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November 7, 2013

Eastern District of California Finds That MERS Was Not Required to Register to do Business in California

The Eastern District of California in deciding Bogdan v. Countrywide Home Loans, CIV-F-09-1055 AWI SMS (E.D. Cal. 2010), found that MERS was not required to register to do business in California. Based off of this finding the court subsequently dismissed … Continue reading →

October 27, 2013

California Northern District Court Dismissed Plaintiff’s Claims Due to Flawed Reliance on Non-California Law

The California Northern District Court in deciding Newbeck v. Washington Mutual Bank, et al., No. C 09-1599 CW (N.D. Cal., 2010), dismissed the plaintiff’s claims. In reaching this conclusion, the California Northern District Court noted that plaintiff‘s reliance on non-California … Continue reading →

Eastern District of California Found That MERS Was Not Required to Register to do Business in California

The United States District Court, Eastern District of California, in deciding Bogdan v. Countrywide Home Loans, 09-1055 (E.D. Cal. 2010), found that MERS was not required to register to do business in California. The Eastern District of California, after considering … Continue reading →

Eastern District of California Dismisses Plaintiff’s Wrongful Foreclosure Claims Due to Plaintiffs’ Lack of Tender

The United States District Court, Eastern District of California in deciding the case of Small v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., et al., No. 2:09-CV-0458 (E. D. Cal., 2010), concluded that dismissing the plaintiff’s wrongful foreclosure claims due to lack … Continue reading →

October 16, 2013

Glaski Full of It?

I had blogged about Glaski v. Bank of America, No. F064556 (7/31/13, Cal. 5th App. Dist.) soon after it was decided, arguing that it did not bode well for REMICs that did not comply with the rules governing REMICS that … Continue reading →

California Court Found That MERS Held Interests in the Property and Rejected the Plaintiff’s Argument that MERS Lacked Standing

The California court in deciding Nacif v. White-Sorensen, et al., NO. D056993. (San Diego Ct. Sup. Ct., 2009), determined that MERS held interests in the property and rejected the plaintiff’s argument that MERS had no standing because it was not … Continue reading →

October 15, 2013

Court Finds That MERS, as the Beneficiary Under the Deed, Had the Authority to Assign its Beneficial Interest

The United States District Court, Northern District California in Benham v. Aurora Loan Services, No. C-09-2059, (N.D.Cal. 2009) dismissed the plaintiff’s claims in the entirety. The plaintiff brought a litany of claims. Among the plaintiff’s claims, was that MERS and violated … Continue reading →