Laws In Texas

Hank 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....

$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.

Texas 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...

Tangled 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...

It’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.

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.

Federal Court Civil Causes of Action

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

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

PHH 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.

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...

Rosalie Conner, 90 Years Young Pro Se v. PHH Mortgage Corp., S.D. Tex., before Snr Judge Hoyt

What you can truly classify as an aged debtor, foreclosure mills and their client(s) including Deutsche Bank have no humanity.

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...

Jackson v PHH Mortgage, S.D. Tex., Snr Judge Hoyt

PHH et al have not provided Jackson any written notice of default and opportunity to cure notice, nor informed the Jackson's of...

Watch Out for the Ocwen Altisource and PHH Mortgage Winterization Scheme, It’s Back In Full Force

LIT didn't know you would need to winterize a property in the month of May and put a sign up sayin' "Don't...

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...

Texas Judge Allows Cop Responsible for Trucker’s Death to Choose Staggered Jail Terms

LIT pays tribute and remembrance to trucker DANE RUTTER, who needlessly lost his life due to a selfish act of an off-duty cop...

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.

Abusive. Racist. Sexist. No Problem Judge. Carry On, Says the Chief Judge and Judicial Council at the Fifth Circuit.

We look at Judge Lynn Hughes of S.D. Texas who has been protected by the Fifth Circuit despite decades of abuse towards...