http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_20160083/honor-system-foreclosure-paperwork-has-led-illegal-colorado Posted: 03/13/2012 01:00:00 AM MDT March 13, 2012 3:50 PM GMT Updated: 03/13/2012 09:50:25 AM MDT By David MigoyaThe Denver Postdenverpost.com (Associated Press file photo) Thousands of Colorado homes were taken in foreclosure in recent years by banks that probably never had the right to do so because no one bothered to challenge theContinue reading “Honor system for foreclosure paperwork has led to illegal Colorado seizures, lawyer surmises – The Denver Post”
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Eleventh Circuit Overturns District Court on FDCPA Dismissal, Rubin Lublin is a Debt Collector and Violated FDCPA!!!
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca11/10-14618/10-14618-2012-03-15.html Justia.com Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court’s dismissal of his civil action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. 1692. The district court concluded that plaintiff’s claim was covered by the FDCPA but that he did not allege acts that violated the FDCPA. Accepting plaintiff’s allegations as true and construingContinue reading “Eleventh Circuit Overturns District Court on FDCPA Dismissal, Rubin Lublin is a Debt Collector and Violated FDCPA!!!”
FBI Chief Describes GPS Problems Created By Supreme Court Ruling
INVESTIGATORS CONNECT Group News | LinkedIn Written by Pursuit Wire|03/12/2012|0 Comments Filed in: Law Enforcement, Legislation, Technology You remember that one court ruling that forced the FBI to shut down every GPS receiver they currently were using to track their suspects? well, one of the problems was that the FBI was unable to find theContinue reading “FBI Chief Describes GPS Problems Created By Supreme Court Ruling”
California asks for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac foreclosure hiatus | Share on LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/share?viewLink=&sid=s926132639&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elatimes%2Ecom%2Fbusiness%2Fmoney%2Fla-fi-mo-fannie-freddie-foreclosure-20120227%2C0%2C2545582%2Estory&urlhash=DO4W&pk=nprofile-view-success&pp=1&poster=16264752&uid=5580443759323123713&trk=NUS_UNIU_SHARE-title California Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris during a visit last year to the East L.A. Community Corp. in Boyle Hights on a tour highlighting her work cracking down on unfair mortgage practices. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times) By Alejandro Lazo February 27, 2012, 2:55 p.m. California’s attorney general has asked for a suspensionContinue reading “California asks for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac foreclosure hiatus | Share on LinkedIn”
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DocX Faces Foreclosure Fraud Charges in Missouri – NYTimes.com
Company Faces Forgery Charges in Mo. Foreclosures By GRETCHEN MORGENSON Published: February 6, 2012 One of the largest companies that provided home foreclosure services to lenders across the nation, DocX, has been indicted on forgery charges by a Missouri grand jury — one of the few criminal actions to follow reports of widespread improprietiesContinue reading “DocX Faces Foreclosure Fraud Charges in Missouri – NYTimes.com”
FBI warns of threat from anti-government extremists | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-usa-fbi-extremists-idUSTRE81600V20120207 FBI warns of threat from anti-government extremists By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON | Mon Feb 6, 2012 7:21pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Anti-government extremists opposed to taxes and regulations pose a growing threat to local law enforcement officers in the United States, the FBI warned on Monday. These extremists, sometimes known as “sovereign citizens,” believeContinue reading “FBI warns of threat from anti-government extremists | Reuters”
Mortgage Tornado Warning, Unheeded – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/business/mortgage-tornado-warning-unheeded.html?_r=2&ref=business A Mortgage Tornado Warning, Unheeded Gary Bogdon for The New York Times After his own experience dealing with a mortgage mess, Nye Lavalle set out to learn all he could about the mortgage industry, traveling nationwide to dig into records. In 2003, he compiled a dossier of practices at Fannie Mae. In hindsight, theContinue reading “Mortgage Tornado Warning, Unheeded – NYTimes.com”
New York sues banks over foreclosures – Feb. 3, 2012
http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/03/news/economy/banks_sued/index.htm?source=cnn_bin New York sues banks over foreclosures By Jennifer Liberto@CNNMoneyFebruary 3, 2012: 3:15 PM ET New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has sued the big banks over their use of a private electronic mortgage registry. WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — The New York attorney general sued some of the nation’s biggest banks on Friday, accusing them ofContinue reading “New York sues banks over foreclosures – Feb. 3, 2012”
How To Blackout Your Site (For SOPA/PIPA) Without Hurting SEO
