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Foreclosures
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Construction Payment Blog
New Luxury Hotels In San Luis Obispo Owe Contractors $7 Million
By Ian Cogswell
As of March earlier this year, multiple mechanics liens have been filed against projects for two luxury hotels — Hotel Cerro and Hotel SLO — in downtown San Luis Obispo,…
A Lawyer's Blog
LITIGATION – COMMENCE THE ACTION AGAINST THE ESTATE NOT THE DECEASED
Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. v Tudor, 2020 NY Slip Op 04149, Decided on July 22, 2020, Appellate Division, Second Department:"In April 2014, the plaintiff commenced this action to foreclose a…
Legal Freedom Foreclosure Law
JP Morgan v. Bell 2020
JP Morgan vs. Bell Case Number: 2020 IL App (3d) 190128 Decision Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 District: 3d Dist. Division/County: Will Co. A review of the recent Will…
Legal Profession Blog
“By Any Means Possible”
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended an attorney for two years for misconduct in defending foreclosure actions.We reject Attorney Nora's arguments on appeal and conclude that the OLR proved violations…
Southeast Financial Litigation Monitor
You’re on Notice: Alabama Court of Civil Appeals Bears Down on Foreclosure “Strict Compliance” in Barnes v. U.S. National Bank, No. 2180699.
By Michael Taunton, Gabe Quistorff
Recently the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals held that a mortgagee’s notice of acceleration failed to strictly comply with the mortgage’s notice provisions when it informed the borrower only that…
Financial Services Perspectives
Update on Texas Foreclosures Given Statewide Rise in COVID-19 Cases
By Gabriella E. Alonso, Melissa Gutierrez, David C. Miller
As we previously reported in April, Texas’s initial approach to foreclosures in light of the coronavirus was “ad hoc” and the decision whether to halt foreclosures was left to the…
Legal Freedom Foreclosure Law
I Help Homeowners Protect their Most Valuable Asset
I am a proud Chicago native. I grew up on Chicago’s South Side. I graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and was accepted to law school at the…
A Lawyer's Blog
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE: RPAPL1304 AND SUMMARY JUDGMENT
RPAPL 1304 must be proved by proper evidence in any foreclosure action and here the homeowner succeeded in defeating a summary judgment motion but the bank may be able to…
A Lawyer's Blog
BACK TO NORMAL WITH FORECLOSURES?
New York State Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks on June 23 issued new guidance for residential and commercial foreclosures in the state. The memorandum allows for the filing of…
A Lawyer's Blog
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE – THE BUSINESS RECORDS RULE
Rules of evidence apply in motions.Ventures Trust 2013-1-H-R by MCM Capital Partners, LLC v Zaks, 2020 NY Slip Op 03262, Decided on June 10, 2020, Appellate Division, Second Department;"On August…