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Judge Finds Class's Claim Over Inflated Appraisal Scheme Timely
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A federal judge in California on April 23 denied First American eAppraiseIT LLC's (EA) motion for judgment on the pleadings in a class action suit brought under the Real Estate...
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7th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Suit Over Refinanced Mortgage
CHICAGO - A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 29 affirmed the dismissal of a couple's lawsuit over the refinancing of their home mortgage loan after finding that the lender was not...
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Judge Finds Statute Of Frauds Applies To Debt Collection Claims
DALLAS - A federal judge in Texas on April 1 awarded summary judgment to Bank of New York Mellon, Bank of America N.A. and BAC Home Loans Servicing LP in a suit brought by a couple seeking to prevent...
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Panel Says Lawsuit Raising 'Show-Me-The-Note' Theory Was Properly Dismissed
ST. LOUIS - An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 19 upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by 13 homeowners challenging nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings on their homes, after...
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8th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Foreclosure Suit, Sanctions Against Counsel
ST. LOUIS - An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 19 affirmed a $75,000 sanction against plaintiffs' counsel and the dismissal of their lawsuit challenging nonjudicial foreclosure...
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Statute Of Frauds Bars Estoppel, Misrepresentation Claims, Judge Rules
HOUSTON - A federal judge in Texas on March 30 awarded summary judgment to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac) after finding that the statute of frauds barred a...
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Judge Allows Man To Amend Allegations Over Robo-Signing
FLINT, Mich. - A federal judge in Michigan on March 29 rejected in part a magistrate judge's report and recommendation suggesting the dismissal of man's lawsuit challenging the foreclosure of his home...
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Lead Plaintiff Failed To Plead Recklessness In Securities Suit, Judge Rules
NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on April 25 dismissed a lead plaintiff's second amended securities class action complaint against certain current and former executive officers of Eastman Kodak...
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Jury Finds Former Executive Guilty Of Computer Fraud, Trade Secrets Violations
SAN FRANCISCO - Five years after the original indictment was filed against David Nosal, a California federal jury on April 24 found the former Korn/Ferry International executive guilty of six criminal...
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Federal Judge Upholds Benefit Denial Despite Faulty Administrative Claims...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A health insurance plan administrator's denial of benefits was not arbitrary and capricious, even though the administrator gave three different reasons for the denial at different...
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8th Circuit: Debtor Fails To Show Undue Hardship; Loans Not Discharged
ST. LOUIS - A panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 25 affirmed a bankruptcy court's decision that a debtor was not entitled to discharge of his student loan obligations based on...
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8th Circuit: Police Officers Failed To Prove Alleged Unpaid Overtime Hours
ST. LOUIS - Kansas City, Mo., police officers who alleged that they were denied overtime compensation are owed nothing by their employer because they failed to provide any proof of actual damages, the...
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U.S. Trustee: Atari Bonuses Should Be Denied As 'Primarily Retentive'
NEW YORK - The U.S. trustee in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of video game maker Atari Inc. on April 24 filed a brief objecting to the company's plan to pay bonuses to key employees on grounds that the...
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Indiana Judge Won't Dismiss Trademark Case
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Finding that a trademark infringement plaintiff has "clearly made at least a prima facie showing" that personal jurisdiction can be exercised over four defendants, an Indiana federal...
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Kansas Federal Judge Grants Conditional Cert In TV Producers' Overtime Suit
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A Kansas federal judge on April 23 conditionally certified a class of television producers seeking unpaid straight time and overtime compensation (Melissa Greenstein, et al. v....
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California State Jury Awards $6.5M In 1st Actos Bladder Cancer Case To Go To...
LOS ANGELES - A California state court jury on April 26 awarded $6.5 million in the first Actos bladder cancer case to go to trial, according to the parties (Jack Cooper v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals...
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D.C. Circuit Affirms FDA's Exclusivity Ruling In Seroquel Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A District of Columbia federal judge did not err in granting the Food and Drug Administration summary judgment on allegations that the agency improperly denied the makers of the...
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Iowa Appeals Court Denies Exceptions To Mensing's Generic Drug Preemption
DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa state appeals court on April 24 said that the U.S. Supreme Court's generic drug preemption ruling does not allow a claim against a metoclopramide manufacturer for failing to...
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AMR Says $3.25B In Financing Needed As It Tries To Exit Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
NEW YORK - Bankrupt AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines Inc., on April 25 moved in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York for approval of its request for $3.25...
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Federal Judge Denies Student Loan Debtor's Motion To Vacate Judgment
BAY CITY, Mich. - A federal judge in Michigan on April 25 denied a student loan debtor's motion to vacate a judgment against her, finding that the debtor did not demonstrate fraud by the U.S....
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