Real Estate & Property Law

BBB Foreclosure Rescue Scam
A California foreclosure rescue scam involved one company fraudulently using the Better Business Bureau's logo on their publications.

Today at noon local time at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel's Regency Room in Honolulu
Today at noon local time at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel's Regency Room in Honolulu: The Rotary Club of Honolulu hosts a luncheon featuring Justice Stephen G...

Beware of the ?Foreclosure Rescue? or ?Loan Modification? SCAM!
Not exactly related to Florida probate, but there is a message here: If you’re inheriting a house that has a mortgage, beware the “foreclosure rescue scam” or the “loan modification scam”...

Feds, states crack down on foreclosure rescue and loan mod scams
The Obama administration today announced a new coordinated effort across federal and state agencies and the private sector to target mortgage loan modification fraud and foreclosure rescue scams ...

Feds Crack Down on Foreclosure Rescue Companies
Federal trade regulators are cracking down on shady companies that promise foreclosure rescue services to homeowners struggling to make mortgage payments and stay in their homes...

Answers to questions about a foreclosure rescue scam mailing
A couple weeks ago you may remember reading about how the Attorney General?s Office Consumer Protection Division sent out over 14,000 letters to homeowners to educate them about foreclosure rescue scams...

How to Stop Home Foreclosure
Bankruptcy can Stop Foreclosure

Bail and Bail Bonds
How you get out of jail

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

How can i sue for a straw purchase?
Anyone can co-sign. A straw purchase would be if you has someone buy the car for...

How can a sexual harrasment case be dismissed even with evidence?
American law has very strict evidence requirements that are intended to insure t...

My father died and left my mother $200,000 (life insurance) My Mother died 2 years later leaving my sister and I with both about $75,000 each. (including house/vehicles/belongings which I never got). We were supposed to
File a police report. Two police reports, one for you and one for your sister. G...

Does a Chapter 7 bankruptcy discharge a secured mortgage loan?
Yes if you file they cannot sue you to the knowledge I know. My brother is in re...

Florida State Settles with Feds over Disclosure of Personal Driver Info
Florida State Settles with Feds over Disclosure of Personal Driver Info

Royal Bank of Scotland
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly charged borrowers improper foreclosure fees.

Kamehameha Schools
$7 million non-native Hawaiian racial discrimination settlement.

FDA
Warns of Extortion Scam by FDA Impersonators

Medicare Fraud
Besler & Co. will pay $2.9 million to settle Medicare scam.