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"I challenged that and the judge completely ignored the report and my challenge": How homeowners without knowledge of legal requirements for practice in court lose cases they could have won.

People often tell me that they challenged something in court and that the judge completely ignored their challenge. The problem is that most people don’t know the elements of a legal challenge in court. Based upon my review of transcripts, reports, and proffers of evidence and testimony, nearly all such cases consist of raising questions …

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Glaski Court refuses to "depublish" decision, two judges recuse themselves.

Corroborating what I have been saying for years on this blog, the Supreme Court of the state of California is reasserting its position that if entity ABC wants to collect on a debt in California, then that particular entity must own the debt. This is basic common sense and simply follows article 9 of the …

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Attorney Mark Stopa Shows Guts Confronting Appellate Court Bias

I have just received a copy of a daring and tempestuous motion for rehearing en banc filed by the winner of the appeal. The homeowner won because of precedent, law and common sense; but the court didn’t like their own decision and certified an absurd question to the Florida Supreme Court. The question was whether …

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If the Bank Filed Foreclosure Papers, that's good enough for me — Judge Alan Schwartz, Dade Countyz

CHECK OUT OUR DECEMBER SPECIAL! On procedure and introduction of evidence and objections relating thereto, you can be as needling as you want to recuse a judge, remembering that you need to recuse the next judge as well and move venue to another county. If you have no feel for the situation, skip it because …

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Citizens United Threatens Independence of Judicial System — Tennessee Answer to Problem

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES CLICK HERE TO GET COMBO TITLE AND SECURITIZATION REPORT Editor’s Note: The New York Times editorial makes a good point. Many Judges are elcted and even those who are appointed are frequently appointed by elected officials. Having money pour into these campaigns from  banks and servicers, which is what is happening, will …

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Florida Judge Forced to Recuse Himself as Conflicts of Interests Start to Emerge

Editor’s Note: The problem is not just a Judge who received favorable treatment from the lender in a foreclosure action. It is the highly politicized environment of elected and even appointed judges who received, directly or indirectly some form of “generosity” from the financial services sector or whose perception is fundamentally flawed by the constant …

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