A New York real estate lawyer pleaded not guilty today to two counts of second-degree grand larceny for allegedly pocketing nearly $500,000 in payments while serving as a middleman in…
A default on debt tied to Boston’s John Hancock Tower highlights the kind of legal fights that will likely break out among investors who have varying rights to repayment after…
Tenants have complained about blighted views, possible fire safety issues and, in at least one apparent contract-based claim, an adverse effect on their business. But, at least for now, so-called…
If they go bankrupt, real estate investors who don’t live in the homes they purchase can ask a judge to reduce the principal balances on their mortgage loans.
An insurance company for a Nevada law firm has agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle litigation claiming that by preparing financial documents, attorney David Garcia and his law firm…
In a move that is expected to expedite proposed federal legislation permitting bankruptcy judges to reduce the principal balance on troubled mortgages on owner-occupied properties, a major bank is supporting…
There are two primary steps that the feds should take to help end the mortgage foreclosure crisis, Columbia University law and business professors say in a written report…
A Philadelphia judge is facing a misconduct charge based on his alleged use of his judicial office resources during his sideline real estate activities.
Though the credit meltdown may have seemed a sudden development to some, critics had been warning that massive mortgage-backed securities were doomed to fail, perhaps from their inception.
A new ramp linking a portion of Interstate 10 to a parking facility around Houston is 28 feet high. Unfortunately, a visibility easement purchased from Harris County in 2001 by…
A partner in an Akron, Ohio, law firm who is also a trustee of the University of Akron has been charged in a misdemeanor ethics case concerning a real estate…
Despite a crackdown on individuals in Florida who had a significant role in writing millions of dollars worth of troubled mortgages, some of their colleagues who have been involved in…
Upping the ante in negotiations over the potential return to the Republic of Peru of Inca artifacts obtained by an explorer affiliated with Yale University almost 100 years ago, the…
In an era of high-tech fraud, the founder of the Dreier law firm is accused of doing it the old-fashioned way. Using little more than his position and…
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