A Houston lawyer has sued a homeless center and church, claiming “disheveled individuals” attracted by offers of free meals and services are scaring away his tenants and hurting the value…
A Chicago landlord is suing St. Louis and Missouri officials over a major law firm tenant that is allegedly being lured to another building with illegal taxpayer-funded incentives.
Renowned for his Florida land-use expertise and love of baseball, David Cardwell was seemingly more comfortable in a Hawaiian shirt than a business suit.
A law firm has won a temporary restraining order from a state court judge preventing Nevada officials from enforcing new mortgage modification rules that impact private legal practice.
Developing: A federal forfeiture action was filed today by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan seeking possession of $500 million in United States assets allegedly held by front companies for…
When concerns are expressed that authorities are targeting the small fry rather than the big fish in mortgage-related fraud cases, a criminal prosecution of two former Bear Stearns hedge fund…
A title company owned by two lawyers and another individual is accused of leaving multiple homeowners facing potential foreclosure after they refinanced mortgages but their original loans were never paid…
Real estate mogul Donald Sterling, who owns the Los Angeles Clippers, has agreed to pay $2.725 million to settle litigation alleging that he violated fair housing law by discriminating against…
Watching his father fight a gut-wrenching legal battle motivated Augustus Mendenhall to go to law school. But the decades-old property dispute still festered, resulting in a bizarre incident this past…
A risky lending product called an option adjustable-rate mortgage initially helped Washington Mutual—and mortgage brokers, who were paid an especially high commission on these mortgages—make money.
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