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1.3KEditors ChoiceEditors Choice: Is Foreclosure Debt Collection? The US Supreme Court Heard Oral Arguments on Monday (Minus a Recovering Justice Ginsberg)
Justice Samuel Alito (for the Fifth Circuit) seemed the most receptive to that argument (a foreclosure is NOT a debt collection), telling...
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1.7KNewsThe Unimaginable Fall of the Roman Republic is a Stark Reminder of How Close the United States of America is to Collapse
The other thing you see is that Roman politicians, much like American politicians today, started to believe that all they needed was...
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2.7KForeclosuresOcwen: The “Chosen” Sub Servicer for the Banking Industry Continues to Grow with Fake WatchDog Lawsuits Used as Decoys to Pacify the Public Glare
Ocwen is propped up financially by New Residential Investment Corp. (NRI) which had swept in Phoenix-like in the wake of the April,...
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1.8KFifth CircuitCan We Get a P-Wease for a Two Count Remand Against Ocwen for Breach of Contract?
It appears that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has a New Years Resolution in relation to review of foreclosure cases by...
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1.6KForeclosuresSupreme Court of Florida Decides Homeowner is Entitled to Attorney Fees in Foreclosure Case
Because our case law is clear that a voluntary dismissal of an appeal renders the opposing party the prevailing party for the...
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1.3KEditors ChoiceEditors Choice: The Big Banks of America Basically Have Control of Congress
Maxine Waters i am undo the damage that Mulvaney has done, she added. The last two years have been very dangerous. I...
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1.2KNewsDeutsche Bank Foreclosure Tossed on Appeal in Favor of Homeowners…But It’s Not a Texas Court Ruling
The notice of default, however, was not issued by Ocwen. Rather, the notice was issued and at least initially maintained by the...
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1.5KMortgage ServicersOcwen Sending Fraudulently Backdated Letters to Customers (A Class Settlement)
The N.Y. Dept of Financial Services investigated and determined that Ocwen had back-dated certain letters to borrowers. Many of the letters concerned...
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1.3KFifth CircuitWe’ll Protect Attorney Immunity no Matter What Negligence Prevailed says Fifth Circuit
Schiff Hardin’s conduct falls squarely within the scope of the firm’s representation of its client. This court is not bound to accept...
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1.2KEditors ChoiceEditors Choice: Ask Yourself, How and Why are Politicians becoming Millionaires on Government Salaries?
Not all politicians come into office wealthy – but many leave that way. Here are the top 10 winners of the past...
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1.3KEditors ChoiceEditors Choice: Is Foreclosure Debt Collection? The US Supreme Court to Decide if FDCPA Applies to Foreclosure Mills and Bounty Hunting Attorneys
Were the Supreme Court to want to include attorneys effecting nonjudicial foreclosures under the FDCPA’s definition of debt collectors, it might find...
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1.4KFDCPADissenting 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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1.2K1NewsFrom a Disgraced Politician to Lobbyist : The Tale of Former Rep. Blake Farenthold
We note Representative Farenthold publicly promised to reimburse the U.S. Treasury for $84,000 in funds paid to settle the lawsuit brought against...
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1.4KFifth CircuitThe 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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1.5KForeclosuresA 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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1.6KFake DocumentsThe 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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1.5KMortgage ServicersOneWest Bank paid 24 percent of the Loan Book Value to purchase Mortgage Servicing rights of IndyMac after 2008 Bank failure
After IndyMac collapsed in 2008, the receiver/conservator from the FDIC negotiated a sweet deal for Steve Mnuchin to purchase the loan book...
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2.0KMortgage ServicersNationstar (Texas) is another Mortgage Servicer who Bought Loans after the 2008 Crash Rebrands to Mr Blooper, no Mr Cooper
According to the CFPB, Nationstar’s $1.75 million fine is the largest HMDA civil penalty ever imposed by the CFPB. The size of...
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