about 1 month ago - No comments
I was completely shocked when I read this Supreme Court Decision this week. While I generally don’t have a problem with Magistrates easing the burned on courts so that Judges are not stuck dealing with traffic tickets and misdemeanors, I think that assigning magistrates to an incredibly complex and high-stakes field of law is a
about 1 month ago - No comments
Jon Stewart is my hero. Here is a lucid and cogent explanation of how the mortgage industry conspired to shortchange our local recording offices by setting up their own loan registry so that they could “track” the ownership of loans without actually needing to document anything. Since we know how good the Big Banks are
about 1 month ago - No comments
I’ve said it before, and I will say it again, if you are not outraged, then you are not paying attention! I’ve already discussed the relative merits of the proposed changes to our Foreclosure Laws. There is no doubt that these changes heavily favor banks, but the real problem is that the politicians supporting these
about 1 month ago - No comments
V-I-C-T-O-R-Y!!!! For those of you who have not heard the good news yet- I just got back from a foreclosure trial in Broward County. I won. The really amazing thing is that I did not have any complicated issues regarding ownership of the Note and Mortgage, the Bank’s capacity to sue the Defendant, or even
about 2 months ago - No comments
Oh, the irony!!! After being put through the hell of being wrongfully foreclosed on and doubting that you would actually be receiving funds out of the class action settlement, what happens. You get a check and it bounces. My take (if you’re reading this- you are supposedly interested in hearing my opinion) is that Rust
about 3 months ago - No comments
Recommendations Law offices of Bilu & Bilu shared a link. 3 seconds ago So, honestly, I’m a little underwhelmed. The banks were apparently wasting money on consultants (a.k.a cronies). So the obvious solution… hire different consultants. Really?! who came up with that idea? Probably the bankers and their cronies. While I am encouraged to see
about 3 months ago - No comments
I, like many other attorneys received an email from the 15th Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach County) advising us that the Court would be setting old foreclosure cases for trial, whether the parties felt they were ready for trial or not. Having been a first hand witness to several of these trials, I find this both
about 4 months ago - 1 comment
We have all been following this case for a long time, and, of course, everyone is putting their own spin on this decision. And, of course, no one is particularly happy with it. What it boils down to is this: A smart defense attorney caught the bank in outright fraud being perpetrated on the Court.
about 4 months ago - No comments
So, let me get this straight. Our State Attorney General participates in a settlement with 5 of the major lenders based on their foreclosure practices. The State is now taking that money and using it to hire additional senior judges to “clear the backlog” and to invest in new technology. I’ve got no problem with
about 4 months ago - No comments
We’re #!! Well, maybe that’s nothing to be proud of. I think that the statistics are just mindblowing. Statewide, 1 in 32 homes received a foreclosure filing last year. Setting the trend, Broward and Palm Beach 1 in 31 homes is in some stage of Foreclosure. What does this mean for us– despite the national
