Judge Modifies Class Over Loan Servicer’s Alleged Kickback Scheme

(December 19, 2023, 6:02 PM EST) -- BALTIMORE — After rejecting a trial plan as unworkable, a federal judge in Maryland modified a class action definition sua sponte after concluding that recent disclosures on how the class of individuals allegedly overcharged for mortgage services due to kickbacks would calculate damages left the original certified class unable to meet the adequacy and typicality requirements....