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This month’s Friday Five discusses cases addressing the effect of continuing to receive benefits during the period of alleged disability, reliance on an employer’s records in making a disability determination, the admissibility of expert and lay testimony from a physician in a trial over LTD...

On August 21, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced an enforcement action against Fay Servicing, a nonbank mortgage servicer, for alleged violations of federal mortgage servicing laws and non-compliance with a 2017 CFPB order. As part of this action, the CFPB has imposed a...

This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing differences between the scope of discovery and ability to add documents to the record on a claim for review challenging the denial of LTD benefits, LTD and LWOP policies, the breadth of discretion available to claims...

Saul Ewing LLP is proud to announce that Charles M. Lizza, Vice Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department, was named to the NJBIZ 2024 Law Power 50 list. This is the sixth year in a row that Mr. Lizza has been included on this list of the state's top lawyers. Professionals are selected for the list...

Strategies for a post-NAR settlement market webinar Professionals across the real estate transaction may face changes to the ways they communicate and market their relationships with their partners. Join two national industry leaders as they discuss Sitzer-Burnett and its potential impacts on the...

On July 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit held in Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection v. Townstone Financial, Inc. , that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”) prohibits discriminatory conduct, comments or remarks directed at both actual and prospective applicants for...

On July 1, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”)—the primary federal watchdog of the consumer finance industry—along with several other federal agencies, approved a new rule to regulate the use of automated valuation models (“AVMs”) affecting the mortgage industry. The new rule...

This month’s Friday Five explores decisions addressing the burden of proving accidental death, policy language and “any occupation” disability, an interpleader case where the insurer was not dismissed from the case, the weight to be afforded to non-treating expert opinions and SSDI determinations...

Prohibition on Unfair and Deceptive Marketing Practices, What You Need to Know The U.S. Department of Education has updated Borrower Defense to Repayment Regulations that expand actionable circumstances to include substantial misrepresentation, substantial omission of fact, and aggressive...

This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions with issues spanning physician power of attorney to preexisting exclusions and the fiduciary duty of an insurance company. The Saul Ewing Employee Benefits/ERISA Litigation Team Whether a provider has sufficiently pleaded the existence of a valid...

On May 16, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America , determining once and for all that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) self-funding mechanism is not...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continued its jurisdictional expansion April 17 when it issued a consent order against BloomTech Inc., which does business as Bloom Institute of Technology, a for-profit college for computer programming. According to the consent order, the school "offers...

RESPA: A Review of the Latest Actions This presentation will cover the following points: RESPA angle on the recent Chevron case The Washington D.C. Attorney General settlement on agent/investor joint ventures. Pennsylvania Attorney General’s indicators that an affiliated arrangement is compliant...

Josh Pasker, Vice Chair of Saul Ewing's Public Finance Practice, will be speaking on May 16, 2024, during the LeadingAge Inhouse Counsel Conference. Josh's topic will be financing issues and the impact on senior living communities.

MBA’s Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance provides the most comprehensive information on regulatory initiatives, litigation legislation and enforcement activity, all specifically tailored to the residential mortgage industry. Get up-to-the-minute guidance on hot topics in general sessions with...

This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing differences between LTD and LWOP policies, the breadth of discretion available to claims administrators and the always important topic of timely action by insurers in issuing claims decisions. The Saul Ewing Employee...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to expand its presence into different businesses, including for-profit colleges. On April 17, 2024, the CFPB issued a consent order against a for-profit college for computer programming. According to the consent order, the school “offers training...

ALTA Insights: How to Build a Compliant, Scalable JV Title Agency This presentation will provide a blueprint for building compliant joint ventures in today’s economic and regulatory climate. The discussion will delve into core and non-core title services to utilizing technology and central services...

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