Joseph W. Guzzetta, Editor-in-Chief
Michael J. Steiner & Donald J. Querio, Senior Editors
Elizabeth Holt Andrews & Evelina Manukyan, Associate Editors
Author: Genevieve R Walser-Jolly On February 9, 2017, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, H.R. 985 (“FCALA”), was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Rep. Robert Goodlatte (R-Va.). On March 9, 2017, the bill … Read More
Author: Donald H. Cram III In overturning an Eleventh Circuit decision that put collectors on the hook for filing bad faith claims against a debtor, the United States Supreme Court in Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson, 137 S. Ct. 1407 … Read More
Author: Michael J. Steiner A recent appellate decision provides favorable rulings on numerous important issues affecting California mortgage foreclosure litigation. Kalnoki v. First American Trustee Solutions, LLC, 8 Cal. App. 5th 23 (2017) holds: A notice of default and accompanying … Read More
Authors: Austin B. Kenney & Colin T. Murphy Is a car buyer’s ability to recover attorneys’ fees and costs under California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act (the “CLRA”) limited by the seller’s timely tender of an attempted “cure”? Three recent cases … Read More
Author: Donald J. Querio Every financial institution dreads the discovery by a class action lawyer of a technical, albeit harmless, glitch in a widely used consumer contract that triggers exposure under a federal or state statute. The “express consent” requirement … Read More
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