Federal Law

Dallas-Based Mortgage Servicer Withdraws Wads of Cash In Unauthorized Payments from Unsuspecting Homeowners Bank Accounts

Mr. Cooper announced that due to a payment processing issue, unauthorized mortgage payments were taken from 14,000 plus borrowers’ accounts.

Hedge 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.

Federal Court Civil Causes of Action

This complete Cause of Action codes table is issued by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

A Year Later, Texas Attorney Roel Alaniz Admits to Bribery Charges. His Lawyer Sister Was Also Indicted in the Scheme

Brother and Sister Texas Lawyer duo caught up in Bribery Scheme arrested, charged and ready for sentencing a year later. Cynthia Alanis...

Say A Prayer for Rev. Wesley Wilson. He Was Hopin’ For a Miracle.

Pro 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...

The Dunns Are So Done with PHH’s Dunning Scheme

The Duns have pled a plausible claim that PHH Mortgage failed to provide an accurate payoff statement, e.g. omitting the insurance proceeds.

In Re Martin Dekom, “On Behalf of the Little People” – You’re Screwed

Dekom’s claim that defendants violated RESPA’s requirement that loan servicers respond to written inquiries about mortgages and foreclosures fails because lawyers ain't...

An Autocratic Judge and a Polarized Lawyer End this Abused Homeowner’s Case for Warranted Relief

Ocwen changed the locks on this homeowner in a time of disaster in Houston (Hurricane Harvey) and also there's the big issue...

Michael and Jennifer Wattles v. Wells Fargo Bank et al, MO

Michael and Jennifer Wattles are suing the lender Wells Fargo and Wachovia for not settling sums due on refinance to list of...

Revisiting MERS and the Lyin’ Words in Fifth Circuit Opinions

As for MERS being both a “nominee” and a “mortgagee”, the idea that a principal can be its own agent does not...

Wired former Wilmington Loan Officer Jailed, Despite Being a Key Witness for the Government

Loan Officer Joseph Terranova was the seventh and final former top Wilmington Trust official sentenced to prison in recent weeks.

RESPA and the Qualified Written Requests or QWR for Short. Does it Work?

CFPB Sues Ocwen (but losing badly) Mortgage Servicer’s Widespread Errors, Shortcuts, and Runarounds Cost Borrowers Money, Homes.

Lone Star Representing Elder Citizen Jacqueline Halliburton in Foreclosure Action Against PHH and Ocwen

Halliburton is a 73-year-old woman who is being subjected to Ocwen's known mortgage servicing abuses and attempts to fraudulently foreclose.

Federal Judge Asserts Texas Foreclosure Defense Lawyer’s Repetitive Filings Are Beyond A Joke

Texas lawyer Juan Angel Guerra is no stranger to the law, both sides of it. However, his days as a foreclosure defense...

Complaint Requests A Reasonable Time for Discovery in Jenkins v PHH Mortgage

For over seven years, Ocwen and PHH Mortgage Corporation, as mortgage servicers and debt collectors, have engaged in willful, malicious, harassing, deceptive...

Civil Conspiracy at Houston Gateway Academy Charter School Ends Up With Extremely Split Sentencing

While superintendent of Houston Gateway Academy Richard Garza awarded a contract to a company who would kickback most of the funds.

Exclusive: LIT’s Obtained the Opening Statement from the Burkes Sizzlin’ Hot Petition for Rehearing

Abuse of the public trust cannot and must not be tolerated. Corrupt practices in government strike at the heart of social order...