A federal judge rejected JPMorgan Chase & Co's <JPM.N> bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of misleading thousands of cash-strapped homeowners nationwide about modifying their mortgages.

Representatives from Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Chase, City Mortgage, GMAC, IndyMac, Saxon, Setterus, SunTrust, American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc., Litton Loan Servicing and Ocwen will be on ...