LLC v. TRUMPF Inc., No. 19-2189 (7th Cir. Dec. 11, 2019) was the scope of the judicial estoppel theory. A trade show exhibitor contracted with an exhibit installer to provide services for a trade show in Chicago. The installer subcontracted some of the work out.…
Read More »The borrowers in Deutsche Bank Nat’l Tr. Co., a v. Roongseang, 2019 IL App (1st) 180948 (Dec. 2, 2019) filed an affirmative defense to a foreclosure alleging the plaintiff-mortgagee failed to provide them with an acceleration notice in accordance with the sections 20 and 22 of the mortgage. The mortgage…
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