Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. The Mortgage Law Group, LLP et al

  1. February 08, 2024

    CFPB Takes Restitution Discount To End Mortgage Relief Case

    After a decade of litigation with four bankruptcy attorneys who ran a mortgage relief scam, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday agreed to end an appeal for $12 million in penalties, or about one-fifth of an initial judgment in the case.

  2. August 01, 2022

    CFPB Gets Trimmed $29.2M Judgment In Mortgage Relief Suit

    A Wisconsin federal judge on Monday awarded a more than $29.2 million revised judgment to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a mortgage relief services case that previously ended in a $59 million judgment thrown out by the Seventh Circuit last year.

  3. November 15, 2019

    Undo $59M CFPB Award Pending High Court Cases, Attys Say

    The principals of two mortgage relief law firms targeted in a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit have asked a Wisconsin federal judge to take back a $59 million judgment he awarded the agency to end the case, a conclusion they said could be upended by two pending U.S. Supreme Court appeals.

  4. November 05, 2019

    CFPB Gets $59M Judgment In Mortgage Relief Services Suit

    A Wisconsin federal judge has awarded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau a $59 million judgment, concluding its lawsuit against two now-defunct mortgage relief law firms and their principals.

  5. June 22, 2017

    Defunct Mortgage Relief Law Firm Must Pay $39M To CFPB

    A Wisconsin federal judge signed off Wednesday on a $39 million judgment against a now-defunct mortgage assistance relief law firm to settle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's claims that it scammed struggling homeowners.

  6. August 16, 2016

    CFPB Seeks Redo Of Order On Mortgage Relief Attys

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked a Wisconsin federal judge Monday to clarify and reconsider a recent ruling denying summary judgment to the CFPB on claims against two attorneys whose mortgage-relief businesses allegedly abused struggling homeowners who were seeking legal help.

  7. July 21, 2016

    CFPB Lands Win Against Firm In Struggling-Homeowner Row

    A Wisconsin federal judge on Wednesday granted a win to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in its suit accusing the Mortgage Legal Group LLP and other attorneys of scamming struggling homeowners, although the judge dismissed liability for the individual defendants.

  8. October 28, 2015

    Foreclosure Firm Argues CFPB Can't Regulate Law Practice

    A law firm accused of scamming struggling homeowners on Tuesday urged a Wisconsin federal judge not to hand an early win to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying that the agency is wrongfully claiming it has authority to regulate the practice of law.

  9. July 23, 2014

    CFPB Sues 3 Law Firms In National Foreclosure Fraud Sweep

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday sued three law firms accused of scamming struggling homeowners, part of a nationwide sweep by federal and state regulators of allegedly fraudulent foreclosure prevention outfits.