Jason Gerken

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Firm/Organization: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Blogs: Banking & Finance Law Report, Technology Law Source

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  On September 9, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a decision that parties in foreclosure proceedings should read carefully. In MSCI 2007-IQ16 Granville Retail, LLC v. UHA Corporation, LLC, Case No. 15-3524, the court addressed whether the sale of foreclosed property during the pendency of an appeal moots the appeal.  The court’s answer?  Yes, at least under the facts of this case. Facts MSCI obtains a judgment Plaintiff…
The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit continues to decide high profile cases that interpret the key provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). This post summarizes two July decisions from the court—one that sent the internet into a frenzy, and one that somewhat assuaged those fears. Overview of the CFAA The CFAA’s deceptively-simple statutory scheme and language have proved difficult to apply in practice some 30 years after…
In what most pundits agreed would be a swift reversal, the Ohio Supreme Court did in fact unanimously reverse the Ninth District Court of Appeals in Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Horn, Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-1484, a 20-paragraph decision that helps to explain a sometimes-misunderstood line from Schwartzwald. In Horn, Wells Fargo filed the foreclosure complaint on its behalf as “successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. fka Norwest Mortgage, Inc.”  Both…