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2.5KAppellate JudgesJury Awards Homeowner $15.7 Million Punitive Judgment against PHH Mortgage. That Would Be Reduced to Zero by Judges.
When Linza threatened legal action, PHH responded it was a multi-billion dollar company with deep pockets and a “bus load” of attorneys...
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1.3KBankruptcyCity of Pharr is Solitary Bidder at Hidalgo EMS Auction. For Only $1M You Can Own All This…
Judge David R. Jones issued a verbal ruling for the city to purchase all of the assets of Hidalgo County EMS for...
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3.6KFederal LawFederal Judge Sentencing Disparity: Texas Tax Lawyer Receives 6 Months and Client 18 Months Jail
U.S. District Judge Karen Gren Scholer sentenced Client Thomas Selgas to 18 months in prison and Texas Attorney John Green to six...
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1.2KFederal JudgesDoctor Receives 3 Years for Unlawful Drug Distribution Whereas Drug King-Pin and JAG Lawyer Received Zero Jail Time
A former medical doctor was sentenced in Tennessee to three years in prison for unlawfully distributing controlled substances.
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1.8KAppellate JudgesWhat is “Willful Misconduct” in Texas Law?
The court concluded that conduct is “willful” if a person acts deliberately and disregards the likely consequences of their actions, even if...
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1.4KAppellate CircuitWhy the Chief Can’t Judge Everything – Even with Judicial Immunity
No [wo]man in this country is so high that [s]he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that...
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1.1KBankersPretium Soaking Up Post 2008 Rental Portfolios with Aggressive Buys in 2021
GTIS acquired more than 4,000 houses in the years following the U.S. foreclosure crisis, when Wall Street-backed investors bought thousands of discounted...
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1.9KAppellate JudgesWhat Do Judges Lynn Hughes, David Hittner and Patrick Higginbotham Have in Common?
Personal Vendettas: All pro se foreclosure cases end up on their desks sequentially and they are generally dismissed without due process.
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1.7KJudgesWhen the Courts Want to Implement an Illegal Takings Clause on Your Business Parking Lot
The lawsuit alleges that court personnel acted under the color of law to intimidate Mrs. Simonds by using the threat of criminal...
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1.3KAccelerationCreditor Rights BigLaw Firm Goodwin Procter LLP are Whining in Op-Eds for their Wall St Banking Clients
The CFPB amendments provide that a mortgage servicer can offer a streamline modification to borrowers with COVID-19-related hardship based on an incomplete...
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856Appellate CircuitA Single Rule (40) for Petition for Rehearing En Banc is Slated
The subcommittee proposes that Rule 35 be abrogated and that a single rule— Rule 40—govern all petitions for rehearing.
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1.2KAppellate CircuitJudicial Overreach in Assignment of Cases on Appeal in Federal Court Questioned
Instead of simply deciding whether to permit the appeal, the motions panel elected to decide the merits of the case without any...
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1.1KBankersResponse to CFPB addressing SCOTUS, Yellen and Retrospective Relief
A Texas federal lawsuit continues in light of the retrospective relief clause in Collins v. Yellen, a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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1.2KBankersJustice Gorsuch: “In this world, real people are injured by actions taken without lawful authority.”
Appellants, Joanna Burke and John Burke (“Burkes”), now file a motion to stay based on the events of last week at the...
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1.0KAppellate CircuitLawyers Are Trained Liars, All the Way Up to Chief Justice John Roberts Says Retired Judge
Lawyer legal training and practice blur the line between truth and falsity. As a judge or justice they will find it hard...
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1.1KAccelerationMagistrate Judge Edison Cited a Foreclosure Case Where Attorney Fees Were Denied by a Judicial Colleague
Judge Edison omits quotation for a reason, Atlas denies atty fees : Rodriguez v. Quicken Loans, Inc., (S.D. Tex. 2017) (quotation omitted).
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2.1KAccelerationFederal Judicial Tag-Team Judge Andrew Edison and Judge George Hanks Go Rogue on Logue
Mortgage Servicer is entitled to recover the sum of $21,869.84 in attorney's fees and expenses and accordance with the Deed of Trust.
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1.2KBankersJudge George Hanks Discusses The Doctrines of Collateral Estoppel and Judicial Estoppel
The Court also finds that the doctrine of “general estoppel” cannot apply to bar the Member Case for these very same reasons.
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