In April-May 2013, Levy was lead trial counsel in an administrative trial against Mercury Insurance Company, seeking to impose penalties against Mercury for facilitating illegal broker fees by Mercury agents. Levy represented Consumer Watchdog, which intervened in an enforcement action brought by the California Department of Insurance against Mercury for its broker fee practices. Levy and co-counsel from Consumer Watchdog took the lead in the three-week trial, presenting wi

On November 12, Levy and co-counsel Housing and Economic Rights Advocates filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in the California Court of Appeal in the class action brought by the Alborzian family against Chase for illegally collecting deficiency balances on second “purchase money” mortgages after foreclosures. The “Friend of the Court” Brief traces the case law holding that borrowers are not personally liable on residential purchase money mortgages, and shows that Chase’s collectio

After ruling in favor of the CashCall borrower Class in an excellent ruling on July 30, 2014, the federal court reversed tack on October 21 and granted CashCall summary judgment on the Class claim challenging CashCall’s $2,600 loans as unconscionable under California law. In 2011, the Court certified the loan unconscionability claims for class action treatment. In its extensive July 30 Order, the Court found that there was sufficient evidence that CashCall’s 96% and 135% $2,