CoreLogic’s Admission to the CFPB In response to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaint, CoreLogic made startling admissions about its role in U.S. foreclosures. CoreLogic confirmed that VendorScape exists, despite attempts to obscure its use. VendorScape is described as an “electronic case management system,” but in practice, it operates as the central hub for […]

Tags: Black Knight, CFPB Complaint, CoreLogic, Hearsay on hearsay, motion to strike exhibits, motion to strike testimony, Ocwen, timely objections, VendorScape
Posted in Corruption, discovery, evidence, foreclosure defenses, Pleading, securities fraud, Servicer |

see https://www.natlawreview.com/article/district-court-requires-plaintiff-to-disclose-evidence-about-noneconomic-loss I have been writing, lecturing, and just saying the same thing since 2006. Homeowners don’t need to prove anything. The objective in Foreclosure Defense is to prevent the claimant from pursuing their claim. If you are not willing to do all the necessary   work and to make certain you have it right, then […]

Tags: discovery, foreclosure defense, motion for contempt, motion for sanctions, motion for summary judgment, Motion IN Limine, Motion Practice, motion to compel discovery
Posted in discovery, evidence, foreclosure defenses, legal standing, Motions, Pleading |

Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the Neil Garfield Show Tonight’s Show Hosted by Neil Garfield, Esq. Call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays Tonight I will discuss the curious case of blatant economic fraud on the entire country by investment banks. They figured out how to eliminate the risk of loss on lending, how not to […]

Tags: abusive servicing, Black Kngiht, business records exception to hearsay rule, evdience, fraud, hearsay, Servicing
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“Morality is an existential threat to commerce and politics. Although we legislate morality we refuse to enforce it. It is OK to lie to consumers or borrowers but not OK to lie to a financial institution who by the way is lying to you.” Neil F Garfield, October 2009 speech to regional bankruptcy conference in […]

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US Bank v Compton 9335344481 Hawaii 2020 Dubin So here is yet another example of litigation done correctly. This case demonstrates that the courts can and will be convinced to rule in favor of homeowners when the correct issue is raised at the right time in the right way. Here are some quotes from the […]

Tags: discovery, motion for summary judgment
Posted in Corruption, evidence, Fabrication of documents, foreclosure mill, Servicer |

Discovery is part law, part art, and part intuition. The lawyer must generate questions that can be used, by themselves, to bring certain issues in front of the judge either because the opponent answered the questions or because they didn’t answer. If your point is that your opponent doesn’t own the claim even though they […]

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The bottom line is that the loan account was extinguished contemporaneously with the origination or acquisition of the account. There is no loan account claimed as an asset of any company. The records  of the self-proclaimed servicer are not records of the loan account or the establishment of the loan account on the books of […]

Tags: best evidence, FOUNDATION, hearsay, relevance
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More kudos to Gary Dubin who keeps producing favorable decisions for homeowners. This ruling is important for a variety of reasons. This time it is all about the rules of evidence and legals tanding to even bring the claim. see US Bank LSF9 v Verhagen 7-20-20 * The first reason is that it presents a […]

Tags: Caliber, Chase, LSF9, servicer
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The banks have been securitizing data not debt. Now they are trying to make data the substitute for the real thing. In other words, screw the investors, screw the consumers, screw the government and the banks take everything. It’s not securitization that is evil. It is a handful of bankers who are lying to us […]

Posted in evidence, Fabrication of documents, foreclosure defenses, Pleading, securities fraud |

NOTE: BE AWARE THAT WELLS FARGO AND OTHERS MAY HAVE PUT YOUR TRANSACTION IN A FORBEARANCE PROGRAM WITH UNKNOWN TERMS. ======== I think that the banks have unfairly benefited from assumptions regarding the connection between the cessation of payments by homeowners and the existence of a default. * I think that there are elements of a default that we […]

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