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Lenders Have No Duty to “Process, Review, and Respond Carefully and Completely” to Loan Modification Applications

One of the unresolved issues over the past several years in the realm of lender liability law is whether lenders owe tort duties to borrowers in connection with loan modification applications. Until now, case law has been all...more

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California Supreme Court Weighs In on Negligence Claims Related to Mortgage Loan Modifications

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On March 7, the California Supreme Court settled the issue of whether a mortgage servicer owes a duty of care to a borrower in the context of loan modification review, holding that negligence claims related to loan...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending August 18 & 25, 2017

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Foreclosure: general reservation of jurisdiction in a foreclosure judgment is very limited, and certainly does not give trial court jurisdiction to eliminate a lien more than three years after Final Judgment of Foreclosure...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending June 24 & July 1, 2016

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Leave to Amend: borrower should have been granted leave to amend to assert affirmative defenses pursuant to motion filed 13 days before trial because there was no prejudice, the...more

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