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Fifth Circuit Says No Texas Lawyer is Gonna Pay $3M as it Orders a New Trial in Hopes Law Funder LLC is Out of Cash

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Fifth Circuit Says No Texas Lawyer is Gonna Pay $3M as it Orders a New Trial in Hopes Law Funder LLC is Out of Cash

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Texas Courts Received 10,545 Foreclosure Filings in the First Quarter of 2019 Alone

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Texas Courts Received 10,545 Foreclosure Filings in the First Quarter of 2019 Alone

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Houston Southern District: US Judge Hanks Awards “Triple Damages” for Mortgage Fraud by Lender Allied Home Mortgage

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Houston Southern District: US Judge Hanks Awards “Triple Damages” for Mortgage Fraud by Lender Allied Home Mortgage

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Quiet Title Constitutional Victory for Houston Homeowner Appealed to Fifth Circuit with Oral Arguments Presented

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Quiet Title Constitutional Victory for Houston Homeowner Appealed to Fifth Circuit with Oral Arguments Presented

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Fifth Circuit Maintains Isolated Position Relative to Attorney Immunity Doctrine

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Fifth Circuit Maintains Isolated Position Relative to Attorney Immunity Doctrine

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The 3-Panel in the Fifth Circuit Combine for the Circuit and Announce A Sword, A Shield and A[nother] Retroactive Erie Guess

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The 3-Panel in the Fifth Circuit Combine for the Circuit and Announce A Sword, A Shield and A[nother] Retroactive Erie Guess

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Supreme Court of Texas Recommends Trial Lawyers Provide More Accounting Records to Prove Fees

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“General, conclusory testimony devoid of any real substance will not support a fee award,” said the April 26 opinion in Rohrmoos Venture v. UTSA DVA Healthcare. “Billing records are strongly encouraged to prove the reasonableness and necessity of requested fees.”

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Fifth Circuit Says No Texas Lawyer is Gonna Pay $3M as it Orders a New Trial in Hopes Law Funder LLC is Out of Cash

376 Views May 17, 2019 Be first to comment

Unbeknownst to Law Funder, Munoz had a close professional relationship with Judge Jesus Contreras, who was presiding over the Garcia divorce: Munoz and Judge Contreras were coprincipals in a…

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Texas Office of the Attorney General Demands R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

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First and most importantly, your letter fails to recognize that Texas is not a subdivision of the federal government or a private citizen. Texas draws its authority not from…

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The Supreme Court of Texas Rules on Ignorance Laws

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It is often said that ignorance of the law is no defense. Perhaps not. But if ignorance of the law can’t be used defensively by Mosley, it also can’t…

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Texas Courts Received 10,545 Foreclosure Filings in the First Quarter of 2019 Alone

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Counter to the national trend, 15 states posted year-over-year increases in foreclosure starts, including Florida (up 65%); Georgia (up 30%); Texas (up 27%); Louisiana (up 20%); Washington (up 12%);…

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Houston Southern District: US Judge Hanks Awards “Triple Damages” for Mortgage Fraud by Lender Allied Home Mortgage

377 Views May 7, 2019 Be first to comment

The False Claims Act allows courts to triple damage awards. Allied not only sought to toss the jury verdict against it, they also tried to convince the court that…

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Quiet Title Constitutional Victory for Houston Homeowner Appealed to Fifth Circuit with Oral Arguments Presented

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ORAL ARGUMENT HEARD before Judges Haynes, Graves, Ho. Arguing Person Information Updated for: Daron L. Janis arguing for Appellant Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; Arguing Person Information Updated for:…

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Fifth Circuit Maintains Isolated Position Relative to Attorney Immunity Doctrine

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The Fifth Circuit declined to broaden the exceptions to the Texas rule of attorney immunity with respect to liability to non-clients in the non-litigation context, for criminal acts, or…

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Fifth Circuit Oral Argument in Texas Capital Bank N.A. v Zeidman

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ORAL ARGUMENT HEARD before Judges Haynes, Clement, Judge Duncan and Judge Oldham in Texas Capital Bank v Zeidman on 05/01/2019

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Texas State Bar President-Elect Sorrels Appoints Wife Alexandra “Alex” Sorrels to Foundation Board, Raising Ethics Questions

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Former board chairman Rehan Alimohammad said that Sorrels should further explain why he appointed his wife, because some attorneys have claimed the bar is a “secret society” where people…

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The 3-Panel in the Fifth Circuit Combine for the Circuit and Announce A Sword, A Shield and A[nother] Retroactive Erie Guess

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Section 1024.41 of the Code of Federal Regulations describes the procedures that mortgage servicers must follow when processing loss mitigation applications. Does the Fifth Circuit interpret the law correctly…

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A Decade Later, An IndyMac Clone is Funded in Austin – 360 Mortgage Group – As Round II of Foreclosures Are Targeted

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This lender plans to underwrite $1B in mortgages with no income, no asset verification. Resi investors can borrow from an Austin-based lender without verifying their income or assets (NINA…

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Misconduct Complaint Alleges 5th Circuit Senior Judge Edith Brown Clement Issued Partisan Attacks on Colleagues

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Harrington explained in his misconduct complaint that it doesn’t concern the merits of the dissent, but rather the partisan, insulting, egregious and unnecessary comments aimed at other judges. The…

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Law Funder LLC Case at the Fifth Circuit in a Veil of Secrecy as it Involves a Lawmaker, a Judge and Illegal Acts

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04/03/2019 - ORAL ARGUMENT HEARD before Judges King, Smith, Willett. Arguing Person Information Updated for: John F. Carroll arguing for Appellants Sergio Munoz, Et Al; Arguing Person Information Updated…

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Editors Choice: U.S. Supreme Court Rule Debt Collecting Foreclosure Attorneys are Not Debt Collectors under the FDCPA

327 Views March 21, 2019 Be first to comment

Congress may think these state protections adequate, or it may choose to expand the reach of the FDCPA. Regardless, for the reasons we have given, we believe that the…

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Deutsche Bank and the Two Billion Reasons the Donald Trump Cabinet is Filled with Bankers, Lawyers and Foreclosure Kings

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Ms. Vrablic, an intensely private person who rarely discussed personal matters with her colleagues, steered more than $300 million in loans to Mr. Trump over the ensuing years. When…

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The Truth About Political Intervention for Citizens and Consumers: There is None: You’re on Your Own

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During the run-up of the housing bubble, banks acquired thousands of subprime mortgages and turned them into securities. They created trusts as repositories of the mortgages, with bonds flowing…

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If you’re looking for a List of Licensed Mortgage Servicers, Illinois is Great, Texas – Not so Much

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The Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending is an agency of the State of Texas and is subject to the oversight and under the jurisdiction of the Finance Commission…

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