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Debtors Consumer Bankruptcy Mortgage Servicers

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Part I: Navigating the Maze of Servicing Discharged Debt

Mortgage servicers are plagued by their nebulous relationships with the borrowers who discharge their personal liability in bankruptcy. Issues arise when the borrower whose debt has been discharged continues to engage with...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Court Holds that Bankruptcy Judges Cannot Impose Punitive Sanctions

Bankruptcy courts lack the power to impose serious punitive sanctions, a federal district judge ruled recently in PHH Mortgage Corporation v. Sensenich, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 207801 (D. Vt. Dec. 18, 2018). Judge Geoffrey...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 23, 2015

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Documentary Stamp Tax: deferred interest on a “pick-a-payment” mortgage did not amount to future advance, which would have required payment of documentary stamp tax - Steinberg v. Wells...more

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