Summary: Santoro brought suit against Accenture, alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the District of Columbia Human Rights Act.

Summary: Patricia Pfister and her husband, Phillip Pfister purchased real property on May 10, 2001. Originally, this property was to be purchased by Architectural Glass Construction, Inc. ("AGC"), a corporation wholly owned by Mr. Pfister, but, on the advice of accountants, instead at the closing it was instead purchased and financed by the Pfisters, with the intention of leasing the property to AGC. In practice, however, AGC never paid the Pfisters, but paid the mortgage directly. In 2002, the mortgage was refinanced, with AGC now actually liable for the mortgage note.

Summary: Abdelbary was convicted of wire fraud, money laundering, currency structuring, bankruptcy fraud, and perjury and was sentence to 24 months in prison, entered a criminal forfeiture judgment against Abdelbary for $112,229.31 and also ordered Abdelbary to pay restitution to Jordan Oil of $84,079.35 for attorney’s fees incurred during the bankruptcy proceeding.

Summary: Trustee Gold requested a trustee commission, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 330(a)(7), based on the percentages set forth in § 326(a), of $17,254.61.

Summary: The Joneses brought a breach of contract claim against Fulton Bank, alleging that Fulton Bank failed to send them a proper thirty-day pre-acceleration notice. See Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC v. Simmons, 654 S.E.2d 898, 901 (Va. 2008). The Joneses also challenged the appointment by Fulton Bank of a Substitute Trustee with instructions to commence foreclosure as not complying with the Deed of Trust.

Summary: In 2007, Bane’s company, Aequitas-Energy, Inc., purchased fifty acres of land (the Angel Lane Property) in Roanoke County, Virginia, from Bane’s mother, Martha Bane, who was granted at $400,000 mortgage against the property. This mortgage was never recorded and the later mortgage to Community Trust Bank was accordingly superior. Bane, having fallen into default on the Coummunity Trust mortgage and facing foreclosure, had the property transferred into his name and filed bankruptcy in 2010, the day before the foreclosure sale.

Summary: Stephens fell delinquent on her mortgage with HSBC and, prior to HSBC taking any action, sought a declaratory judgment that her mortgage contract was void ab initio, as it contained a waiver of her appraisement rights under South Carolina Code § 29-3-680.

Summary: At issue in this case was first whether the Applicable Commitment period, as defined by 11 U.S.C. § 1325(b)(4), was a temporal requirement, i.e. 3 years for below median income debtors or 5 years for those with income above median, or was not applicable if the Debtors had no disposable income under § 1325(b)(1). Agreeing with now all of the Circuit Courts that have answered this question, the 4th Circuit held that the Applicable Commitment Period is, in fact temporal.

Summary: Kellie Ballard co-signed a loan agreement for her husband, Michael Ballard, for a loan (and three subsequent restructuring) from Bank of America (“BoA”) for his business, FoodSwing, even though she has neither an ownership or operating interest in the business. The couple owns, among other assets, a home in Maryland (presumably as Tenants by the Entireties) and a winery in California. In November 2012, Ms.

Summary: Randle brought a complaint against the Defendants for violations of the FDCPA and sought certification of her case as class action. Prior to any class certification, the Defendants settled, agreeing to pay $6,000 “in full final settlement of all her claims,” plus attorney’s fees related to her individual claims. Counsel then submitted requests for $89,083.69, which was reduced by the district court to $76,876.59.