Cook County has asked federal judges to rely on a federal appeals court ruling to restore the breadth of its damages claims vs HSBC and Wells Fargo for the harm the county said it suffered from the banks' alleged predatory lending practices.
The following cases categorized as "contract" cases were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on May 14. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
A Chicago federal magistrate judge has ordered Cook County officials who are suing Bank of America for allegedly discriminatory lending to tell the bank when they learned of a similar suit by the State of Illinois, which the bank believes will show some of the county's claims are barred by the statute of limitations.
The following contract-related cases were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on April 25. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
Ten months after a Chicago federal judge allowed Cook County to continue with a small portion of its foreclosure discrimination lawsuit against Wells Fargo, the lender has accused the county of blocking its ability to mount its defense by attempting to stop it from interviewing officials in the Cook County court system.
