9th Circuit Reverses Ruling In Class RESPA Suit For Abuse Of Discretion

Mealey's (February 27, 2023, 12:58 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Saying in a Feb. 24 unpublished memorandum disposition that the appellants in a long-running Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) class action involving captive reinsurance agreements “could not have reasonably anticipated the need for their undisclosed evidence of economic injury,” a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel reversed and remanded a ruling the appellants argued “was tantamount to case-ending sanctions.”...