Plaintiffs Ask 11th Circuit To Rehear Class Action Over Alleged Kickback Scheme

Mealey's (October 23, 2018, 5:40 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — Plaintiffs on Oct. 15 filed a petition for the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider its Sept. 24 majority ruling that held that the filed-rate doctrine bars all of their 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.)....