Filed-Rate Doctrine Bars Claims Alleging Kickback Scheme, Majority Affirms

Mealey's (September 25, 2018, 1:22 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A majority of an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 24 affirmed a lower federal court’s finding that the filed-rate doctrine bars all class action claims alleging that two mortgage servicers and an insurer overcharged force-placed insurance (FPI) premiums as part of a kickback scheme (Pankaj Patel, et al. v. Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, et al., Nos. 16-12100 and 16-16585, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 27221)....