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News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

New Justice Department's FIRREA Cases Against Banks: Holding The Victim Responsible

by Robert J. Anello | Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.... on 5/16/2013

The government’s ever-evolving response to the United States financial crisis has come full circle, as civil Justice Department Attorneys seek to rely on legislation enacted to protect financial institutions from fraud to sue...more

Florida Attorney General Announces Plan to Distribute $300,000,000 in Foreclosure Settlement Proceeds: News Release of the Week

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 11/13/2012

A few weeks ago, we discussed the fight between Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Florida Legislature over $334,000,000 that came to Florida as part of its settlement deal with the five Big Banks in the national...more

Special Alert: California Legislature Approves Key Parts of State’s “Homeowner Bill of Rights”

by BuckleySandler LLP on 7/6/2012

On July 2, the California State Legislature passed AB 278 and SB 900 (“the Bills”), two substantively identical pieces of legislation that implement significant portions of the “Homeowner Bill of Rights” initiative announced...more

Cherryland and Peaches: State Politicians' Efforts to Protect Bad Boys Garner Mixed Results

by Dechert LLP on 4/27/2012

A few weeks ago Crunched Credit previewed a (now enacted) bit of Michigan legislation entitled the “Nonrecourse Mortgage Loan Act”, which, in fewer than 800 words, seeks to ringfence recourse guarantors’ assets from attack in...more

Florida Foreclosure Process Moving Out of the Courts If Governor Scott's Plan Okayed by Florida Legislature: Misses the Bigger...

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 10/11/2011

Right now, the State of Florida is one of many states requiring lenders seeking to foreclose on a property for nonpayment of a mortgage note to do so via a formal legal process. A lawsuit must be filed. An official order...more

Proponents of Extracting Slavery Reparations From Private Interests Must Contend with Equity's Maxims

by Charles E. Rounds, Jr. on 8/3/2011

Charles E. Rounds, Jr., Proponents of Extracting Slavery Reparations From Private Interests Must Contend with Equity’s Maxims, 42 U. Tol. L. Rev. 673 (2011): That the national conversation on slavery reparations has been, and...more

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