by Andrea Goicochea | Oct 8, 2021 | 2021, Banking, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Lawyers, Litigation
By Financial Services Industry Group In an opinion issued on September 2, 2021, the Washington Supreme Court held that the filed rate doctrine may be applied to lenders or mortgage servicers implementing forced place insurance when there is a direct attack on agency...
by Andrea Goicochea | Aug 20, 2021 | 2021, COVID-19, Financial Services, News
By Financial Services Industry Group On August 16, 2021, Governor Kate Brown signed Executive Order 21-30, which extended the mortgage foreclosure moratorium emergency period of House Bill 2009 (2021) to 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2021. The Oregon State Legislative...
by Emily Partridge | Mar 1, 2021 | 2021, Banking, COVID-19, Financial Services, Food for thought, Lawyers, News
by Erich Paetsch, Chair, Financial Services Industry Group In its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, the Federal Reserve on February 19th issued a warning about insolvency risk to Congress. The Report identifies business leverage at historic highs given...
by Emily Partridge | Feb 23, 2021 | 2021, Financial Services, News
By Financial Services Industry Group On February 16, 2021, President Biden took three actions that affected the current standing rules regarding a lender’s rights and obligations with respect to residential mortgage loan borrowers during the global COVID-19...
by Emily Partridge | Nov 19, 2020 | Construction, Employers, Financial Services, Lawyers, News
by Erich Paetsch, Chair, Financial Services Industry Group and Daniel Reynolds, Chair, Construction Industry Group In 2019 Oregon’s legislature explored a concern surrounding the availability of retainage payments required in construction contracts. Developers,...
by Administrative Team | Aug 21, 2020 | 2020, Business, Business & Taxation, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Lawyers, News
By Creditor’s Rights & Bankruptcy and Litigation Practice Groups On October 30, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a new rule regarding its implementation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). The CFPB’s final rule...