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November 7, 2013

Central District of California Court Finds Plaintiff Lacks Standing as There Was No “Injury in Fact”

The United States District Court for the Central District of California in deciding Ellis v. Bank of Am., N.A., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157173 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 28, 2013) concluded that plaintiff did not have standing to challenge defendants’ initiating … Continue reading →

Michigan Court Concludes that the Servicer of the Loan Was Not in Violation of the Notice or Loan-Modification Requirements of Michigan’s Foreclosure-by-Advertisement Statute

The Michigan court in deciding the home mortgage foreclosure case of Pettey v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 22299, 2013 FED App. 0936N (6th Cir.), 2013 WL 5832535 (6th Cir. Mich. 2013), concluded that the servicer of the loan … Continue reading →

Washington Court Dismisses Plaintiff’s Truth in Lending Act (TILA) Complaint

The court in deciding Pruss v. Bank of Am. Na, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157286 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 1, 2013) found that the plaintiff’s claims were barred by time and or otherwise inadequately pleaded. Therefore, the court granted the defendants’ … Continue reading →

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 →

November 6, 2013

Homeowners in Fifth Circuit Fail to Defeat Deutsche Bank Assignments

In Reinagel v. Deutsche Bank Nat’l Trust Co., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 22133 (5th Cir. Tex. July 11, 2013), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Texas district court’s decision to grant Deutsche Bank’s motion to dismiss the … Continue reading →

October 29, 2013

Eminent Distraction?

The Urban Institute posted Eminent Domain:  The Debate Distracts from Pressing Problems. The issue brief concludes The negative indicators shared by municipalities that have considered the eminent domain solution (e.g., high unemployment, low incomes, high proportions of underwater homeowners, slower … 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 →