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Foreclosure is a legal process whereby a lender seeks to force the sale of a mortgaged property in order to recover the balance of a delinquent loan. Recently, the foreclosure process has been the subject of greater legislative and judicial scrutiny after systemic abuses were uncovered during the widespread foreclosure crisis resulting from the Great Recession. less -

SMU Annual Texas Survey - Article 13, Vol. 6

Winstead PC on 10/13/2020

This article covers cases from Southwestern Reporter (Third) volumes 560 through 580 and federal cases during the same period that the authors believe are noteworthy to the jurisprudence on the applicable subject. This...more

After the Waters Recede: The Mortgage Servicer’s Role in Navigating Insurance Claims, Part II

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/13/2017

In the first part of the series “The Mortgage Servicer’s Role in Navigating Insurance Claims,” we covered assessing the damage in the wake of a natural disaster and applying the proceeds when complying with the terms of...more

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending April 29 & May 6, 2016

Carlton Fields on 5/11/2016

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Requests for Admission: trial court erred by involuntarily dismissing foreclosure action based solely on lender’s failure to respond to requests for admission because lender’s...more

Appellate Court Notes

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 8/3/2015

Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions - AC36506 - Sidorova v. East Lyme Board of Education - Due to budget cuts, the Board of Education laid off the plaintiff who was a tenured French teacher. She sued for...more

Dodd-Frank News: June 2015: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Update

Burr & Forman on 6/26/2015

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending January 16 & 23,2015

Carlton Fields on 1/28/2015

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Commercial Lease/Cotenancy Provisions: whether cotenancy provision in lease for retail space in shopping center, which requires other particular store(s) in shopping center to remain occupied by...more

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending December 12-26, 2014 & January 2, 2015

Carlton Fields on 1/6/2015

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - - Quiet Title: investor who pooled money with two other entities to purchase property could not quiet title after the two entities recorded second version of deed that omitted investor’s name...more

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: August 2014 #1

Carlton Fields on 8/21/2014

Trial court erred in granting lender’s motion to vacate an order dismissing its foreclosure complaint for lack of prosecution without first giving borrower an opportunity to be heard at an evidentiary hearing. – Arcila v. BAC...more

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Case Law Update

Carlton Fields on 7/2/2014

Neutral Evaluation/Sinkhole Litigation: trial court erred in sustaining objection to insurer’s notice of stay to invoke neutral evaluation process in lawsuit for breach of contract and damages for sinkhole losses to property...more

Appellate Court Notes

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 6/4/2014

AC35802 - Estate of Haburey v. Winchester - Widow was allowed to claim spousal benefits for deceased employee who worked at municipal sewage treatment facility. Commissioner could have properly found that exposure to...more

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