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Fraud Mortgage Servicers

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
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FHA Changes its Defect Taxonomy for Originators and Services

Over the past month, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has enacted and proposed several changes to its Defect Taxonomy. The Defect Taxonomy is contained in Appendix 8 to FHA Handbook 4000.1. The Defect Taxonomy was...more

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New York Governor Hochul Signs Anti-Deed Theft Bill into Law: What Mortgage Lenders and Servicers Need to Know

New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed off on anti-deed theft legislation, as outlined in Senate bill 2023-S.6577 with companion Assembly bill 2023-A.6656.[1] The Governor signed the new legislation on November 14,...more

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Structured Finance Spectrum – January 2021

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Moving on from 2020 and building up for 2021. Read our Structured Finance Spectrum, covering safe harbors & remedies, CLOs & QMs, and passive & ESG investing, among other hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in...more

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Informal but Actual Notice of Bankruptcy: What Difference Does It Make?

On January 3, 2021, in In re Ditech Holding Corporation, Case No. 19-10412 (JLG), an unpublished opinion, Bankruptcy Judge James L. Garrity, Jr., discussed an important distinction for creditors of a non-individual chapter 11...more

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The State AG Report Weekly Update April 27, 2017

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Breaking News - Cozen O’Connor’s State AG Practice Co-Chair Lori Kalani Interviews Massachusetts Attorney General - Cozen O’Connor’s State Attorneys General Practice Co-Chair Lori Kalani recently interviewed...more

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The Times gives us an intriguing long read on Uber’s Travis Kalanick, the controversial CEO whose vision has helped propel the ride-hailing company even as his no-limits approach has led the company into months of crisis....more

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Auditor Liability: The Case against PwC

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At least as far back as the Enron scandal and subsequent enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley, accountants and auditors have been viewed as uniquely positioned to serve a crucial watchdog role. Among their many functions, they...more

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Texas Adopts New Provisions Regarding Denial, Suspension, or Revocation Based on Criminal History for Residential Mortgage Loan...

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Texas has adopted provisions that specify the criminal history information collected by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) and outline factors the OCCC will consider when reviewing criminal history information....more

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Why the Flagstar Bank Case is Important - Blog: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Let’s revisit the Flagstar Bank case which I touched on in my November 20, 2014 posting. This is an important case for a number of reasons, most notably because it was the CFPB’s first enforcement action under the CFPB’s new...more

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HOLA Does Not Preempt Fraud Claims against Mortgage Loan Servicer, California District Court Rules

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The Southern District of California recently held that claims against a mortgage loan servicer are not preempted by the Home Owners Loan Act (HOLA) when they rely on "general allegations of misrepresentation" and are only...more

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