(November 21, 2023, 6:54 PM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge denied motions to dismiss filed by a mortgage lender and a realty company after determining that a couple has standing to allege that the companies engaged in an unlawful kickback scheme in which the realty company would steer all of its clients to the mortgage company for their loans and sufficiently allege facts in support of their claims for unfair trade practices and civil conspiracy....