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Judge orders Bank of America to pay $1.2B for Countrywide's sale of faulty loans
A federal judge in Manhattan has ordered Bank of America to pay $1.2 billion in civil penalties for defective mortgages sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ordered the payment in a Wednesday decision after a federal jury determined that Bank of America’s... [...]
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Default Judgments and Divorce Proceedings in Florida
Seeking to end a marriage is often emotionally difficult. It can also be logistically difficult when your spouse is located somewhere far away and does not respond to the legal documents sent to him/her. Default judgments can be useful to allow you to move on with your life, but they require careful attention to the... [...]
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Recorded jail phone calls violate 6th Amendment and cost us money, attorneys say in lawsuit
Joining colleagues in Florida, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee who have complained that jailed defendants' phone calls with their attorneys are being recorded, some Texas lawyers have filed an amended class action complaint objecting to the practice.
However, in... [...]
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Federal Appeals Court Affirms Crash Case Dismissal, Florida Courts Might Have Different Outcome
The lawsuit brought by the widow of a fatally injured motorcyclist was dismissed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on the grounds that she failed to establish the defendant's owed a duty to her husband.
The doctrine of foreseeability weighs whether... [...]
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11th Circuit OKs $67M verdict against bank in case linked to ex-law firm chief's $1.2B fraud
A federal appeals court in Atlanta on Tuesday affirmed a $67 million jury award to investors fleeced by now-disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein.
Rejecting arguments that a federal district judge shouldn't have let a former Toronto-Dominion bank executive testify at a civil damages... [...]
