Author Archives: Isaac Gradman

California Legislature Reaches Compromise on Subprime Reform Bill

The L.A. Times reports that the California has reached a compromise with consumer and lending groups on a bill that would guard against some of the practices that contributed to the subprime crisis. The bill, an amended version of AB … Continue reading

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Connecticut Suit Against Countrywide Available

Rachel Dollar of the Mortgage Fraud Blog has posted the Complaint filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. You can view the document here. Many thanks to Ms. Dollar for her diligence in following these developments in subprime litigation.

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Connecticut the Latest to File Suit Against Countrywide

CNN reports that Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has filed suit in Hartford Superior Court today against Countrywide, becoming the fourth state (after California, Florida, and Illinois) to sue what was once the nation’s largest mortgage originator over its lending … Continue reading

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Major Ruling on Borrower Class Actions on the Way

The Washington Post published this article today about the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ impending decision on whether homeowners can bring class action lawsuits against lenders to cancel predatory, misleading, or defective loans. The case was brought by a Wisconsin … Continue reading

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SEC Requests Subprime Mortgage Docs from National City

From a story published in the Louisville Courier-Journal: “The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested documents from National City Corp. relating to the sale of its former subprime mortgage unit and other matters as part of an informal probe, … Continue reading

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