A Victory For Lenders – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds That a Pre-foreclosure Notice of Default and Right to Cure That Complies with State Law is Not Potentially Deceptive

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s recent decision in Thompson v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., — N.E.3d —-, 2020 WL 7238390, at *4 (1st Cir. Dec. 9, 2020) represents a substantial victory for the financial services industry by clarifying that a lender’s pre-foreclosure notice of default and right to cure that complies with state law will insulate the notice from attack as potentially inaccurate or deceptive. Massachusetts law requires a lender’s pre-foreclosure notice of default and right...
By: Bowditch & Dewey

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