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New York’s ‘Loss Mitigation’ Program Survives One Lender Attack

SDNY’s ‘loss mitigation’ program for mortgage modification may face another attack.

Circuit Holds that Possession Alone Is No Grounds for Alleging a Stay Violation

Debatable Ninth Circuit opinion begs for rehearing en banc or for certiorari petition.
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11th Circuit Upholds $30,000 in Punitive Damages for Stay Violation

Employing nonattorneys is a false economy for debt collectors.
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Second Circuit Charts a New Course Favoring Debtors on the FDCPA

Circuit split grows on the conflict between the Bankruptcy Code and the FDCPA.
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Seventh Circuit Lays Down an Easy Standard for Enjoining Suits Against Third Parties

Posner singlehandedly turns Chicago into a more desirable forum for large chapter 11s.
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Suit in Violation of the Stay Must Be Dismissed

Sixth Circuit is stricter than the Fifth when a suit violates the stay.
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