In its March 2022 updates to a staff manual for its examiners, the CFPB noted that discrimination can satisfy the statutory requirements for unfairness under the Consumer Financial Protection Act. The Bureau did not determine that any particular discriminatory practice was unfair.
Appellate briefs addressing trustee’s duty of good faith in foreclosing, UDAP claims, U.S. Bank NA v Lyons Washington Supreme Court, Main Brief Oct. 2013; Amicus Brief of Northwest Consumer Law Center & Northwest Justice Project filed April 25, 2014.
Appellate briefs addressing HAMP TPP class action claims under state UDAP and FDCPA statutes, breach of contract, good faith and fair dealing, and promissory estoppel. Corvello and Lucia v. Wells Fargo
Appellant’s Main Brief 9th Cir. Mar. 22, 2012 and Appellant’s Reply Brief May 23, 2012. Karen LUCIA and Jeffrey Lucia, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. d/b/a Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and Does 1 through 10, Defendants., 2010 WL 4271748 (N.D.Cal.) 9th Cir various HAMP claims, class action
Appellate briefs addressing HAMP TPP class action claims under state UDAP and FDCPA statutes, breach of contract, good faith and fair dealing, and promissory estoppel. Corvello and Lucia v. Wells Fargo
Appellant’s Main Brief 9th Cir. Mar. 22, 2012 and Appellant’s Reply Brief May 23, 2012. LUCIA and Lucia, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. d/b/a Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and Does 1 through 10, Defendants., 2010 WL 4271748 (N.D.Cal.) 9th Cir various HAMP claims, class action
The complaint asserts causes of action for fraudulent misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment, violations of the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Civ. Code §1782 et seq.; the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, Welf. & Inst. Code §15600, et seq.; the Home Solicitation Sales Act, Civ. Code §1689.5 et seq.; Bus. & Prof. Code §7150 et seq.; and the Unfair Competition Law, Bus. & Prof. Code §17200 et seq. against both Appellants and a cause of action for violations of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Civ. Code §1788 et seq.
Does the preemption of state usury laws enjoyed by national banks under the National Bank Act extend to non-bank debt buyers where, as here, the national bank retains no interest in or control over the subject accounts, and the national bank and the debt buyer are operationally and legally unrelated entities?
The sole issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in granting summary judgment to Defendant-Appellant AT&T Services, Inc. (AT&T) on the grounds that its automated text message survey system did not constitute an Automatic Telephone Dialing System as defined by the TCPA.