Showing posts with label Court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Court. Show all posts

Oh my, oh MERS!

First the robo-signing controversy. Then the U.S. Bank v. Ibanez ruling. Now the next bombshell ruling in the foreclosure mess has just come down from a New York federal bankruptcy judge.

The case is In Re Agard, and it essentially throws a huge monkey wrench into a hugely important cog of the entire U.S. mortgage market, the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. known as MERS.

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New York Judges Hold Foreclosure Lawyers Responsible For Filings

As foreclosure cases continue to pour into courts, judges in New York are holding their fellow legal professionals accountable for their role in perpetuating foreclosure fraud.

Judges in the state say foreclosure lawyers have filed often ludicrous paperwork on behalf of their clients, which Nassau County District Court judge, Scott Fairgrieve, told the New York Times, "reflects poorly on the profession as a whole." Another judge referred to a lawyer's filings as "ludicrous," among other jabs.

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