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Editor’s comment: While I agree with the Appellate Court and its findings, reversing the judgment against the borrower for being a vexatious litigant, I strongly disagree with the characterization of the case which probably comes from bad pleading and bad argument in court. That is the danger of going into court without at least getting […]
In the last 3 months I have been assisting in the defense of some commercial property cases — strip malls, small hotels, warehouses, etc. And while the consensus has been that securitization of commercial mortgage backed securities has been relatively straightforward, it appears that at the very least there are exceptions to that rule and […]
Editor’s Comment: It is no small wonder that the banks are scared. After all they created MERS and they control MERS and many of them own MERS. The Washington Supreme Court ruling leaves little doubt that MERS is a sham, leaving even less doubt that an industry is sprouting up for wrongful foreclosure in which […]
Editor’s Comment: The practice of disregarding normal loan underwriting standards creates a claim that homeowners were tricked into loans that they could never repay. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, built by Elizabeth Warren under Obama’s direction is about to pass a rule that addresses that very issue. The new Rule would allow homeowners contesting foreclosure […]
Editor’s Note: State Treasurers and Finance Directors are realizing that their own jobs are on the line when the voters go to the polls. While avoiding the third rail of wrongful and illegal foreclosures, the trading in illegal and fraudulent instruments, states can no longer avoid the reaction from those who marshal the the state’s […]
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