Securitization Transactions Ineffective

Monday, November 22, 2010 Last week the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey issued an opinion in a case captioned Kemp v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Case 08-02448-JHW. This case looks like the first piece of evidence in what might turn out to be the...

Ibanez and Securitization Fail

The Ibanez foreclosure decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has gotten a lot of attention since it came down on Friday. The case is, not surprisingly being taken to heart by both bulls and bears. While I don’t think Ibanez is a death blow to the...

Debtors Rights

False Statements and Fraudulent Debt Collection Practices A federal statute known as the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (often called the “FDCPA”) gives you specific legal rights to sue debt collectors who unlawfully threaten, berate, intimidate or...