http://searchengineland.com/blackout-your-site-without-hurting-seo-108302 How To Blackout Your Site (For SOPA/PIPA) Without Hurting SEO Jan 16, 2012 at 2:39pm ET by Matt McGee inShare179 A number of websites are (or were) planning to “go black” this week while the U.S. Congress discusses issues related to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). TheContinue reading “How To Blackout Your Site (For SOPA/PIPA) Without Hurting SEO”
Wikipedia Will Go Dark On January 18 To Protest SOPA And PIPA | TechCrunch
Wikipedia Will Go Dark On January 18 To Protest SOPA And PIPA ChrisVelazco posted 7 hours ago 35 Comments View Staff PageFollow me on twitter Chris Velazco is a mobile enthusiast and writer who studied English and Marketing at Rutgers University. Once upon a time, he was the news intern for MobileCrunch, and inContinue reading “Wikipedia Will Go Dark On January 18 To Protest SOPA And PIPA | TechCrunch”
The Soldier Accused of Leaking Military Cables to WikiLeaks Is in Court Right Now « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts
19 Dec 2011 at 5:09 PM Posted in:Cyberlaw, Department of Justice, Laurence Tribe, Military / Military Law, Technology The Soldier Accused of Leaking Military Cables to WikiLeaks Is in Court Right Now By Christopher Danzig The former military intelligence analyst accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks has spent the last fourContinue reading “The Soldier Accused of Leaking Military Cables to WikiLeaks Is in Court Right Now « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts”
Technology « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts
Technology 05 Jan 2012 at 3:01 PM Posted in:Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Cyberlaw, Technology Stop Online Piracy Act Wants Biglaw Support; Biglaw Says, ‘Aw, Hell No’ By Christopher Danzig Unless you drowned yourself in a bathtub full of eggnog over the holidays, hopefully you are at least superficially aware of the Stop Online PiracyContinue reading “Technology « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts”
Law School Professionals Want Bill Robinson to Put a Sock in It « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts
http://abovethelaw.com/2012/01/law-school-professionals-want-bill-robinson-to-put-a-sock-in-it/ 06 Jan 2012 at 4:57 PM Posted in:American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Student Loans Law School Professionals Want Bill Robinson to Put a Sock in It By Elie Mystal William Robinson III (a.k.a. the guy who needs to explain how he afforded his Corvair in the first place). So earlier this week,Continue reading “Law School Professionals Want Bill Robinson to Put a Sock in It « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts”
Constitutional Scholar: White House Entirely Ignoring Article 1, Section 5 | CNSnews.com
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/constitutional-scholar-white-house-entirely-ignoring-article-1-section-5 Constitutional Scholar: White House Entirely Ignoring Article 1, Section 5 By Fred Lucas January 5, 2012 Subscribe to Fred Lucas’s posts President Barack Obama shakes hands with Richard Cordray before speaking about the economy, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. In a defiant display of executive power,Continue reading “Constitutional Scholar: White House Entirely Ignoring Article 1, Section 5 | CNSnews.com”
The Shocking Truth About The Crackdown On Occupy | Before It’s News
The Shocking Truth About The Crackdown On Occupy | Before It’s News The violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched the third rail of our political class’s venality by Naomi Wolf US citizens of all political persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police brutality in a coordinated crackdownContinue reading “The Shocking Truth About The Crackdown On Occupy | Before It’s News”
The Words of NY Supreme Court Judge Threatened With Arrest
Report: NYPD Cop Pushes New York Supreme Court Judge Into Wall By Rob Beschizza @ 6:59 AM Friday, Nov. 18th “Democracy Now” quotes: I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing there, some African-American woman goes up to a police officer and says, ‘I need to getContinue reading “The Words of NY Supreme Court Judge Threatened With Arrest”
Bout Time GA Had a Decent Judge’s Ruling, I was Fixing to Give Up On the Idea!
Nye Lavalle, We Applaud You for Your Efforts to Expose Robo-Judges Signing Robo-Orders!!!
Message for My Friends & Colleagues –From: Nye Lavalle Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 3:50 PMPlease Read Entire Email NOTE: to all blogs!!! Please post the email to the AGs, I wrote last week that I did not send you. I wrote them in confidence. However, since they have failed to actContinue reading “Nye Lavalle, We Applaud You for Your Efforts to Expose Robo-Judges Signing Robo-Orders!!!”
Foreclosure Hell…
Important Evidence & Affidavit in Foreclosure Law Firm, Robo-Signing, & MBS Investigation From Nye Lavalle Sent: Thu, Oct 20, 2011 1:18 pm From Nye Lavalle Dear Attorneys General: Recently, the Office of Inspector General for the Federal Housing Finance Agency released reports about a special counsel investigation by Fannie Mae and that a shareholderContinue reading “Foreclosure Hell…”
A True Manifest Injustice!
