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State Bar Hypocrisy on Display – Bar to Offer Grants to Fund Legal Help with Foreclosures

Written on 4 Feb, 2013 at 2:51

One thing I will say about State Bar Executive Director Joe Dunn is that his political skills are nothing short of masterful... it's breathtaking, really. So, stay tuned... with hypocrisy operating at these levels, absolutely anything is possible. ... (Continue reading)

California Foreclosure Laws Need Homeowner Bill of Rights

Written on 21 May, 2012 at 5:53

Now, as we're facing a crisis of unprecedented proportion, we're learning the hard way that our rights as borrowers are almost non-existent. In California and around the country, foreclosure defense lawyers saw that mortgage servicers could far too often... (Continue reading)

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Bull… meet China Shop. SB 94 and the California State Bar, Two Years Later

Written on 30 Oct, 2011 at 8:25

At the California State Bar Association's 84th Annual Meeting, September 17, 2011, Susan Anderson presented what she said is the bar's official interpretation of SB 94, precluding a lawyer from being paid for services related to a loan modification until... (Continue reading)

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