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SUMMARY:Advanced RESPA: What to do after Motions to Dismiss
DESCRIPTION:Are you ready to take your Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) litigation skills to the next level? Our upcoming advanced webinar is designed to equip legal professionals with the expertise needed to navigate the complexities of litigation and trial after motions to dismiss. Learn tips and tricks from seasoned old timers. \nPlease note\, this webinar is geared to intermediate and advanced attorneys with experience with the statute and an understanding of the QWR\, NOE\, and RFI processes. \n\nWhat You Will Learn \n\nHow to incorporate recent case law pertaining to HELOCS and RESPA into your case\nHow to you plead and prove pattern and practice damages under RESPA…the trends and recent case law\nWhen do you need experts and if so\, how do you find them\n\n\nSpeakers \nMarc Dann is the Managing Partner of DannLaw. The firm’s focus is on representing clients who have been harmed by banks\, debt buyers\, debt collectors and other financial predators and providing access to legal services for traditionally underserved working class and middle class Americans. Dann has fought for the rights of tens of thousands of consumers and brought class actions lawsuits on behalf of clients in both private practice and as Ohio’s Attorney General. As Ohio Attorney General\, Marc Dann assembled Ohio’s Organized Crime Commission to mobilize Mortgage Fraud Task Forces in Ohio’s major cities to prosecute those engaged in mortgage fraud and predatory lending\, Dann’s office challenged the standing of mortgage servicers to foreclose in cases where the State of Ohio was a party. Dann also worked with former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer to organize over 1\,200 volunteer lawyers to represent homeowners in foreclosure. Since DannLaw was founded\, it has grown to represent clients facing a range of consumers’ rights issues including in class action. He is a recognized national leader in the use of federal mortgage servicing regulations to hold servicers accountable for their actions. \nBrian Flick advocates for plaintiffs and defendants nationwide in state and federal trial and appellate courts. His practice areas include consumer bankruptcy debtor representation in the areas of Chapter 7\, 12\, and 13\, consumer fraud\, real estate litigation\, foreclosure defense\, student loan debt defense\, bankruptcy litigation\, mortgage servicing litigation under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the Truth in Lending Act\, and consumer class actions. He is currently a board member with the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. He is the current NACA Ohio State Chair. Brian serves as a facilitator for the SDOH Bankruptcy Mortgage Modification Program and a mediator with the SDOH Bankruptcy Court Mediation Program. \nPhillip Robinson is a solo litigator from Silver Spring\, Maryland. He is a recognized consumer litigator in the areas of mortgage servicing\, foreclosure defense\, and debt collection practices. Currently in private practice at the Consumer Law Center LLC\, Phillip’s state and nationwide practice concentrates in the areas of aiding homeowners with sustainable solutions who have fallen victim to unfair\, deceptive or otherwise illegal consumer practices by mortgage services\, lenders\, and debt buyers. Phillip served as co-trial counsel in a multi-million-dollar jury verdict against LVNV on behalf of a class of 1\,589 Maryland consumers; this case was affirmed as to liability on appeal and a new trial will consider damages.  Previously\, Phillip served as Executive Director for the award-winning Civil Justice Inc. Also\, while at Civil Justice Phillip served as a lead training for Maryland’s Foreclosure Prevention Pro Bono Project where he trained over 2\,000 Maryland attorneys volunteering to aid homeowners. Phillip has been appointed to numerous boards and advisory committees and in 2008 was recognized as the Maryland Consumer Advocate of the Year by the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition. In 2016 he was also recognized as NACA’s Consumer Advocate of the Year. \n\nPlease note that live webinars are free to all NACA members. After the webinar has aired\, registrants will need to purchase the webinar if they want to view it. Non-members who purchased the webinar and higher level/firm members with full access to the Training Library will have access to the webinar after it has aired.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/advanced-respa-what-to-do-after-motions-to-dismiss/
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SUMMARY:Piercing the Light: E-Sign in Solar Cases
DESCRIPTION:The use of electronic signatures (eSign) in solar contracts has become increasingly prevalent. Many solar companies have adopted eSign to streamline the contract signing process. Unfortunately\, often eSign is not carried out correctly and there is rampant fraud with false signatures. Learn how to identify and challenge fraudulent electronic signatures\, understand the nuances of eSign laws\, and gather robust evidence to support your cases. Using case studies and real examples from actual solar fraud cases\, this webinar will help you examine whether you can use eSign laws (UETA) to help resolve your cases. \nWhat You Will Learn \n\nWhat are the different rules for records and signatures\nWhy is it important to examine the use of eSign in solar fraud cases\nHow to test the validity of signatures made with eSign\nWhat are the requirements of eSign consent\nHow to meet the reasonable demonstration requirements\n\nSpeakers \nMr. Tom Domonoske graduated with honors from Hastings College of Law in 1989 and earned his B.A. from Occidental College in 1985. He practiced law in California before moving to North Carolina to teach at UNC Law School. From 1993 to 1996\, he was a legal aid lawyer in Virginia\, and then a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law School until 2000\, while maintaining a small consumer law practice. Since 2000\, he has focused on consumer law in Virginia. He was Of Counsel with Dale W. Pittman (1997-2009) and the Legal Aid Justice Center (2009-2016)\, before joining Consumer Litigation Associates in 2016. He has handled hundreds of consumer law cases and specializes in sales practices\, loan originators\, finance companies\, investors\, and state and federal consumer lending regulations. \nMargot Saunders is a senior attorney with the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)\, where she previously served as managing attorney of NCLC’s Washington\, D.C. office from 1991 to 2005. Margot has testified before Congress more than two dozen times regarding a wide range of consumer law issues\, including predatory mortgage lending\, high cost small loans\, payments law\, electronic commerce\, protecting benefits in bank accounts\, privacy issues\, and robocalls. She was the lead advocate on the passage of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act\, led the development of the Treasury Rule protecting exempt benefits from debt collectors\, ensured that essential consumer protections were included in the federal E-Sign Act\, and spearheaded many other initiatives. In 1991\, Margot was the second recipient of NCLC’s Vern Countryman Award.  Margot is a co-author of NCLC’s Consumer Banking and Payments Law\, many articles\, and a contributing author to several other NCLC manuals. She has served as an expert witness in over 50 consumer cases in more than 20 states\, and as a consultant to private attorneys and state and federal enforcement agencies on dozens of cases. Margot authored the 2022 report\, Scam Robocalls: Telecom Providers Profit. Prior to joining NCLC\, she was the consumer law specialist for North Carolina Legal Services.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/piercing-the-light-e-sign-in-solar-cases/
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