Law and legal issues

The Ohio lender has seen mixed results in its court battles with the California rival, while having other similar complaints dismissed.

If convicted, spouses Noreen Khan and Chistopher Mayberry face five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 as well as forfeiture of their home.

Timeless Funding LLC alleges the trouble stricken mortgage lender borrowed over $300,000 and hasn't paid the full amount back. The company wants to recover close to $200,000.

The online real estate and mortgage company alleges the defendants are violating the Sherman Antitrust Act by impeding a scheduling platform it owns.

The correspondent loan buyer, which does business as Essex Mortgage, wants $700,000 in damages.

A competitor is accusing the lending giant of operating a "transition desk" dedicated to poaching loan officers and stealing trade secrets.

At least 40 former employees are in the class action, which is made up of former loan officers from Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Workers who switched companies have disparaged their former employer to its homebuilder partners, the suit claims.

Chicago businessman David Izsak grifted several financial institutions out of $4 million by taking out phony home loans and other types of credit.

The Justice Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are suing a real estate developer over an alleged bait-and-switch land-sale scheme near Houston. The developer used TikTok and other social media sites to lure Hispanic immigrants into predatory loans, the government alleges.

Both past and present customers were impacted by the data breach.

Lawyers for the plaintiff maintain the companies should have been on notice of inadequate security measures after a reported data breach in 2022.

A cyber attack in late 2021 affected over 4 million consumers across three companies.

Alleged screenshots show the lender in text messages and emails encouraging the theft and dissection of the competitor's profit and loss model.

The mortgage giant alleges that District Lending flouted its 2021 ultimatum by sending at least 84 loans to either Rocket Mortgage or Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. It's seeking to recoup over $400,000.

A Connecticut-based couple sued the bank and Cavanaugh Appraisals, LLC for denying them a refinance in 2021 because of racial bias.

While plaintiffs allege there were misleading executive statements, the megalender pins early 2021 trading volatility on social media users briefly encouraged by the rocket emoji.

The magistrate ordered a fine and possible detainment for a former company president now working for another lender.

The judge also sealed a document in the lawsuit the AARP Foundation joined but the defendants still must produce fee codes in the proposed class action.

The lender has sued 59 former employees in state court to recoup over $4.3 million in combined sign-on bonuses.