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STOLL BERNE proudly announces that twelve of the firm’s attorneys have been selected as either 2011 Oregon Super Lawyers or Rising Stars. Lawyers recognized in the Oregon Super Lawyers list include: Gary Berne, Tim DeJong, Keith Ketterling, Steve Larson, David Lokting, Rob Shlachter, Scott Shorr and Robert Stoll. Elizabeth Tedesco Milesnick, Yoona Park, Josh Ross and Jennifer Wagner have all been recognized in the Rising Stars list; and both Rob Shlachter and Tim DeJong as

A class action lawsuit has been filed in Maine against GMAC Mortgage, LLC (GMAC) alleging, among other things, that GMAC filed knowingly false certifications for foreclosure and false affidavits in support of foreclosure. The GMAC foreclosure documentation class action lawsuit complaint alleges that thousands of Maine homeowners have lost their homes due to judgments based on alleged false GMAC foreclosure certifications and affidavits.  Maine is one of the 23 states where judicial sign-off is required to move ahead with

A Florida state court judge has refused to grant class-action status to a lawsuit by two contributors who claim Gov. Charlie Crist cheated them by becoming an independent. The plaintiffs, Linda Morton of Naples and James Rood of Jacksonville, a former GOP Party chairman and U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas, had also asked the court to freeze $7.5 million in Crist’s campaign warchest.  Senior Circuit Judge Jack Schoonover refused to convert the lawsuit to a class action and has

The Ninth Circuit correctly held that a mandatory arbitration clause in a credit card agreement is unenforceable under the Credit Repair Organizations Act (“CROA”).  Greenwood v. CompuCredit Corp., — F.3d —-, 2010 WL 3222415 (9th Cir. 2010), was a class action stemming from a credit card marketed to consumers with weak credit as a card that would help “rebuild poor credit.”  The plaintiffs alleged that the fees charged for the card (about $275 in fees charged on the card reducing

In its August 20, 2010 opinion in Schleicher v. Wendt, —F.3d—, 2010 WL 3271964 (C.A.7 (Ind.), 2010), the Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s certification of a securities fraud class action and, in so doing, provided a withering critique of the Fifth Circuit’s approach to certification in securities cases.  Judge Easterbrook began by observing the defendants’ arguments against class certification (including that a company as large and widely followed as corporate defendant Conseco does not