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Buying a home is a momentous (and stressful) process under the best of circumstances. It can be a nightmare when closing costs and settlement fees push the price of home ownership even higher. A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of home buyers against mortgage lender HSBC Mortgage Corp. The suit alleges that HSBC charged home purchasers settlement fees that were not fully earned or were marked up past their real value in violation of federal lending laws. The plaintiffs seek financial and other damages from HSBC.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District Court of Illinois against Dr. Mark Weinberg for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Class members seek declaratory relief, damages, attorney's fees and costs of the litigation.

A statewide class action has been filed in New York against collections specialist, Trans-Continental Credit & Collection Corporation. The action is brought on behalf of all New York residents who have received collection letters from Trans-Continental that contain language that consumers claim is deceptive, unfair and contains false threats. The action is brought under the federal Fair Debt Collections Practices Act and seeks statutory damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief.

A class action has been filed against debt collection agency Amsterdam & Lewinter, LLP, on behalf of all persons with New York state addresses, to whom a collection letter was sent between July 15, 2003, and July 15, 2004. The action alleges that the defendants violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by using deceptive trade practices in its attempts to collect an alleged debt.

A statewide class action has been filed in Indiana against debt collection specialists, Statewide Credit Association, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all Indiana residents who received form type collection letters from Statewide with language that overshadowed the federally mandated information regarding consumers' rights to dispute the validity of the debts which are under collection. The action is brought under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and seeks statutory, injunctive and declaratory relief.

Camden, New Jersey Foulke Management Corporation, which operates a number of car dealerships, has engaged in a series of bait-and-switch sales practices. The practices were so widespread and frequent that a couple filed a class action lawsuit against Foulke.

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