Unlawful Practices

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation Discrimination Settlement

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (TMCC) has signed a Consent Order after an investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. The two agencies were investigating allegations that TMCC violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act by charging higher interest rates to African-American, Asian, and Pacific Islander car  Read more

Ajax 2016 Trust Maryland Foreclosure Is Consumer Debt Collection, Class Action Claims

In January 2008, Plaintiffs Wyatt Duncan and Tykecia McCormick-Duncan obtained a mortgage loan for a home in Maryland. Unfortunately, in February 2015, they allegedly went into default, and their home was eventually sold at auction, after action by the then-assignee of the note, the Ajax 2016 Trust. The complaint makes a simple claim but one  Read more

California Home Foreclosures Bid Rigging and Collusion Class Action

Plaintiff Wallace Francis, guardian ad litem for April Wagner brings this class action alleging bid rigging in the foreclosure sale of her home while she was incapable of managing her own affairs. Previously, in March 2014, defendants Michael A. Navone and Mohammed Rezaian pleaded guilty to federal felony charges of bid rigging in foreclosure sales,  Read more

HSBC California Call Recording Settlement

This agreement settles three California class actions alleging that HSBC Card Services, Inc. and HSBC Technology & Services (USA), Inc. violated CIPA by recording or monitoring telephone calls to cardholders without the cardholders’ consent.   Read more