Archives by Tag ' TILA '
Apr 19, 2010

Your allegations of intentional misdeeds, fabricated documents and forgeries have new life now that the SEC is hot on the trail of the wrongdoers in a very public way. As the news sinks in more and more Judges, lawyers and experts and forensic analysts will see their role more as a commitment to justice than […]

Apr 7, 2010

REGISTER NOW FOR DISCOVERY AND MOTION PRACTICE WORKSHOP (2006) Here is a case that should not have been filed (entire text of opinion below) and was argued improperly. The homeowners clearly lost because they put their eggs in the wrong basket. Nonetheless, the opinion is a pretty good compilation of the various statutes, rules and […]

Apr 6, 2010

SEE MICHELLE REAGAN, ARIZONA STATE SENATE CANDIDATE Finally a politician who puts principle ahead of politics!! Michele Reagan, currently an Arizona legislator, deserves support not only for her campaign for Arizona State Senate, but for her battle with her lender. Her lender, Colonial Savings, decided to sue her for asking too many questions about how […]

Apr 1, 2010

The Federal Reserve Board has issued an interim final rule under Regulation Z to implement the recent Truth in Lending Act (TILA) amendment that requires new owners and assignees of mortgage loans to notify consumers of the sale or transfer. While mostly helpful in foreclosure defense,  the rule leaves open the question of ownership of […]

Mar 17, 2010

Max Gardner’s Protoge Achieved This result as Reported Max’s Current Newsletter: Editor’s Note: Most of what we have seen reported indicates that although TILA is clear in is legislative expression that NO TENDER is required for the rescission remedy under TILA, Judges don’t like it. It seems they feel that Big Bad Borrowers are taking […]

Mar 14, 2010

Title: SECURITIZATION IS ILLEGAL. see Securitization is Illegal AUTHOR: MICHAEL NWOGUGU, Certified Public Accountant (Maryland, USA); B.Arch. (City College Of New York). MBA (Columbia University). Attended Suffolk Law School (Boston, USA). Address: P. O. Box 170002, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA. Phone/Fax: 1-718-638- 6270. Email: datagh@peoplepc.com; mcn111@juno.com. Editor’s Note: I find this compelling. On the other […]

Mar 14, 2010

see no-silver-bullet The reason lawyers should attend the forensics workshop is not so they can do forensic analysis (although they certainly would be in a better position to do so), but rather because they need to know what to do with the information once they get a report of results from a forensic review and […]

Mar 9, 2010

Editor’s Note: I am currently working on the issue of fiduciary duty, so I would appreciate receiving material from any of you that have submissions on the subject. There is an article in the Florida Bar Journal this month on this topic. “If a fiduciary has special skills or becomes a fiduciary on the basis […]

Mar 4, 2010

You must remember the judiciary moves slowly is assimilating new facts or patterns in the marketplace. In order to break through a Judge’s preconception of the mortgage origination process, you need to have something that is clear in is presentation of facts, and obvious in its impact. The reasons for having analysis performed by an […]

Mar 4, 2010

Editor’s Note: Looking further down the road, when the Ponzi aspect of the Mortgage Meltdown is fully revealed, it will become obvious that both yield spread premiums and the proceeds of credit default swaps, insurance and federal bailout are subject to claims by homeowners. The Trustee’s conclusion as affirmed by the Judge’s ruling in the […]