Ben-Ezra & Katz are accused of botching foreclosure cases they filed for lenders and servicers Co-managing partners of the now-defunct foreclosure mill, Ben-Ezra & Katz, Marc A. Ben-Ezra and Marvin Elliott Katz will be publicly reprimanded and asked to attend ethics school for their roles at the firm. The two former bad boys of foreclosure face […]
Justices Side With Bank Of America’s Fantasy That Second Lien Stripping Is Unnecessary Because Property Values Will Rebound To Antediluvian Levels The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a killer blow to homeowners in bankruptcy Monday by ruling that homeowners who declare bankruptcy can’t void a second mortgage through Second Lien Stripping even if the home is underwater and is worth […]
Now Bad Foreclosure Lawyers Won’t Have The Rocket Docket As An Excuse For Losing Florida’s infamous Rocket Docket, the streamlined, high-speed processing of foreclosure cases will be disappearing starting July 1st, after six years as the number of new cases continues to decline. After June 30, The Florida Legislature is no longer funding a statewide […]
Butler And Hosch, P.A. Blames Its Rapid Expansion For its Demise One of Florida’s oldest foreclosure mills, Butler and Hosch, P.A. has shut its doors and laid off its entire staff. Butler & Hosch had been rapidly expanding its presence across the country. Butler and Hosch, P.A. filed an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors to Florida law firm […]
The FL 4th DCA Closes a Loophole Exploited By Foreclosure Mills The Florida 4th District Court of Appeals has handed down a ruling that would end the practice of foreclosure mill attorneys introducing into evidence original copies of undated mortgage notes endorsed in blank after the foreclosure lawsuit is filed. Foreclosure mills in Florida […]
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