article thumbnail

UWM sues another broker shop over ‘the ultimatum’

Housing Wire

Three years into its controversial ultimatum , United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) continues to engage in legal battles with its broker partners selling loans to rivals Rocket Mortgage and Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. Therefore, we will follow the agreed upon contract and win damages.” UWM sued Kevron Investments Inc.

Contracts 429
article thumbnail

Newrez sues former employee for soliciting senior executives to join competing lender 

Housing Wire

Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez sued one of its former executives over multiple allegations, including breach of contract, disclosure of confidential information and unfair competition tied to soliciting several Newrez executives to join a competing lender. 21 in the U.S.

Retail 393
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Atlantic Trust Mortgage seeks dismissal of UWM’s ‘All In’ initiative suit

Housing Wire

The “All-In” addendum amended the 2018 broker agreement “by adding a warranty and representing that Atlantic Trust would not submit loans to select retail lenders (Rocket and Fairway), and if it did, such submissions would be a breach of the agreement,” UWM’s suit stated. district court in Michigan. UWM sued Kevron Investments Inc.,

Mortgage 324
article thumbnail

loanDepot sues Movement for poaching LOs

Housing Wire

It also accuses Movement of inducing these employees to breach contracts by soliciting others to leave loanDepot. and Delaware employees also transitioned to the retail competitor. That’s not the Orange County, California-based lender’s only poaching legal battle. Additional Maryland, Washington, D.C.,

Retail 370
article thumbnail

Former executive sues Guild over $750,000 in unpaid compensation

Housing Wire

million to acquire Residential Mortgage Services Holdings (RMS), a Maine-headquartered retail lender of which Seely was president and CEO. However, if the contract was terminated with cause – which includes cases of fraud or breach of fiduciary duty, among others – he would not receive the severance compensation.

Retail 379
article thumbnail

Guild asks judge to confirm $10.7M award in poaching dispute against ex-employees

Housing Wire

The lender asserted claims for breach of contract, fraud, unfair competition and tortious interference, among others. According to the document, the award arises from “Defendants’ breaches of their employment agreements and violations of their other legal duties during their employment in Washington.”

Legal 396
article thumbnail

loanDepot accuses ex-COO Tammy Richards of stealing customers’ information

Housing Wire

California-based nonbank lender loanDepot is suing former chief operations officer Tammy Richards for breach of contract and fiduciary duty, accusing her of stealing confidential information concerning the lender’s customers. loanDepot filed the lawsuit on Oct.

Contracts 356