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1.2KPrice Doesn’t Meet the High Standards Needed for a Pro Se Coming Before the Court, Sayeth the Fifth Circuit
What’s interesting here is Stanley Price complained about lower court Judge Vance, who was succeeded, albeit temporarily, by Judge Engelhardt who sat...
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1.6KFitch Ratings Claim PHH Acquired RFC’s Master Servicing Rights in 2013
While technically true due to the recent acquisition and merger of Ocwen Loan Servicing and PHH Mortgage, it was OLS who purchased...
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2.2K1Hank Greenberg of GT Law and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore’s Friendship Influences Foreclosure Cases
Greenberg, a former State Bar Association president, is counsel to the state’s Commission on Judicial Nomination, which screens Court of Appeals finalists....
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854LIT’s Audit of the State Auditor Confirms it Yields Little Power Against CA Bar
The State Bar of California Is Not Effectively Managing Its System for Investigating and Disciplining Attorneys Who Abuse the Public Trust
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1.1K$9 Billion in Toxic Loans and Counting
RFC reached settlements totaling approximately $9 billion, with the RMBS Trusts and several of the Monoline Insurers re packaged Toxic Loans.
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1.5KTexas AG Ken Paxton Can Be a Named Responsible Third Party in Lawsuit
Fifth Circuit Dallas directs the trial court to enter an order granting relators motion to designate Ken Paxton as a responsible third...
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1.5KTangled Incentives in AG Ken Paxton State Lawsuit Concerns Justice Craig Smith
Failure to follow rule 76a jeopardizes the concepts of open courts and public access, wastes valuable judicial resources, and lets parties hide...
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1.0KWhen Former Bear Stearns Bankers Suggest You Sell….
Bear Stearns was an investment bank located in New York City that collapsed during the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008.
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2.3KPenn. Bar Association President Dave Schwager is Busted for Solicitation of a Prostitute
After looking to avoid being plastered all over the internet, David Schwager's sex hook up with a prostitute achieved national attention.
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1.8KReverse Mortgage and LiveWell Financial CEO Looking at New Housing – In a Jail Cell
The chief executive officer of defunct reverse mortgage provider Live Well Financial Inc., Michael Hild, used lenders “like an ATM”.
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745The Bankers Crap Table: Derivatives
The idea that one man, Bill Hwang, could quietly amass outsized positions through the use of derivatives should set off alarm bells...
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1.1KHave You Heard About The Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act?
The Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act would make any business involved in non-judicial foreclosure a debt collector.
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1.0KIt’s Time to End the Carte Blanche Sealing of Court Documents. Judge Dominic Lanza Agrees.
The public has a general right to inspect judicial records and documents. Those wishing to seal judicial records must overcome that obstacle.
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1.2KRelying on the Words of Judge Willett and joined by Judge Elrod, the Citizens Take Action…
We urge litigants and our judicial colleagues to zealously guard the public’s right of access to judicial records—their judicial records—so "that justice...
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1.9KHedge Fund Owner Roared Away with Investors Money While Playing Motorsports Benefactor
Andrew Franzone was charged with defrauding investors of almost $40 million, and a good part went towards funding his extravagant lifestyle.
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973Meanwhile in Oregon, Supreme Court says Convicted Shoot ’em Up Bandit and Meth-Producin’ Lawyer Needs a Break
A Portland-based attorney was sentenced to 18 months in prison and drug dependent is suspended from the practice of law for 5...
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1.2KPHH Ocwen Celebrate Kickin’ CFPB to the Curb With Gallon-Sized Texas Purchase
Ocwen PHH purchase the mortgage servicing rights of one of the largest warehouse lenders in the nation, Texas Capital Bank.
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1.4KPro Se Filers Face Capricious Clerks and Ambiguous Local Rules At the Federal Fifth Circuit
Pro se’s are being held to a higher standard than the laws and rules require and/or not being applied in a consistent...
