Lender Seeks Class Cert Review By 4th Circuit In Mortgage Kickbacks Case

(November 6, 2023, 10:06 AM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A trial court “relied on a flawed . . . standard” when it certified a class of mortgagors in a lawsuit alleging excess charges and illegal kickbacks “based merely on the face of the Plaintiffs’ complaint, while noting that classes had been certified in other cases against other lenders,” lender Mr. Cooper Group Inc. argues in a petition filed in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals seeking permission to appeal....