Updated: The acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac has died in an apparent suicide, following reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission was questioning executives about the mortgage lender’s…
An Arizona appeals court has upheld a $25,000 sanction against a construction law firm that trumpeted to potential clients, without mentioning the exact amount, a confidential settlement of a homeowner…
In a summit today near the nation’s capital, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is putting a new emphasis on a growing environmental issue: A proliferation of bedbugs.
Former McAfee general counsel Kent Roberts successfully fought off charges alleging his participation in improper backdating, but four other general counsel are still in the government’s…
In the latest real-estate-related scam, burglars in upscale communities on the West Coast reportedly are stealing expensive furniture and decorator items from vacant upscale homes.
A Georgia lawyer accused of masterminding a $28 million real estate Ponzi scheme that duped 125 investors was charged today with one count of wire fraud in a case that…
California’s attorney general filed seven criminal charges this week against the Sharon Elyce Pearl, alleging she embezzled $675,000 from the State Bar of California over an eight-year period.
Jurors convicted Charlotte, N.C., real estate lawyer Victoria Sprouse on Wednesday of 18 charges stemming from mortgage fraud schemes involving more than 200 properties.
Taking the stand in her own defense in a massive federal mortgage fraud trial in Charlotte, N.C., a real estate attorney said she should have paid more attention to the…
In many troubled housing markets, some mortgage holders are walking away from foreclosures, calculating that the costs exceed the value of the real estate.
In the news last month when he complained that authorities had searched his law office, a Long Island criminal, matrimonial and real estate attorney now has additional trouble on his…
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