Æ Illinois – Mortgage brokers took a step forward in their legal campaign against the state’s high-cost mortgage regulations. In an October 21 decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit filed by the Illinois Association of Mortgage Brokers against the Office of Banks and Real Estate. In its court filing, the IAMB argued that the OBRE regulations are subject to preemption under the federal Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity