Mealey's (September 27, 2022, 1:01 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Arguing that the trial court did not abuse its discretion and that the challenged ruling was not a case-ending sanction, the appellees in mortgagors’ long-running Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) class action over captive reinsurance agreements urged the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold a decision denying modification of a final pretrial order (PTO)....