Foreclosures
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1.5KDissenting Justice Alito of the US Supreme Court for the Fifth Circuit and the FDCPA.
FDCPA This case presents the question whether the bona fide error defense in applies to a violation resulting from a debt collector's...
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1.4KThe Fifth Circuit’s Carol: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Carol Paselk sued the defendants for foreclosing on her residential property. Representative Farenthold publicly promised to reimburse the U.S. Treasury for $84,000...
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1.5KA Hedge Fund Makes Billions Off Americans’ Underwater Mortgages
Fortunes were made on Wall Street betting against sketchy mortgages before the housing bust a decade ago. In its aftermath, one firm...
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1.7KThe Kansas Shuffle by Deutsche Bank, an early opinion by NY Judge Schack in the Mortgage Robosigning Scandal
A Kansas City Shuffle is when everybody looks right, you go left .. . It's not something people hear about. Falls on...
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1.7KEditors Choice: From the Trenches, a Lawyers Opinion
WE must take responsibility for our economy and become, first more educated, and secondly, more opinioned clients of financial providers as opposed...
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1.9KSpecial Report: Foreclosure Horror: The Zombie Title
Thousands of homeowners are finding themselves legally liable after banks decided it wasn’t worth their while to complete foreclosures.
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1.6KEditors Choice: Wells Fargo Bank, Here’s $15,000 for Wrongful Eviction and Foreclosure, Our Bad
We were desperate. I begged them for help, homeowner Eva Reiner says. But Wells Fargo did not accept their requests for a...
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1.2KFannie, Freddie announce you won’t be Homeless until after January 3rd
While mortgage servicers and lenders may still engage in legal activities related to foreclosure, affected families won't be locked out of the...
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1.4KA Toxic Decision is Reversed for Remand back to the State Court
In this toxic spill and personal injury claim, the plaintiff, Crumpian, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his suit.We VACATE the judgment...
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1.4KNo Mailbox Rule for Non-Prisoners, exclaims The Fifth Circuit
Debra Lohri’s notice of appeal from the bankruptcy court to the district court arrived at the office of the bankruptcy clerk a few...
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1.2KThere were 66,401 properties with foreclosure filings in October, a jump of 21% from the previous month
Foreclosure activity is down nationwide from a year ago, but certain local housing markets tell a different story.
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1.7KForeclosure firm admits to cheating and Over-billing Millions
A New York foreclosure law firm admitted to defrauding Fannie Mae and the Department of Veterans Affairs out of millions of dollars...
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1.9KEditors Choice: Deutsche Bank and Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC Foreclosure Defeated by Homeowners in Mobile, Alabama
A $400,000 jury verdict for a husband and wife after their home was wrongfully foreclosed on by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company...
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1.6K736 to 309, Now that’s a Writ Off
The House of Representatives will vote on a dangerous bill, H.R. 5082, called the Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2018 sponsored by...
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1.6KTexas Republican Vincente Gonzalez Selling out Texans by Sponsoring HR 5082
The House of Representatives will vote on a dangerous bill, H.R. 5082, called the Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2018 sponsored by...
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1.4KThe CFPB should change it’s name from Consumer to Pro-Bank Bureau
The CFPB or more aptly named the Pro-Bank Bureau, asserts that deeming the initiation of a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to be debt...
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1.4KOutrageous Attorney Fees in FDCPA Debt Collector Win Upsets the Fifth Circuit Panel
Crystal Davis appeals the district court’s denial of her motion for attorney’s fees, arguing that an award of reasonable attorney’s fees is...
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1.6KDeutsche Bank gets the Rod from Fifth in Win
Fifth Circuit, New Orleans appeals court, sends Rodriguez to foreclosure with a chilling statement, again the pro se status and briefing is...
