Prodded by politicians and perhaps seeing a potential benefit to themselves, six major banks are expected to announce a new program tomorrow morning to help seriously past-due mortgage debtors climb…
A disbarred New York attorney has reportedly pleaded guilty in the middle of a trial to assuming his deceased father’s identity and misrepresenting himself as a lawyer, in order to…
A rapidly rising number of deaths and injuries at high-rise construction sites after a building boom is prompting New York City officials to recommend more stringent safety regulations.
The small but well-regarded law firm McKee Nelson became something of a powerhouse representing lenders that bundled home loans into securities, grossing $202.5 million in 2006.
A Florida condo developer has filed 16 lawsuits against brokers that sold its luxury units, seeking the return of commissions on deals that never closed.
Contending that one of the nation’s mortgage finance giants is responsible for a massive national housing fraud, the Ohio attorney general has filed a federal securities class action suit against…
Once upon a time, when borrowers couldn’t pay their mortgages, the banks who loaned money to them foreclosed. But today, faced with record-breaking foreclosure rates and a housing market in…
A growing tsunami of investigations, class actions and bankruptcies resulting from the U.S. mortgage meltdown has created a business boom in some BigLaw practice areas.
A real estate appraiser who pleaded guilty to helping defraud mortgage lenders of at least $41 million in a Georgia “flipping” scheme to inflate home values details in his recent…
A dispute between Garrison Keillor and his neighbor doesn’t have a Lake Wobegon ending: The host of A Prairie Home Companion has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a home…
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