Decertification Denied, Class Redefined In Mortgage Case Alleging Kickbacks

(January 25, 2024, 10:25 AM EST) -- BALTIMORE — A federal judge in Maryland denied a mortgage servicer’s motion to decertify a class of borrowers suing over kickbacks allegedly paid by a title company to the servicer’s employees but amended the class definition to limit it to borrowers in certain states who paid title service charges in excess of $500 plus the cost of title insurance, opining that the new definition will “ensure that the predominance and adequacy requirements of [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23] remain satisfied.”...