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On April 13, 2011, the United States Senate Permanent Subcommitte on Investigations, Committe on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs issued its report "Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse." Jordan E. ... Read full article

The Miami Herald reports today that the 11th Circuit Court, which includes Miami-Dade County, has made a change in the organization that has been managing the mortgage foreclosure mediation program since its initiation. It has replaced the Collins Center ... Read full article

The issues present in the many of the mortgages that are part of today's mortgage crisis have been much debated. It appears that there is much more yet to be debated or learned. In order to help resolve the mortgage crisis, many have urged mortgage ... Read full article

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The Senate Banking Committee has announced that it will hold a hearing on Tuesday November, 16 "to investigate allegations of improper and fraudulent mortgage servicing and foreclosure processing." The witnesses scheduled to testify are ... Read full article

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The Miami Herald reports today that the 11th Circuit Court, which includes Miami-Dade County, has made a change in the organization that has been managing the mortgage foreclosure mediation program since its initiation. It has replaced the Collins Center ... Read full article

The House of Representative's Committee on Financial Services held a hearing today on "Robo-Signing, Chain of Title, Loss Mitigation and Other Issues in Mortgage Servicing." Among the witnesses were: Mr. Adam Levitin, Associate Professor of ... Read full article

The House Committee on the Judiciary has set a hearing for Wednesday, November 17, 2010 on "Foreclosure Justice: Causes and Effects of the Foreclosure Crisis." The list of witnesses is not yet available. Jordan E. ... Read full article

A recent case provides some insight into the world of insurance obtained by subprime mortgage companies to back their mortgage backed securities. The insurance was purchased by the mortgage companies to enhance the credit worthiness of the mortgage-backed ... Read full article

On November 16, 2010, the Congressional Oversight Panel issued its 127 page November Oversight Report - Examining the Consequences of Mortgage Irregularities for Financial Stability and Foreclosure Mitigation Jordan E. ... Read full article

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will be holding a hearing on "Problems in Mortgage Servicing from Modification to Foreclosure, Part II" today. The witnesses include representatives from ... Read full article

Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Finance on July 21, 2010 Neil Barofsky - Special Inspector General of TARP Elizabeth Warren - Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel Richard Hillman - Managing Director of Financial Markets and Community ... Read full article

The House Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on "Foreclosed Justice: Causes and Effects of the Foreclosure Crisis" today. Yesterday, the Senate Banking Committee held hearings on the foreclosure crisis. Further hearings are scheduled for ... Read full article

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On September 29, 2010, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6198 , the "Bankruptcy Technical Correction Act of 2010" and referred it to the Senate Judiciary Committee. HR 6198 was introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) on September 23, 2010. ... Read full article

Yesterday's New York Times has an article "For the Jobless, Little U.S. Help on Foreclosure". The article states or quotes those who suggest the following: ... Read full article