Continuing its role as provider of counsel to the U.S. financial services industry, Weiner Brodsky Kider promotes 17-year industry veteran to lead group serving clients facing government actions and private suits.
Read More »Lender Agrees to Pay $15.06M to Resolve Allegations
Accusations that Guaranteed Rate violated the False Claims Act date back more than a decade.
Read More »Los Angeles Agency Settles Claims It Violated Housing Requirements
Click through to read more on the allegations from the U.S. Department of Justice that the city misused federal funds.
Read More »Industry Impact: HUD to Address FHA Regulation
Industry sources confirmed to DS News that HUD will soon have greater oversight over claims and decision-making authority as to disciplinary actions instigated in relation to the False Claims Act.
Read More »Re-examining Lenders’ False Claims Act Liability
An analysis gives an overview of some of the pitfalls of the current False Claims Act the FHA must address to help lenders extend loans to higher risk borrowers—a demographic that is under FHA’s mission to serve.
Read More »DOJ Finds Complaints Against Default Services Law Firm Unsubstantiated
Unsealed court documents recently obtained by DS News reveal that the United States Government has declined to intervene in a complaint against an Ohio law firm. Here’s why.
Read More »MetLife to Pay $123 Million to Resolve Claims of Lending Violations on Loans Backed by FHA, HUD
MetLife Home Loans, a mortgage finance company headquartered in Irving, Texas, has agreed to pay $123.5 million to settle claims of lending violations on government-backed mortgage loans committed by one of its subsidiaries under the False Claims Act, according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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