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Defendant
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Plaintiff
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Court
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Amount
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Overview
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Case Title |
Case Number
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Date Filed |
Link to StoryLink to Story |
| Accredited Home Lenders, Inc.; James Moran; Jeffrey Walton; LSFV Accredited Investments, LLC; Lone Star Fund V L.P.; Hudson Advisors, LLC |
Patrick Derosa; Chris Schaub |
Superior Court of New Jersey |
n/a |
Employment suit dismissed against affiliates and subsidiaries of employer private equity fund pursuant to New Jersey WARN act relating to notice provided to laid off workers. |
Derosa et al. v. Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. et al. |
No. L-3529-08 |
6/14/2011 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationemployment092211.asp |
| Bank of America NA; Countrywide Financial Corp. |
U.S. Department of Labor |
n/a |
$930,000 |
Department of Labor ordered an employee to be reinstated after an improper firing. Countrywide allegedly fired the employee in retaliation for conducting internal investigation that discovered improper lending practices. |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationemployment092211.asp |
| Bank of the West; GSB Mortgage, Inc. |
Susan Dooling et al. |
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas |
n/a |
Employment suit alleging mortgage company failed to pay hourly wages and overtime. |
Dooling et al. v. Bank of the West |
No. 4:!1-cv-00576-RAS-DDB |
9/8/2011 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationemployment092211.asp |
| Fifth Third Bank |
n/a |
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio |
n/a |
Class certification granted in suit alleging failure to pay hourly wages and overtime to loan officers. |
n/a |
n/a |
8/31/2011 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationemployment092211.asp |
| Premium Capital Funding d/b/a/ Top Dot Mortgage, Inc. |
Daniels et al. |
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York |
$9,000,000 |
Fair Labor Standards Act class action lawsuit settled for $9 million in unpaid wages and overtime |
Daniels et al. v. Premium Capital Funding LLC |
n/a |
n/a |
www.mortgagedaily.com/Mctlawsuittopdot092711.asp |
| Prospect Mortgage LLC |
Elizabeth Sliger |
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California |
n/a |
Class certification granted in suit alleging failure to pay hourly wages and overtime to loan officers. |
Sliger et al. v. Prospect Mortgage LLC |
No. 2:11-cv-00465 |
8/24/2011 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationemployment092211.asp |
| Prosperity Mortgage Co. |
Harold Myles |
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland |
n/a |
Employment suit alleging mortgage company failed to pay hourly wages and overtime. |
Myles et al. v. Prosperity Mortgage Corp. |
No. 1:11-cv-01234 |
5/24/2011 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationemployment092211.asp |
| Sovereign Bank |
n/a |
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
n/a |
Defendant bank filed a successful motion to arbitrate class action suit alleging failure to pay hourly wages and overtime. |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationemployment092211.asp |
| Tanya L. Blackwell |
Ally Financial Inc. |
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
n/a |
Employer sues ex-employee for stealing confidential information of borrowers while working as a foreclosure defense attorney as well. |
Ally Financial, Inc. v. Blackwell |
No. 11-cv-4694 |
7/26/2011 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/litigationemployment092211.asp |
| George Mason Mortgage, LLC; Alicia S. King; James Podratsky; Michael Rogers; Amber Wright; Samantha Dogan; Donna Hale |
SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. |
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |
n/a |
Suntrust sued six of its former employees for diverting its “business opportunities” to Fairfax-based George Mason Mortgage. Defendants allegedly used SunTrust resources to secure loans and then routed those materials to their co-conspirators at George Mason, where the loans were closed. |
SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. v. George Mason Mortgage, LLC |
1:2011cv00830 |
8/5/2011 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/MctLawsuitSuntrust081711.asp |
