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Mortgage Banking Update - March 08, 2013

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr., Sharon Wilson Geno, Amy Glassman, Barbara S. Mishkin, Nydia Pouyes, Matthew Saunig, John D. Socknat, Michael S. Waldron | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/8/2013

In This Issue: - Kentucky County Clerks Cannot Sue MERS for Failure To Record Mortgage Assignments, Sixth Circuit Rules - Bipartisan Policy Center Proposes New Directions for National Housing Policy - FTC...more

Kentucky County Clerks Cannot Sue MERS for Failure to Record Mortgage Assignments, Sixth Circuit Rules

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr., Martin Bryce, Jr., Alan S. Kaplinsky, Christopher J. Willis | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/27/2013

The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a putative class action filed against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS), its parent company, and 15 financial...more

First Circuit Holds Massachusetts Borrower Can Challenge The Validity Of A Mortgage Assignment, But Holds The Assignment Valid

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/26/2013

On February 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held a borrower had standing to challenge the assignment of the borrower’s mortgage under certain circumstances, even though the borrower was not a party to the...more

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Mortgage Banking Update - March 08, 2013

Kentucky County Clerks Cannot Sue MERS for Failure to Record Mortgage Assignments, Sixth Circuit Rules

First Circuit Holds Massachusetts Borrower Can Challenge The Validity Of A Mortgage Assignment, But Holds The Assignment Valid

Mortgage Banking Update - February 21, 2013

MERS Has Power To Assign Interest in Deed of Trust, Borrower Can Challenge Assignment of Mortgage, First Circuit Rules

Tennessee Court of Appeals Confirms Foreclosures Cannot Be the Basis for a TCPA Claim

Navigating Non-Judicial Foreclosures -- After Bain v. Metropolitan Mortgage Group, Inc., et al.

Nevada Rejects Literalist View on Some Lender and Trust Deed Holder Requirements for the Right to Enforce

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