Airbnb host who canceled booking over race fined $5K, ordered to attend Asian-American studies class
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The Wall Street Journal: Bank of America fined $45 million for ‘heartless’ foreclosure
A bankruptcy judge issued a $ 45 million fine against Bank of America Corp., calling the bank's treatment of a California couple who fought to save their home “brazen” and “heartless.” Judge Christopher Klein of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Sacramento said the bank's mortgage modification process and mistaken foreclosure on Erik and Renee Sundquist's […]
ServiceLink Fined $65M for LPS Robo-Signing Activities
Federal banking agencies have levied a $ 65 million fine against Fidelity National Financial subsidiary ServiceLink Holdings over deficiencies in the foreclosure-related services provided by its predecessor company. The fine, assessed by the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, satisfies a provision of a […]
Citigroup companies fined $28.8M in home borrower loan ‘runaround’
Citigroup companies fined $ 28.8M in home borrower loan 'runaround' CFPB has fined two Citigroup subsidiaries $ 28.8 million for mistreatment of borrowers. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jRQiBe The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined two Citigroup subsidiaries a total of $ 28.8 million for mistreatment of homeowners seeking to avoid foreclosure. Foreclosure […]
Clowns in this county can be fined up to $150
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Woman fined $1,722 and put on probation over license plate decal left in glove box has case closed
When Linda Ford was pulled over early one morning last September for having a dirty license plate, she had a license plate decal in her… ABA Journal Daily News
Lawyer is fined $75K in hawk-trapping case
A prominent South Carolina attorney emotionally took a plea Monday in a Charleston federal wildlife case over hawks trapped and killed on his 1,790-acre property. … ABA Journal Daily News
Former state supreme court judge fined $50K over objectionable emails, but keeps pension
A former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice who resigned last week has been fined $ 50,000 for sending and receiving objectionable emails, mostly or entirely on a… ABA Journal Daily News
JPMorgan fined US$48 million for failures in US robo-signing settlement
WASHINGTON: JPMorgan Chase has been fined US$ 48 million for failing to meet terms of a settlement to resolve mortgage servicing violations, U.S. bank regulators said on Tuesday. The fine will be on top of another US$ 2 billion that JPMorgan had been ordered to pay to cover remediation costs and foreclosure assistance to borrowers, […]
Judge reprimanded for using ‘one of the worst profanities known to the English language,’ fined $10K
A Florida judge was reprimanded Wednesday for using “one of the worst profanities known to the English language.” Judge Jacqueline Schwartz told a convenience store… ABA Journal Daily News