FANNIE AND FREDDIE OF FORECLOSURE ABUSES Original Message—–From: Nye Lavalle To: OIGhotline <OIGhotline@fhfa.gov>; DeputyDirector-Enterprises <DeputyDirector-Enterprises@FHFA.gov>; Director <Director@FHFA.gov>; DeputyDirector-FHLBanks <DeputyDirector-FHLBanks@FHFA.gov>; GeneralCounsel<GeneralCounsel@FHFA.gov>; Ombudsman <Ombudsman@FHFA.gov> Sent: Sat, Oct 8, 2011 10:28 pmSubject: I AM THE FANNIE SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN YOUR OIG REPORTS THAT WARNED FANNIE AND FREDDIE OF FORECLOSURE ABUSES IN 2003 AND AFTER Gentlemen, By wayContinue reading “A True Manifest Injustice!”
State sues lawyers
State sues lawyers over mass mortgage lawsuit scam Carolyn Said, Chronicle Staff Writer San Francisco ChronicleAugust 19, 2011 04:00 AMCopyright San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Friday, August 19, 2011 Maddie McGarvey / The Chronicle Attorney General Kamala Harris says the defendants “suggested the banksContinue reading “State sues lawyers”
Epic Stakes in Mortgage War Feds want billions from banks that sold Fannie, Freddie risky securities. Jenna Greene ContactAll Articles The National Law Journal September 27, 2011 To hear Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tell it, they were hoodwinked by Wall Street, the unwitting buyers of $200 billion worth of lousy mortgage-backed securities. From theContinue reading
Utah Supreme Court
Pyper v. Bond http://law.justia.com/cases/utah/supreme-court/2011/20091025-11.html Docket: 20091025Opinion Date: July 29, 2011 Judge: Durrant Areas of Law: Commercial Law, Consumer Law, Trusts & Estates David Pyper hired attorney Justin Bond to represent him in a probate matter. Bond’s law firm subsequently sued Pyper to obtain payment of the attorney fees. The district court entered a judgment inContinue reading “Utah Supreme Court”
Holder in Due Course
In re SGE Mortgage Funding Corp., 278 BR 653 – Bankr. Court, MD Georgia 2001278 B.R. 653 (2001) SGE Mortgage Funding Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Accent Mortgage Services, Inc., et al., Defendants. Bankruptcy No. 99-71191. Adversary No. 00-7013 United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Georgia, Valdosta Division. December 7, 2001. 654*654 Ben F. Easterlin, IV, KingContinue reading “Holder in Due Course”
Wall Street protest enters fourth day
Wall Street protest enters fourth day. Peter Foley / EPA New York police try to direct protesters marching on Wall Street Tuesday. By John Schoen A protest called “Occupy Wall Street” entered its fourth day Tuesday as a loosely organized group of activists converged on lower Manhattan and clashed with police. The protest began SaturdayContinue reading “Wall Street protest enters fourth day”
Wall Street protest enters fourth day
Wall Street protest enters fourth day. Peter Foley / EPA New York police try to direct protesters marching on Wall Street Tuesday. By John Schoen A protest called “Occupy Wall Street” entered its fourth day Tuesday as a loosely organized group of activists converged on lower Manhattan and clashed with police. The protest began SaturdayContinue reading “Wall Street protest enters fourth day”
GA Supreme Court: Security Deeds That Lack of Attestation in GA
Recorded Security Deed which lacks attestations does not provide constructive notice to subsequent bona fide purchasers Posted on April 8, 2011 by Fletcher Jim In US Bank Nat’l Ass’n v. Gordon, Case No. S10Q1564 (Ga. march 25, 2011), the Georgia Supreme Court answered in the negative the following certified question from the United States DistrictContinue reading “GA Supreme Court: Security Deeds That Lack of Attestation in GA”
Big Banks Save Billions As Homeowners Suffer, Internal Federal Report By CFPB Finds | National Association of Consumer Advocates
Big Banks Save Billions As Homeowners Suffer, Internal Federal Report By CFPB Finds | National Association of Consumer Advocates. Release Date: March 28, 2011 Source: Shahien Nasiripour, The Huffington Post NEW YORK — The nation’s five largest mortgage firms have saved more than $20 billion since the housing crisis began in 2007 by taking shortcuts inContinue reading “Big Banks Save Billions As Homeowners Suffer, Internal Federal Report By CFPB Finds | National Association of Consumer Advocates”
The Beginning of the End?
Is this the beginning of the end for Lender Processing Services, LPS? From the ruling. IN RE: RON WILSON, SR. LARHONDA WILSON The fraud perpetrated on the Court, Debtors, and trustee would be shocking if this Court had less experience concerning the conduct of mortgage servicers. One too many times, this Court has been witness to theContinue reading “The Beginning of the End?”
Manifest Injustice 