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Foreclosures
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New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
It’s Much More Complicated Than The Decisions Suggests
Oliveto Holdings, Inc. v Denis W. Light, PLLC 2016 NY Slip Op 02063 Decided on March 23, 2016 Appellate Division, Second Department decided yesterday is a case much more complicated than…
Financial Services Perspectives
Alaska Supreme Court Extends FDCPA Coverage to Trustees Involved in Non-Judicial Foreclosures
By Bradley
In Alaska Trustee, LLC and Stephen Routh v. Brett Ambridge and Josephine Ambridge, the Alaska Supreme Court considered whether Alaska Trustee and Routh were “debt collectors” subject to liability under…
Financial Services Observer
FDCPA – 11TH Circuit: Kinlock v. Wells Fargo Bank – Post-Foreclosure Offers of Financial Assistance to Defaulted Borrower Not Violative of FDCPA/Florida Consumer Collection Protection Act
By Kimberly A. Mello, Aimee Wildstone
A mortgage servicer’s offer of financial assistance to a defaulted borrower in order to induce him to vacate his property following foreclosure does not present a plausible claim under the…
PropertyProf Blog
California to Consider Legislation to Aid Widowed Spouses Keep their Homes
By Chris Odinet
(Photo Credit: HousingWire)Mortgage servicers are not known to be the easiest folks to work with--particularly during the height of the housing crisis. Stories abound of situations where distressed homeowners found it…
Consumer Finance Spotlight
Pa. Judge Strikes Class Allegations in Bank of America Suit
Reed Smith attorneys secured a decertification of a putative class action asserted against Bank of America, N.A. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on February…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: Once Again, Standing in Foreclosure Cases. Note and Mortgage or Note or Mortgage at Time of Filing? Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee v. Glenn E. Holden et al.
Update: On July 1, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. “Isn’t it a fact that the Bank does…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Top Ten Most Read Posts of 2015
Here is my annual top ten list. These are the ten most read blog posts for 2015, in order. Foreclosure issues continue to dominate, grabbing first, fourth, seventh, eighth and…
Financial Services Perspectives
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies Abandonment of Loan Acceleration
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently clarified how mortgage lenders and servicers can abandon a loan acceleration under Texas law. Although Texas generally requires foreclosure actions to be brought…
Legal Profession Blog
Not Foreclosed
A judge who has been foreclosed is not foreclosed from handling foreclosure matters, according to a recent decision of the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee.Approximately five years ago, the inquiring…
Massachusetts Land Use Monitor
At Long Last Legislation Addresses Ibanez Issue
The Massachusetts Legislature and Governor Baker have taken a much needed step to limit further problems resulting from the Ibanez decision and its progeny. Those cases made clear that a…