Panel Reverses Dismissal Of Kickback Scheme Class Actions As Untimely

Mealey's (April 30, 2019, 2:14 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 26 reversed a district court’s decision to dismiss five class action lawsuits in which the plaintiffs allege that various lenders and others engaged in “kickback schemes” in violation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), holding that the borrowers were entitled to relief from a limitations period under the fraudulent concealment tolling doctrine (Mary E. Edmonson v. Eagle National Bank, et al., Nos. 18-1216, 18-1229, 18-1230, 18-1260, 18-1262, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 12573)....