A mere three weeks after the application to vacate stay was filed, the United States Supreme Court has effectively ended the year-long row over the lawfulness of the federal Centers for Disease Control’s nationwide eviction...more
On March 28, three days before its scheduled expiration date, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) extended its nationwide eviction moratorium order (“CDC Moratorium”) through June 30, 2021.[1] The CDC took...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced on March 11, 2021 that it is rescinding its January 24, 2020 policy statement, “Statement of Policy Regarding Prohibition on Abusive Acts or Practices” (2020...more
A second federal district court has declared the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (“CDC”) eviction moratorium (“CDC Moratorium”) invalid. On March 10, 2021, Judge J. Philip Calabrese of the Northern District of...more
The inauguration of President Biden on January 20, 2021, and the launch of a new executive administration, brought with it further extensions of the federal moratoria on conducting foreclosures of single-family residential...more
Just two weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Biden, and the launch of a new executive administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law...more
We previously reported that on April 20, 2020, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted emergency legislation imposing moratoriums on certain evictions and foreclosures of primarily residential properties and some commercial...more
We previously reported that on April 20, 2020, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted emergency legislation imposing moratoriums on certain evictions and foreclosures of primarily residential properties and some commercial...more
In an important decision for mortgage lenders and property owners, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that an indigent “holdover mortgagor” who has had his appeal bond requirement waived in a summary process...more
More than a month after Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency arising from the novel coronavirus in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on March 10, 2020, the “COVID-19 Emergency Declaration,” the state...more
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On Friday, March 27, 2020, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey promulgated an unprecedented regulation severely restricting and limiting the collection of debts from Massachusetts consumers during the COVID-19 state...more
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