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Sheen v. Wells Fargo Bank – A Change in Mortgage Foreclosure Litigation

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On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, Sanford Shatz (Irvine) will join the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) Banking and Lending Section for a webinar to discuss the California Supreme Court’s resolution of Sheen v. Wells Fargo Bank and the case’s impact on mortgage foreclosure litigation.

The Court resolved a split among the appellate courts holding that a mortgage lender does not owe a borrower a tort duty sounding in general negligence principles to process, review, and respond carefully and completely to a loan modification application.  This panel will explore the case, its background and its effects on mortgage litigation in particular, and litigation in the consumer financial services space in general.  

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CCFL 2022 Annual Consumer Financial Services Conference

May 20, 2022

Three members of McGlinchey's Consumer Financial Services Compliance team will participate in panel discussions during the Conference on Consumer Finance Law's 2022 Annual Consumer Financial Services Conference at Loyola University Chicago School of Law on May 19-20, 2022.

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CFPB Issues Report on Characteristics of Homeowners Who Remain in Forbearance as Pandemic Protections Expire

May 6, 2022

Almost eight million borrowers entered forbearance plans during the pandemic, including those plans available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Many borrowers have exited their forbearance plans. As a follow-up to its May 2021 report, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently published an updated report on the characteristics of mortgage borrowers who remained under the protection of a forbearance plan as of January 2022 to help understand their demographics and financial capacity.

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Legal Issues Committee Q3 2021 Webinar

August 20, 2021

Sanford Shatz (Irvine) will join a panel of speakers on Friday, August 20, 2021, for the California Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA) Legal Issues Committee's Q3 2021 Webinar.

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The Supremes: A Discussion of the Most Important Banking and Lending Cases from the Last Term of the United States Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court

August 17, 2021

On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, Dhruv Sharma and Sanford Shatz (Irvine) will join the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) Banking and Lending Section for a webinar to discuss the United States Supreme Court’s Banking and Lending cases from the October 2020 term, their impact on consumers and lenders, and how they will affect the financialMore

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What Is, What Might Be, What Will Not Be

August 18, 2020

Irvine attorneys Sandy Shatz and Dhruv Sharma presented their annual review of the United States and California Supreme Courts’ Banking and Lending cases entitled “What Is, What Might Be, What Will Not Be” to the Orange County Bar Association’s Banking and Lending Section on August 18, 2020.

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A Discussion of New Laws Enacted in the 2019 California Legislative Session

May 19, 2020

Sanford Shatz (Irvine) presented “A Discussion of New Laws Enacted in the 2019 California Legislative Session” at a Banking and Lending section presentation to the Orange County Bar Association on May 19, 2020. The California legislature had another active year passing more than 1000 bills, some of which impact the Banking and Lending Industry. Those billsMore