Anderson v. Barclay's Capital Real Estate, Inc.

{¶ 1} In this case, which is before us on the certification of state-law questions by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division, we address whether the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act (“CSPA”), codified in R.C. Chapter 1345, applies to the servicing of residential mortgage loans. We determine that it does not.

Relevant Background

{¶2} The federal court provided the following facts, circumstances, and allegations from which the questions of law arise:

{¶ 3} Barclays Capital Real Estate, Inc., doing business as HomEq Servicing (“HomEq”), defendant in…