Judge Certifies Borrower Class In Convenience Fee Suit, Denies Daubert Motion

Mealey's (November 18, 2021, 10:24 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on Nov. 8 certified a class of borrowers who have their mortgage loans serviced by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC or its predecessor-in-interest, PHH Mortgage Corp. (collectively, PHH) and were charged “pay-to-pay” convenience fees for processing the borrowers’ loan payments online, ruling that a borrower has sufficiently met all statutory requirements for granting class certification....