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Mortgage Servicing… The Winds Have Shifted, the Pendulum is About to Swing

Written on 25 Jul, 2012 at 0:43

The recent passage of California's Homeowner Bill of Rights (53-25, 25-13) is the most conclusive example that what I spoke of at that conference in 2010, has come to pass. The financial services industry lobbied heavily against the passage... (Continue reading)

ABA and More Than a Dozen State Bars Ask Congress for Lawyer Exemption on Loan Modification Rule

Written on 4 Jun, 2010 at 7:03

"A growing list of more than a dozen state bars and the ABA have asked for changes in congressional legislation aimed at protecting consumers from financial fraud because it contains language so broad that the everyday work of lawyers in... (Continue reading)

Returning Home From Speaking at the ABA’s Consumer Financial Services Conference on Loan Modifications

Written on 23 Jan, 2010 at 23:20

If any private sector attorney thinks that he or she can practice autonomously, hidden away in a little box, pretending to exist under some sort of imaginary radar... and that somehow federal or state regulators are supposed to know that... (Continue reading)

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