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DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Five Star Institutes Legal League has announced the launch of its latest White Paper, Non-Uniform Foreclosures. Legal League is a professional association of financial services law firms spread out across the U.S. The Legal League is uniquely positioned to drive progress in the mortgage servicing industry. Hladik Esq.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

The legal woes continue for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The complaint cites a report by the Community Legal Services of Lehigh Valley , which found that minority members of NAR have been subjected to unequal enforcement of ethical standards.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Navigating Mortgage Law: Insights with Stephen Hladik from Hladik Onorato & Federman In this episode of the MP Access Show, we’re thrilled to welcome Stephen Hladik, a Partner at Hladik Onorato & Federman, LLP, and a highly respected expert in mortgage foreclosure, bankruptcy, and lending law compliance.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 6, 2025

Through the Eviction Protection Grant Program (EPGP), a first-of-its-kind federal program created to increase the availability of legal services to tenants at risk of or subject to eviction, the U.S. Legal experts supported by this funding help provide housing stability across the country.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 30, 2024

BDF Law Group , a provider of legal services to the financial services industry, has announced its expansion into four new states: Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. This expansion is not merely for growth’s sake, but rather to address a pressing need to deliver quality legal services expressed by several key clients.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stephanie Ziebell has been promoted to chief legal officer at national mortgage lender Waterstone Mortgage Corp. Ziebell joined Waterstone Mortgage as assistant general counsel in October 2012, shortly after graduating from law school. I am truly honored to take on the role of chief legal officer at Waterstone Mortgage, she says.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Mykhailyna was the appraiser at the center of legal action by the U.S. In December, Rocket sued HUD over the charge, saying it was not accountable for an appraiser’s actions given the arms-length requirement of the law. In addition to the revocation of his license, Mykhailyna must pay a total fine of $97,500.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Legal League , the premier professional association of financial services law firms in the U.S. Anthony Van Ness , Founder and Managing Partner of Van Ness Law Firm, and Roy Diaz , Managing Shareholder of Diaz Anselmo & Associates PA have been reelected to the Legal League’s Advisory Council.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Though these policies have been put in place to avoid future antitrust lawsuits, legal experts who spoke to HousingWire said they might not be enough. But the policy may still present a legal issue, as it requires listing agents to make an offer compensation, even if that offer of compensation is in fact nothing ($0), law professors said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

Federal classification While laws across several U.S. All but 11 states allow for at least the medical consumption of marijuana, and it is also legal for both medical and recreational use in the District of Columbia , itself a federal district. I will probably lose my house in three months, Kemp said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

property rights are established under state rather than federal law, making the shift to a centralized, national land registration system unworkable without a significant rewrite of private property law. Title insurance policies solve these problems by protecting buyers against legal challenges to their ownership.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Incenter Lender Services Chief Legal Counsel Kathleen Dutill Kathleen Dutill , an experienced mortgage industry attorney, has joined Incenter Lender Services as Chief Legal Counsel. from Penn State Dickinson Law, her LL.M. The post Incenter Adds New Chief Legal Counsel first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Figure Technology Solutions , the parent company of Figure Lending LLC , announced on Wednesday the hiring of Ronald Chillemi as its first chief legal officer and corporate secretary. Chillemi has more than 25 years of experience in regulatory affairs, government relations and compliance across a number of fintech companies and law firms.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

But right now, some home equity contract companies say that they dont have to follow those laws, the bureau said in a rundown of its recent HEI activity. Recent legal case Several of the points of comparison between home equity contracts and reverse mortgages are already playing out in another legal case in Washington state.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

RLTY Legal gives users access to LegalZoom for setting up a business. RLTYco was founded in 2021 by Related Companies veteran Briggs Elwell and Daniel Kennedy, managing partner of Kennedy Luce LLC, a law firm in Connecticut. .” RLTYco provides four primary services. RLTY Tax provides a network of CPAs.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Open to all mortgage lending and servicing professionals, GSEs , government entities, and Legal League members, the annual Spring Servicer Summit gathers the nations elite financial services law firms to discuss default policies, procedures, and emerging issues with leading mortgage servicing executives.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

allegedly violated California labor laws by failing to provide employees with rest breaks, meal breaks and appropriate compensation for off-the-clock and overtime work, according to a newly filed class-action lawsuit. Representatives for the law firms could not be immediately reached for comment. and its subsidiary PHH Mortgage Corp.,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

