Archives by Tag ' TILA '
Jun 22, 2008

As with all cases cited here, you should get on line and capture the pleading documents and other pertinent motions, discovery etc. It would help us and thousands of others, if you would send what you find to ngarfield@msn.com. LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL McKell v. Washington Mutual-Class Action Defense Cases: Defense Motion To Dismiss Class Action Improperly Granted […]

Jun 15, 2008

And now, because nobody stepped in before the flood began, a new industry is born — bigger than personal injury lawsuits — it the flood of claims under TILA, RESPA, RICO, Securities laws, common law fraud and state and federal laws concerning false and deceptive business practices. People will be rescinding or simply voiding their […]

May 23, 2008

The Federal Truth in Lending Act: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You Pamela D. Simmons Introduction Ten years ago, I represented the borrower in a case that stemmed from a title company’s failure to secure a loan on all of the borrower’s land. (The title company had listed only one of several parcels of […]

May 20, 2008

Despite all efforts to conceal the pernicious effects of inflation and the rising tide of credit warning signals, it is now crystal clear that the underlying inflation rate in the United States is over 15% while the dollar declines in value at about the same rate. This double whammy is showing up in our pocketbooks, […]

May 18, 2008

“If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.” Mark Twain Pitfalls and advice for consumers and homeowners: Don’t believe what you read in the newspapers or hear on TV. Reporters are just as lazy as lawyers and everyone else. They don’t know much about economics, […]

May 16, 2008

BEWARE OF SCAMS   As though it isn’t bad enough, we are receiving increasing numbers of reports of scams, mistakes and just plain stupidity on the part of lenders, investors who own mortgage-backed securities etc. Like the woman who just told she is in foreclosure by Wells Fargo on a house she never closed title […]

May 15, 2008

In this study, the authors provide an exhaustive and invaluable aid, with plenty of charts and explanations of the mortgage meltdown, sub-prime and general credit crisis. This is MUST reading for anyone who is filing securities actions and foreclosure defense. With this paper, you can understand who the players are and what they were doing. […]

May 14, 2008

  Credit Crisis Over? — Not by a Long Shot   As you can imagine I get emails and comments from hundreds of people seeking help and whose houses are going into sale or foreclosure, most of whom are completely unaware that they have rights superior to the lender, if they can find someone to […]

May 13, 2008

Anytime you get an opportunity or can make an opportunity to demand the documentation is a good time to do it. However, like many others, you continue to look for short-cuts, when the system is geared for ONLY those willing to jump through the right hoops at the right time. There is no short-cut. There […]

May 12, 2008

OBAMANOMICS VS NO ECONOMICS AT ALL the government is charged with reporting on inflation when it has a vested interest in keep the reported inflation low both for political and financial reasons The job of the Petitioner in bankruptcy to get a modification of the Chapter 13 plan is therefore double-whacked because of (1) a […]