Consumer Law

Federal Task Force Probing Whether Banks Made Illegal Foreclosures
Did banks break federal law by filing fraudulent court documents in the foreclosure process? The Obama administration's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force wants to know.

Florida AG Adds Another Foreclosure Mill To Its Target List In Ongoing Probe Into Allegedly Sloppy, Fraudulent Filings
The Tampa Tribune reports:The Florida Attorney General's Office opened a formal investigation this week into another south Florida foreclosure law firm it says presented false and misleading court documents...

Obama administration sings new tune on foreclosures
"The Obama administration is singing a different tune about foreclosures. A year ago, officials focused on stemming the foreclosure tide. Now they are touting the need for foreclosures to rebuild the housing market...

Obama Will Not Sign Bill Seen As Cover For Bank Foreclosures
Max Gardner, a foreclosure defense attorney, said the timing of the bill was suspicious, considering fraudulent notarization of bogus foreclosure affidavits is at the heart of a scandal that has prompted the nation's largest banks to pause foreclosures in 23 states...

Banks Face New Rules on Foreclosures from Skeptical State Judges
"As banks resume foreclosures and claim to have added safeguards to their processes, it?s been left up to state court judges to decide whether they buy what the banks are saying. Many judges haven?t...

Mortgage Probe By Congress
(Source: The New York Post) –Congress yesterday joined the already long list of government agencies investigating banks and loan servicers over sloppy paperwork and fraudulent signatures used to justify hundreds of thousands of foreclosures...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Is Obama a Natural Born Citien?
Philip J. Berg, Esquire vs. Barack Hussein Obama, a/k/a Barry Soetoro, a/k/a Barry Obama, a/k/a Barack Dunham, a/k/a Barry Dunham, et al

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 4
Where to get help

Hurricane Claims
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. reaches settlement deal with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.

Class Action Filed Against Banks in Foreclosure Proceedings
Class Action Filed Against Banks in Foreclosure Proceedings

Indymac
Faces Homeowner Class Action over Foreclosures

KeyBank USA
alleging the bank offered loans for fraudulent vocational schools.

H&R Block Reaches Multi-Million Dollar Settlement Over Fraudulent IRAs
H&R Block Reaches Multi-Million Dollar Settlement Over Fraudulent IRAs

Stephen J. Hyland
alleging fraudulent operations in offering expertise in same gender couples' issues.