Real Estate & Property Law

What is Cash Collateral
Cash collateral is usually only an issue in business bankruptcy cases.  Cash collateral is defined as “cash, negotiable instruments, documents of title, securities, deposit accounts, or other cash equivalents,” 11 U...

Crane: Loan Proceeds as Income: A Response to Professor Dodge
Charlotte Crane (Northwestern) has published Loan Proceeds as Income: A Response to Professor Dodge, 27 Va. Tax Rev. 563 (2008). Here is the Conclusion: In short, the cash-flow treatment of loans fails to account for the distinction between transfers that...

13-year-old girl charged with KCK teen's murder
Authorities think the girl may have tried to carjack Scott Sappington Jr., 16, as he left his grandmother's house for work at McDonald's Wednesday afternoon. She's charged with murder and aggravated attempted robbery...

Mortgage Rate Freeze: A Flim-Flam Scheme to Recharacterize Billions of Fraudulent Mortgages and Trick Investors
Imagine a loan of $100,000 based upon (1) a borrower's true income / ability to repay and (2) the true value of the real estate collateral. Now imagine a loan of $100,000 based upon (1) fictional income figures and (2) fictional valuation of real estate collateral...

Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Home Owners' Loan Corporation, and Federal Savings and Loan Corporation Annual Reports
"The annual reports and other documents relating to the Federal Home Loan Bank between 1933 and 1952 have been posted....

Buy your Second Home First
Good or bad idea? There was an article over the weekend suggesting the above.The gist of the piece was to get the cheaper home first and start building equity instead of waiting until you're reading to drop $400k in the Chicago area.

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

House Closing
Sealing a home sale

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

Whats a Home Loan Modification?
How to Qualify for a Home Loan Modification

New Jersey Employment Law
alleged violations of New Jersey state labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Celebrity Chef
John Burton Race ordered to pay wife $7.2 million divorce settlement.

T-Mobile USA
alleging the company charged customers for services without their consent.

Wells Fargo Faces Loan Discrimination Class Action
Wells Fargo Faces Loan Discrimination Class Action

T-Mobile USA Inc.
allegedly charged customers for unsolicited text messages.

Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly charged borrowers improper foreclosure fees.