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Cal Coast News- A San Luis Obispo County couple has received a million-dollar-plus settlement and title to two houses in a case that is likely
Cross-Posted with permission of the California HBOR Collaborative [link to original] By Kent Qian & Brittany McCormick September 2013 Newsletter [PDF] The Import & Impact
Decided on September 10, 2013 Supreme Court, Kings County Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, AS TRUSTEE FOR HIS ASSET LOAN OBLIGATION TRUST 2007-1, 2929 Walden
One cannot step into the same river twice, Heraclitus famously declared Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC). A REMIC or special purpose vehicle (SPV) is
September 10, 2013 MADIGAN FILES SUIT OVER ILLEGAL EVICTION PRACTICES Attorney General Sues Safeguard Properties LLC for Breaking into Legally Occupied Homes, Changing Locks &
"We note that the Bain court declined to answer what legal effect arose from MERS acting as an unlawful beneficiary under our state statutes. It
Decided on September 5, 2013 Supreme Court, Bronx County U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Bear Stearns asset Backed Securities, 2006- AC1, Plaintiff, against Jorge
By Susan Chana Lask, Esq. Foreclosure complaints routinely allege that because homeowners fail to pay their mortgage then the bank must take the home to
Reuters- Barclays Plc agreed on Monday to pay $36.1 million to settle charges by Massachusetts that it hurt homeowners there by packaging subprime mortgages that
Bloomberg- JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and insurers reached a $300 million settlement with property owners who accused the companies of overcharging for hazard insurance.
Goliath Versus Goliath in High-Stakes MBS Litigation David J. Reiss, Brooklyn Law School Bradley T. Borden, Brooklyn Law School Abstract The loan-origination and mortgage-securitization practices
A venerable maxim in our law is expressed in Latin as nemo dat quod non habet—one who does not have cannot give.1 . Certainty of
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK PHOENIX LIGHT SF LIMITED, BLUE HERON FUNDING II LTD., BLUE HERON FUNDING V
NYT Neil Barofsky, the former prosecutor who brought transparency and accountability to the federal government’s 2008 bank bailout program as its first special inspector general,
WAPO- On the day Bennie Coleman lost his house, the day armed U.S. marshals came to his door and ordered him off the property, he
NYT- ONLINE lenders who charge borrowers stratospheric interest rates are coming under pressure from state regulators — and it’s about time. But to get at
Beginning scene of the new HBO series The Newsroom explaining why America's Not the Greatest Country Any Longer... But It Can Be. .
Homeowners » Rulings raise questions about which state laws govern in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune- A federal appeals court decision could mean a lawsuit
[Note: this column was originally published in November 2012, but due to the Band-Aid approach to tax law favored by Congress, it is relevant once
CBS Atlanta- A retired Atlanta police detective, who is fighting cancer and eviction, gets to keep her home. CBS Atlanta first reported Jacqueline Barber's story
Learn about the expert team at Nationwide Title Clearing, a company located in Palm Harbor, FL. Find out why the nation's top mortgage lenders, servicers
Bill Moyers- What crimes did Al Capone, the notorious 1920s crime boss, have his henchmen commit? Did Capone’s thugs go around robbing convenience stores? Did