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Debtor's failure to bring claims as counterclaims rendered argument moot after full satisfaction

Posted on 12/02/2015 at 11:10 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

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Lenders who are faced with debtors who plead inartfully should pay close attention to First Midwest Bank v. Breckenfelde...

Categories: Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: estate mortgage foreclosures, First Midwest Bank v. Breckenfelder, Iowa banking law, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals

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The government is here to help!

Posted on 12/01/2015 at 11:46 AM by John Lande

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Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security recently posted an article about the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) program to...

Categories: Banking Law, Cybersecurity Law, John Lande

Tagged As: banking, Brian Krebs, cyber attacks, cyber defense, cyber hygiene, cybersecurity, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Krebs on Security, National Cybersecurity Assessment and Technical Services, NCATS, passwords, phishing, risk and vulnerability assessment, RVA

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The reasons the CFPB may be unconstitutional

Posted on 11/19/2015 at 08:00 AM by John Lande

This is the second in a three-part blog series on the CFPB. On November 6, 2015, State National Bank of Big Spring (Bank...

Categories: Banking Law, John Lande

Tagged As: CFPB, Dodd-Frank, Federal Reserve, President Obama, Richard Cordray

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Marketing service agreement or something more? The CFPB targets mortgage-related companies

Posted on 11/13/2015 at 08:47 AM by Jesse Johnston

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The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act granted the newly formed Consumer Financial Protectio...

Categories: Banking Law, Jesse Johnston

Tagged As: CFPB, Dodd-Frank, Iowa banking law, Lighthouse Title, RESPA

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Administrative wage garnishment - U.S. Department of Education

Posted on 11/09/2015 at 07:07 AM by Russell Samson

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On November 1, 2015, an episode of The Good Wife  entitled 'Payback'  (Season 7, Ep. 5) aired.  Among the various themes...

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Department of Education, garnishment, Iowa employers, wage garnishment

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Court of Appeals reminds debtors that mortgage rights automatically transfer with the debt

Posted on 11/02/2015 at 07:15 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

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It has long been the law in Iowa that assignment of a debt automatically transfers with the debt the rights under a corr...

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Tagged As: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, foreclosures, Iowa banking law, Iowa real estate law, mortgage, mortgage rights, transfer of debt, US Bank, US Bank v Lederman Bonding

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Court of Appeals orders partition in kind

Posted on 10/20/2015 at 07:07 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

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In February 2014, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach revised a 2012 study on Farm Ownership and Tenure in Iowa...

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Tagged As: division of property, Estate planning for farmers, farm ownership, Newhall, partition suit

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National attention for corporate account takeover

Posted on 09/15/2015 at 01:10 PM by John Lande

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A topic this blog has frequently discussed was the subject of an NPR national report this morning. In the story, NPR rep...

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Tagged As: consumer fraud, corporate account takeover, cyber theft, cybersecurity, data breach, fraud loss, Iowa banking law, Iowa cybersecurity law, National Public Radio, NPR

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No need to wait: Court rules data breach victims do not need to wait for fraud before filing suit

Posted on 08/18/2015 at 07:16 AM by John Lande

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On July 20, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit made it a little easier for victims of data...

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Tagged As: class action lawsuit, consumer fraud, consumers harmed by data breach, cyber attacks, cyber threats, cybersecurity, data security, fraud victim, Iowa banking law, Iowa cybersecurity law, Neiman Marcus data breach, personal data protection

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Lender may pursue second foreclosure decree, as long as debt remains unsatisfied

Posted on 06/30/2015 at 07:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

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In U.S. Bank, N.A. as Trustee in Trust for SASCO 2006-BC3 Trust Fund v. Jereme Lamb, the Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed...

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Tagged As: bank foreclosure, Callen, foreclosure judgment, foreclosures, Iowa banking, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, Lamb, promissory note, real estate mortgages, U.S. Bank

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