TCB essentially seeks reconsideration without submitting to the strict standard applicable to motions for reconsideration, while attempting to supplement the record with an opinion on a pure question of law, the government contends.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

and the Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches , have filed a lawsuit that contends Florida Housing Law Senate Bill 264 violates the federal Fair Housing Act. We alleged that the law denies access to housing to people from China and these other countries. The suit was filed on Monday in U.S. District Court in Miami.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Legal League has issued a brief on the recent decision in the state of Pennsylvania in the case of Foxfield at Naamans Creek v. Legal League is a professional association of financial services law firms, uniquely positioned to drive progress in the mortgage servicing industry. Legal League Advisory Council Chair Stephen M.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Just prior to the plaintiffs resting their case late Monday afternoon, HomeServices of America , one of the three remaining defendants in the commission lawsuit , filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law. According to Goldberg, NAR takes antitrust law very seriously and it instructs members to not fix or control commissions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

An entry on the docket runner explains that motions for reconsideration “serve a limited function: to correct manifest errors of law or fact or to present newly discovered evidence,” and that based on this, the motion is “not warranted.” Bough also denied University of Buffalo law professor Tanya Monestier ’s motion to intervene.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The coalition includes the Mortgage Bankers Association , the National Consumer Law Center , the California Mortgage Bankers Association , the Housing Policy Council , Jacksonville Area Legal Aid , Mortgage Bankers Association of Missouri , Mortgage Bankers Association of Florida , and Public Counsel of California.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

After previously taking issue with some of the forms generated as a result of the terms of the National Association of Realtors ’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , University of Buffalo law professor Tanya Monestier is now objecting to NAR’s settlement. She expanded on this in her legal objection. “If

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

After the company failed to have new council file an appearance, the court dismissed EasyKnocks defamation lawsuit against law firm Feldman & Feldman last Monday. According to Feldman & Feldman, EasyKnocks defamation suit forced the law firm to withdraw from the truth in lending suits it was involved in.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A key question that was before Hawaii Supreme Court was whether state laws controlling health care insurance reimbursement also apply to casualty and property insurance in limiting companies ability to pursue independent legal action against those held liable, AP reported. Supreme Court. The justices answered yes.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Last but not least, real estate agents prepare documents such as closing documents, purchase agreements, and leases while ensuring that the transaction is in compliance with local laws and their client’s terms are met. citizen or legal resident and be 18 years of age or older. Generally, you need to be a U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

One of the most vocal and most notable attorneys threatening real estate industry players with legal action if they actively work to uphold CCP at NARs upcoming vote on the policy is Michael Ketchmark, the plaintiff’s attorney in the Sitzer/Burnett and Gibson commission lawsuits. And I consider it to be misleading.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 12, 2024

shared housing declined over the past 70 years due to increasingly restrictive zoning laws. Now, states are reversing this trend with laws that foster affordability and new housing models. These laws mirror Oregons 2023 legislation supporting microunits. 1042, a 2023 law permitting office-to-residential conversions statewide.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to hold accountable anyone who seeks to deceive elderly homeowners through fraud. These egregious criminal acts will not be tolerated, and my agency will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to hold other individuals like Diamond accountable for their actions.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The practice is legal, but customers often report receiving hundreds of calls, texts and emails. The statement goes on to say that “current law requires the lender to provide the consumer an opt out notice in written offers if they do not want to receive prescreened offers.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Additionally, the defendants claim that the plaintiffs have failed to plead their claims of fraud or claims related to the state’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act claim and Unfair Competition Law. According to the defendants the plaintiffs have failed to identify any actionable fraudulent, unlawful, or unfair conduct.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

One of the things that we’ve been intrigued by is a way for people who have had their home burned down, and perhaps they can’t recover through insurance , is using some of the land-use reform laws in California to be able to think about rebuilding their land differently, he said.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Schneiderman & Sherman PC (SSPC) , a provider of mortgage and creditors rights legal services, has announced their expansion into Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, bringing the total state operations to five, including Michigan and Minnesota. Chase College of Law, and holds an MBA from Northern Kentucky University.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

EasyKnock , which offers sale-leaseback solutions to homeowners, announced a legal victory in Texas on Wednesday as it was awarded more than $153,000 by an arbitrator. The company has been fighting legal battles on multiple fronts through a series of consumer-initiated lawsuits and actions by regulators in several states.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Plaintiffs also assert a common law ’conspiracy’ claim but fail to allege an underlying tort, which is essential to a civil conspiracy claim. Finally, Plaintiffs allege a separate tort — economic coercion — that does not exist under Michigan law.”

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Wood, who is overseeing the two Batton homebuyer commission lawsuits and the Moehrl commission suit, has recused herself from the cases, according to a legal filing on Wednesday. In the filing, the Chicago -based U.S. Due to this, she was recusing herself.

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