Damage awards for wrongful foreclosure are rising across the country. In New Mexico a judge issued a $3.2 million judgment (including $2.7 million in punitive damages) against Wells Fargo for foreclosing on a man’s home after his death even though he had an insurance policy through the bank that paid the remaining balance on his […]

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CHECK OUT OUR NOVEMBER SPECIAL GET A CONSULT WITH NEIL GARFIELD I’ve been thinking about this for a while. In fact, when I first started out on the blog in 2007 I spent quite a bit of time interviewing big and small law firms and retired judges and they all said the same thing: wait […]

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