All posts tagged "bankruptcy court"
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103Appellate CircuitSupreme Court Reverses Fifth Circuit and S.D. Texas Court’s Interpretation of “Actual Fraud”
SCOTUS: We interpret actual fraud to encompass fraudulent conveyance schemes, even when those schemes do not involve a false representation.
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318BankersDissenting Second Circuit Appeals Judge Joseph Bianco Slams PHH Mortgage’s Sanction Outcome
The bankruptcy court levied substantial financial penalties on PHH to convey a message that they must not violate court orders repeatedly.
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737Dark MoneySonya Porretto Questions Galveston’s New Mayor…correction, Federal Judge Jeff Brown’s Non-Disclosures
Whilst former Texas Supreme Court Judge Jeff Brown and his wife are recent landowners in Galveston the same cannot be said of...
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1.0KAppellate JudgesSDNY Bankruptcy Court Received an Emergency Call from SDTX re Elizabeth Thomas
SDNY Bankruptcy Judge Cecilia Morris is less worried about suicide and more about protecting judicial Ochlocracy in this backtracked opinion.
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1.5K1BankersLawyers in the Trevino Bankruptcy Case Playing Fee Poker with the Court
They are gamblin' on the fact if they pad another $120k in fees, that allows judge to lodestar "reduce" to full original...
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720BankruptcyLooks Like Judge Lamberth is Gamblin’ on Some Much Needed Reputation Management
Worrell has been indicted on six charges related to his conduct on January 6, when he allegedly marched with the Proud Boys...
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658BankersFDCPA Violations in Bankruptcy Proceedings Result in Attorney Fees, Costs, Statutory and Punitive Damages
The Court finds that it should award Plaintiffs $1,000.00 in statutory damages, $9,000 in punitive damages, attorney fees and expenses.
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1.0KBankersWill Bankruptcy Debtor Attorneys Receive $750k in Fees for Bank Servicer Violating FDCPA in SDTX Federal Court?
Engagement of Attorneys allowed Plaintiffs to submit a feasible plan, disburse a total of $105, 877.52 to creditors and receive a discharge.
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1.3KAppellate CircuitA Landowner’s Fight to Prevent The Big Skim in San Antonio Bankruptcy Court
The property is worth far more than than the $20.3 million bid by Schumacher. Appraisals have valued the land at as much...
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1.7KBankruptcyA Part-Time Texas Bankruptcy Judge and the Chief of the Supreme Court are Poker Buddies
Senior United States District Judge Royce Lamberth is a native of San Antonio. While his current home is the District of Columbia,...
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1.1KBankruptcyComplaint 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...
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1.0KBankruptcyPHH Mortgage Corporation v. Rodney Johnson Sr, S.D. Texas
The lack of transparency in certain court cases in the Southern District Federal Court, Houston Div'n has been ratcheted up in recent...
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2.3KEditors ChoiceTexas Courts Conclude Unanimously; As a Lyin’ Texas Lawyer Mark A. Cantu is Still Disbarred
Texas supreme court remanded to the 13th COA, to consider Cantus remaining issues. Justice Gina Benavides for the Court affirmed disbarment.
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1.8KBankruptcyY’all Can ‘Bank’ On It: A Frivolous Foreclosure Appeal at the Fifth Circuit
A lower court Bankruptcy Judge, a known foreclosure debt collecting law firm and 3 of their foreclosure lawyers arrive at the Court...
