Bankrate successor to pay $28M in fines for fraud scheme

Baton Holdings, the successor company to financial services and marketing company Bankrate, has agreed to pay $28 million in fines to resolve a government investigation into accounting and a securities fraud scheme carried out by former executives.  Continue reading

PHH to pay $750k over military service member foreclosures

PHH Mortgage agreed to pay $750,000 to six service members in response to allegations that the mortgage company unlawfully foreclosed on their homes.  Continue reading

Real estate’s competition decree has expired. What’s next?

Last month, an antitrust settlement between the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) expired. Does that mean Realtor associations can go back to engaging in practices once deemed anti-competitive? And could th… Continue reading