As many people are aware, on March 16, 2020, Governor Newsom of California issued an executive order requesting that lenders forbear on both commercial and residential foreclosures and evictions as a result of COVID-19....more
The issue of whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) applies to non-judicial foreclosure proceedings is now squarely before the U.S. Supreme Court. Following oral arguments last week in the case Obduskey v....more
Considering a petition for certiorari filed by Federal National Mortgage Association in a case concerning which state’s law governs a national bank’s authority to serve as trustee under a deed of trust—the state in which the...more