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Florida State Appellate Court Dismisses Homeowners’ Request to Remove a Biased Judge

The trial court cannot insert its own views regarding the facts or the motivations of the parties but must review the motion...

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Bankers Want Creditors Rights Law Firm Winstead PC to Pay Up in ‘Botched’ Foreclosure.

We're tracking this legal malpractice case at the Fifth Circuit COA in Dallas (State Court) about a botched $62m commercial foreclosure shortly...

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Law Professor Slapped for Unlawful Practice as a Lawyer as he Doesn’t Understand the Law

McClellan “doesn’t understand the laws of New Jersey with respect to a medical malpractice case, doesn’t understand he’s practicing law in New...

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Apparently, Conman Robert Morgan’s Ponzi-Scheme Payback Offer Sufficient to Avoid Jail for Massive Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Morgan voluntarily liquidated certain assets to generate funds for collection by the receiver. And last week, the court approved the receiver’s plan...

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Morgan Stanley Marshes on in the Swamp Called the Fifth Circuit

MERS, as nominee for Realty Mortgage Corporation, assigned the Deed of Trust to US Bank, as trustee for Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan...

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Special Report: HUD Homelessness Figures Called Into Question

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report that in Illinois hospital visits associated with homelessness have tripled since 2011.

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Chief Justice Nathan Hecht’s 2019 Address to the Texas Legislature About the State of the Judiciary

Hecht: The framers of the Constitution mistrusted the power of government, so they divided it among three Branches, intending them to be...

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Real Estate Valuations and Rental Rates Have Soared Since the Financial Recession, So Why Hasn’t Judge Higginbotham’s Properties Enjoyed the Same Growth?

Property rental incomes and valuations have remained noticeably static on Judge Patrick Higginbothams' Financial Disclosures for the past 13+ years despite the...

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Thole v. US Bank is Now Before the US Supreme Court. Is it for Self-Serving Financial Gain by Lawyers or for the Rule of Law?

U.S. Bank is accused of mismanaging its pension plan by over-investing in high-risk equities and funds offered by a bank subsidiary, leading...

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A Texas Judge’s Hobby was Issuing Machine Guns to the Mexican Cartel

Tim Wright, a former Williamson County court-at-law judge charged with peddling firearms smuggled into Mexico, was sentenced Friday to 18 months in...

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Did You Know? In Texas, Theft is Called Extortion and Corruption is Called Texas Government

The main factors involved in sentences for extortion and blackmail charges are the amount involved, the way the threats were delivered and...

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OCWEN Press Releases Shed the Light On the Corruption

Trump appointed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has been accused of engaging in insider trading whilst a shareholder and board member of Bank...

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Who is Canton Texas Attorney Andrew David “Drew” Vaughn?

LIT strongly object to the fact this lawless lawyer, Andrew D. Vaughn of Canton, Texas was not disbarred, there is serious trust...

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Mastermind of $1.3 Billion Investment Fraud (Ponzi) Scheme Robert Shapiro Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison (S.D. Fla.)

Shapiro spearheaded and concealed an enormous Ponzi scheme through his business, Woodbridge. Woodbridge employed approximately 130 people and had offices located throughout...

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Austin Estate Planning & Tax Law Firm Accused by the IRS of Aiding and Abetting Clients Illegally Evade Paying U.S. Taxes. The Lower Court has Ruled in Favor of the IRS, Now the Lawyers are Rushing to the Attorney-Friendly 5th Circuit for Protection and a Reversal of the Adverse Ruling

Here, the Firm’s attorney-client privilege arguments do not meet its burden to rebut a Powell showing, in large part because the Firm...

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The Toxic Billion Dollar Goldman Sachs Bond Deal that the SEC Ignored as Government is Full of Ex Sachs Executives

MARY SCHAPIRO, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, SAYS ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR ROBERT KHUZAMI KILLED THE GOLDMAN MORTGAGE CASE BEFORE IT...