Mass Layoff Feb 20, 2012 | Steven J. Baum Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) Letter
WARN Details Date of Notice: 11/21/2011 Control Number: 2011-0157 Rapid Response Specialist : Deborah Arbutina & Frederick Danks Reason Stated for Filing: Plant Layoff Company: Steven J. Baum, P.C. 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G Amherst, NY 14228 County: Erie | WIB Name: ERIE| Region: Western Region Hempstead | WIB Name: HEMPSTEAD| Region: Long Island Contact: … Read more
December 6: Occupy Wall Street “Goes Home” #OccupyOurHomes
December 6: Occupy Wall Street “Goes Home” National Day of Action to Stop (and Reverse) Foreclosures December 6 will be a big day of action for the Occupy Wall Street movement. #OWS will join the struggle of families and communities that have been on the front lines of a struggle for economic justice. We will … Read more
HAPPY THANKSGIVING | FORECLOSURE JUSTICE ADVOCATES ARE THANKFUL IN 2011
FORECLOSURE JUSTICE ADVOCATES ARE THANKFUL IN 2011 By Lynn E. Szymoniak, Esq., Fraud Digest, Thanksgiving 2011 ….for Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and Chief Deputy Attorney General John Kelleher for filing criminal charges against two employees at Lender Processing Services, alleging that these employees filed thousands of falsified documents relating to foreclosures in Nevada. … Read more
Cummings Calls for Unredacted Copies of “Engagement Letters” Between Mortgage Servicing Companies and Private Consultants
Cummings Calls for Unredacted Copies of “Engagement Letters” Between Mortgage Servicing Companies and Private Consultants Washington, DC (Nov. 22, 2011)—Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings released the following statement today regarding the public release of highly redacted “engagement letters” between mortgage servicing companies and independent consultants they hired to review past foreclosure abuses: “Although I am … Read more
Mandelman | Sitting in at Max Gardner’s UCC Seminar at New York Law School…
Sitting in at Max Gardner’s UCC Seminar at New York Law School… So, I’m sitting in a classroom at New York Law School, attending Max Gardner’s UCC-focused seminar. It’s my second time going through this program, I was also at the last one, which was held at the University of La Verne Law School in … Read more
IndyMac | Financial Finger-Pointing Turns to Regulators
Financial Finger-Pointing Turns to Regulators In the whodunit of the financial crisis, Wall Street executives have pointed the blame at all kinds of parties — consumers who lied on their mortgage applications, investors who demanded access to risky mortgage bonds, and policy makers who kept interest rates low and failed to predict a housing market … Read more
Making Margin Call: An Interview with Writer/Director J.C. Chandor
Making Margin Call: An Interview with Writer/Director J.C. Chandor by Jake Bernstein ProPublica The genesis of Margin Call occurred in 2005 when the film’s writer and director J.C. Chandor and some friends dabbled in New York’s red-hot real estate market. To their surprise, a bank lent them $10 million, with few questions asked, to buy … Read more
Margin Call: A Small Movie Unveils Big Truths About Wall Street
Margin Call: A Small Movie Unveils Big Truths About Wall Street by Jake Bernstein ProPublica, Spoiler alert: This article discusses key scenes from the film. J.C. Chandor has embraced Rahm Emanuel’s dictum “never let a serious crisis go to waste.” The 37-year-old writer and director used the financial crisis as a springboard to create the … Read more
Foreclosure Fraud Talks Push Ahead Absent California
Foreclosure Talks Push Ahead Absent California Bank representatives and government officials are working on a broad settlement of most state and federal foreclosure-practices investigations that could move forward without the participation of California, long considered a key to any deal, people familiar with the negotiations said. The terms of the deal remain fluid. Banks have … Read more
