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Editor: David Reiss
Brooklyn Law School

July 30, 2015

Thursday’s Advocacy & Think-Tank Round-Up

By Serenna McCloud

Enterprise Community Partner’s and other affordable housing advocates have launched #CapsHurtCommunities, a campaign to raise spending caps imposed and restore critical funding. They are urging organizations and concerned citizens to reach out to Congress while the members on recess – asking them to … Continue reading

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July 23, 2015

This Is What Bad Faith Looks Like

By David Reiss

A New York judge ruled in Federal National Mortgage Assoc. v. Singer, 2015 NY Slip Op. 51038(U) (July 15, 2015 Sup. Ct., New York County) (Moulton, J.) (unpublished opinion), that two lenders will forfeit more $100,000 in interest payments on two … Continue reading

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July 6, 2015

Possession of Note Confers Standing to Foreclose

By David Reiss

Dale Whitman posted this discussion of Aurora Loan Services, LLC v. Taylor, 2015 WL 3616293 (N.Y. Ct. App., June 11, 2015) on the DIRT listserv: There is nothing even slightly surprising about this decision, except that it sweeps away a lot of confused and … Continue reading

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June 3, 2015

Reiss on SCOTUS Junior Lien Decision

By David Reiss

Bloomberg BNA quoted me in Nagging Economic and Credit Questions Dampen Bankruptcy Victory for Bankers (behind paywall). It reads, in part: The U.S. Supreme Court delivered an important bankruptcy ruling for bankers that doesn’t, however, do anything about still-struggling homeowners (Bank … Continue reading

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April 16, 2015

Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Round-Up

By Serenna McCloud

Harvard’s Joint Center for Houses Studies released its Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) which predicts a deceleration in remodeling activity due to sluggish home sales, the LIRA also projects annual spending for home improvements will increase a more modest … Continue reading

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March 23, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Court denies US Bank’s opportunity to revive suit against Citigroup over hundreds of millions of dollars in mortgage-backed securities sold during the financial crisis. IL court refuses to dismiss suit against Bank of America over lowering underwriting standards for borrowers … Continue reading

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March 4, 2015

Wells Fargo Smackdown

By David Reiss

Circuit Judge Elliott of Missouri Circuit Court issued a Judgment in Holm v. Wells Fargo et al. (No. 08CN-CV00944 Jan. 26, 2015) that awarded nearly three million dollars in punitive damages. This is just one of a number of searing … Continue reading

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