By William Hudson Just because you can thread a needle and replace the button on your shirt, doesn’t mean you should attempt your own vasectomy. Furthermore, just because you faithfully read LivingLies on a daily basis doesn’t mean you should organize a national Qui Tam foreclosure defense action. Despite the sophisticated knowledge necessary to testify about complex financial matters, The…[...]

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MEGAN WACHSPRESS, JESSIE AGATSTEIN & CHRISTIAN MOTT published an article that takes dead aim at the "free house" controversy. In the Yale Law Review they come to the conclusion that (1) the house isn't free to any homeowner even if they escape the mortgage and (2) the projected social cost of  market values are wrong. But probably the most stinging…[...]

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 current trial court decisions are getting reversed because the courts are waking up to the reality of the rule of law. What they have been following is an off the books rule of "anything but a free house." the Courts may think they are saving the financial system, the economy and our society from disintegration, but in truth they are…[...]

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Click in to tune in at The Neil Garfield Show Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays More than 40,000 people listen to the Neil Garfield Show. Maybe you should too. =============================== Tonight our guests include Charles Marshall, Dan Edstrom and Jim Macklin. We will take note of an increasing number of Judges who have gone far beyond skeptical…[...]

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The entire foreclosure mess has been predicated upon one huge false premise --- that by fabricating reams of paper, each one tied to the other or apparently tied to others, rights are suddenly created where none existed. This has never been the law but it suddenly has become the underpinning of most decisions in favor of banks and servicers who…[...]

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Justice Rubin correctly anticipates the birth of a new black market industry --- stealing debts as part of a larger scheme of stealing money. In the context of an industry already using dubious tactics to collect on debts they have acquired, the prevailing notions in the minds of most judges allows for the question "Why buy the debts when you…[...]

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see http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/id=1202752360518/Defense-Questions-Courts-Silence-on-Standing-in-Foreclosure-Cases?mcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=ALL   Sometimes you need to take a risk when you believe passionately enough about something. Mark Stopa who has broken  ground several times in defense of foreclosures is among those lawyers who are challenging the Florida 3rd DCA. Tom Ice has joined him in complaining about PCA opinions from the 3rd DCA. It seems this appellate court is…[...]

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1. Robo-Signing' Claims May Stick to U.S. Bank 2. Wells Fargo foreclosure manual on trial 3. Wells Fargo: Corporate Rap Sheet | Corporate Research ... 4. Lawsuits Against Wells Fargo Bank - Vaughn's Summaries 5. U.S. Bank Direct Loans Settlement - Walters Bender ... 6. U.S. Bank sued over forced-placed insurance | Legal News ... 7. U.S. Bank Pays $200 Million in Settlement of Banking Fraud…[...]

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The Banks called it "The Hustle". So why is anyone thinking it was anything other than a hustle? Judges need to reconsider their positions. They need to make the choice between their false perception of a "free house" and a "get of jail free card." The plain facts are that those so-called REMIC Trusts do not and never have existed…[...]

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Neil Garfield, through his blog LivingLies has always claimed that court victories are usually won--based on the underlying evidence and facts presented in a lawsuit.  The Garfield Firm and Lending Lies team are looking to partner with Forensic accountants nationwide to defend against foreclosure fraud. If interested please email us at: info@lendinglies.com. Forensic accountants with accounting expertise and investigative skills…[...]

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