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Fifth Circuit Finally Tells Banks that Professional Liability Insurance Doesn’t Cover Blatant Fraud, Forgery and Extortion

Judge Stephen Higginson opined for the 2-panel at the 5th Cir., and held that it was the bank’s wrongful certification to HUD...

Judge David Hittner is Threatened and Guess Who Defended the Convict? None Other than Magistrate Judge Peter Bray

Public Defender Peter Bray, who is representing Yarbrough said “I expect Mr. Yarbrough to make a statement at the time of sentencing...

Judge Sparks Sanctions and Recusal Row But Judge Andy Oldham Settles it With a Silver Bullet

The district court determined that Tejero’s attorneys did not settle his lawsuit quickly enough. So the district court sanctioned them. That was...

Judge David Hittner is Over 80 Years Old and Still Can’t Find a Hobby, So His Courtroom is His Playroom

"When I took senior status, in effect, it created another judgeship. But since I kept a full caseload, the district gets another...

Judge David Hittner Judgments are Vindictive and Unconstitutional According to a Fifth Circuit Judge

"Everybody's different," United States District Judge David Hittner told Coates in case he'd heard about the more harsh sentencing of the man...

Judge David Hittner issued an Arrest Warrant for 19-year Old Student for Rejecting Jury Duty

Don't treat her like she murdered 25 people along the freeway,” her father said “She's 19, she's ignorant, she's a kid. They...

Will Judge David Hittner’s Annual Passover Party of “Faith and Politics” Be Cancelled Due to COVID-19?

Despite the ethical issues, Judge David Hittner ignores them and holds an annual gathering of all the top politicians and lawyers in...

The Contradiction Surrounding Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 59(e) Interpretation and Judicial Decisions

Judge David Hittner Replaced Judge Nancy Atlas after a Late Recusal. His Speedy Termination Against the Homeowners Followed

Judge David Hittner Remands for Emotional Distress Reasons, Citing an Egregious Sham

Judge David Hittner Sanctions Foreclosure Defense Lawyers, Only for the Erie Guess He Relied Upon to be Error

The Lane Law Firm and several of its attorneys were sanctioned by Judge David Hittner for the Priester case, an erie guess,...

April is Upon Us and It’s a Foolish Dozen of Texas Lawyers Behavin’ Badly. Then there’s the Bakers Dozen You’ll Never Know About. It’s a Secret.

OCWEN Press Release On COVID-19 As They Prepare to Attack Homeowners In Distress

OCWEN believes the disruption created by the measures being taken to drive social distancing may give rise to industry-wide elevated delinquency levels.

The CFPB is Cashing Out at the Expense of Consumers in Texas and 6 Other States

Unlike small-fry independent lenders, Cottonwood isn’t beholden to anyone. The firm bills itself as “one of the largest privately held” retail lenders...

The Texas Money Doc Takes 29, Gets 25 In Return

William Neil “Doc” Gallagher, who wasn’t licensed to advise clients on securities, received up to $29.2 million from about 60 investors from...

Judge David Hittner’s Ruling for Treble Damages Puts Business in Jeopardy

Quanta Storage alleges, three days after the deadline, it is unable to secure the reduced bond due to restrictions on nonessential business...

Motion to Disqualify Judge David Hittner. What Would Supreme Court Justice Scalia Have Thought?

Motion to Disqualify Judge David Hittner: In short form, the current Hopkins case was prematurely ejected by Hittner due to his pervasive...

Wells Fargo Agrees to Settle Class Action After Wrongfully Foreclosing On Hundreds of Homeowners After the Financial Crisis

A federal judge in California has certified a class of Wells Fargo mortgage customers who claim the bank denied them mortgage modifications...