Mortgage Servicer Asks Judge To Put An End To Convenience Fees Suit

Mealey's (January 21, 2021, 2:58 PM EST) -- FRESNO, Calif. — Dismissal of claims in a class action accusing Freedom Mortgage Corp. (FMC) of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other statutes when charging additional fees for making mortgage payments online or over the phone is warranted because borrowers’ claims that FMC’s charging of those fees violates U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations, as well as the Rosenthal Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), miss the mark, FMC argues in a motion to dismiss filed Dec. 4 in California federal court....