Proposed Class’s RESPA Claim Against Loan Servicer Survives Dismissal

Mealey's (January 4, 2020, 11:12 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A proposed class of borrowers sufficiently stated a claim that JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. (Chase) violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) when failing to timely respond to requests for recordings of calls regarding their loans, a federal judge in California ruled Dec. 23, holding that the requests were not overbroad (Anthony Barbano, et al. v. JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A., No. 19-1218, C.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 220251)....