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Florida House Bill 87 (Sponsored by Passidomo (CO-SPONSORS) Caldwell; Cummings; Moraitis; Rodrigues, R Florida Senate Bill 1666 (Sponsored by Latvala R-Clearwater) Reasons to oppose these bills “[D]ue process requires that each litigant be given proper notice and a full and fair opportunity to be heard.” Carmona v. Wal-Mart Stores, 81 So.3d 461(FLA 2nd DCA 2011). The bills…

For the fourth year in a row, elected lawmakers in the Florida legislature have introduced a bill designed to bypass your constitutional rights and speed up the process of taking people’s property away and throwing them into the street.  This bill is given a tricky name meant to fool people into thinking it is good for…

HB 87: Henry Trawick, the Godfather of Civil Procedure and the Rule of Law Speaks… “The enactment of §702.015 is useless, unnecessary and will not expedite the foreclosure process. It gives inadequate remedies to persons who may be seriously injured. It does not give any consideration to existing law on several points. The real problem…

For the fourth year in a row, elected lawmakers in the Florida legislature have introduced a bill designed to bypass your constitutional rights and speed up the process of taking people’s property away and throwing them into the street. This bill is given a tricky name meant to fool people into thinking it is good…

In December of 2011, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a $335 million dollar settlement to resolve allegations of lending discrimination by Countrywide Financial Corporation.  Countrywide was charged with steering African-American and Hispanic borrowers into loans with higher fees, higher interest rates, or other sub-prime loan features, simply because of a person’s race or national origin.  Skin…

The foreclosure mill Law Firm of Marshall Watson has been shut down after the owner, Marshall Watson, pled guilty to unlawful and unethical practices at his firm. It appears that the firm hopes to have a smooth transition to a new law office, Choice Legal Group, headed by Marshall Watson’s brother, John Watson.  In 2010,…

As we review our clients’ online docket and/or official records search results each week during this holiday season, we can’t help but think that so many will not be able to spend time with family or loved ones or otherwise enjoy the holidays like they have in years past because of a variety of financial…

In the past few months there has been a rash of news stories exposing abusive debt collection tactics employed against struggling Americans.  These tactics include fraud, abuse, harassment, and violations of consumer protection laws.  There is no end to the scams employed by these scoundrels; phantom debt collectors, debt collectors convicted of bank, mail, and wire fraud, “prolonged,…

Here is Lawsky’s latest mind-boggling press release featuring Ocwen’s continued wrongdoing despite a prior agreement with Lawsky’s office from 2011.  Benjamin Lawsky deserves a great deal of gratitude and appreciation from the American people.  To file a complaint or a compliment with his office, go to the webform here or call 1-877-BANK-NYS.  Although his office only has jurisdiction over financial…

Last week, Lorraine Brown, former officer of a subsidiary of Lender Processing Services (LPS), plead guilty to a variety of criminal charges in three separate cases; one by the Department of Justice, one by the state of Missouri, and one by the state of Michigan.   Could it be that LPS, banks, and mortgage servicers worked out a plan,…