The mortgage lending industry won a couple of key legal challenges recently, including an unusual claim brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. In Cabrera v. Countrywide Financial, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently dismissed, without prejudice, most of the complaint brought by two borrowers who accused the mortgage lender of engaging in fraudulent loan practices in violation of the RICO Act. In July 2007, Manuel Cabrera received...