Legal Insights

Article III standing has been a frequently debated topic for Florida courts over the last several years and last month was no exception....

In June this year the Southern District of Florida adopted new guidelines which established a flat fee for attorneys representing secured...

Earlier this year Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (“Wilmington”) obtained a foreclosure judgment against mortgagor, Pamela M. Moss...

Last month the newly created Sixth DCA reversed a final judgment of foreclosure entered in favor of the lender, NCP Bayou 2, LLC (“NCP”),...

Cases applying the 2021 amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510 , often referred to as the summary judgment rule, are...

In May of this year the Illinois Senate implemented changes to its procedural rules affecting foreclosures. 2023 Illinois Senate Bill...

Earlier this month the Seventh Circuit expanded its typically limited interpretation of what satisfies the injury in fact requirement for...

On April 20, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court implemented changes to its procedural rules regarding summons and service of process. We...

Earlier this month Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals determined a customer of Pet Supermarket, Troy Eldridge (Eldridge), lacked...

The US Senate recently passed Senate Bill 708[i] which proposes amendments to Florida Statute § 701.04 pertaining to estoppel letters....

Last month Florida’s Second DCA reversed an order which granted the Villages of Bloomingdale Homeowners Association’s (the Association)...

On April 20, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court implemented changes to the following procedural rules affecting civil proceedings in trial...

Earlier this month, Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals affirmed an order entered in a foreclosure case wherein the lower court...

Florida’s Fourth DCA just reversed a final judgment entered in favor of the mortgagors (the Trinidads) in a lost note foreclosure case...

Over the last few years Florida courts have seen an increase in equitable lien foreclosures in what, based on Court filings, appears to...

Florida’s Fifth DCA just reversed a judgment entered in a foreclosure case against the mortgagee and in favor of the borrower (“Bell”)....

Earlier this month Florida’s Third DCA addressed the homestead exemption in article X, section 4(c) of the Florida Constitution in the...

Earlier this month the Second DCA refused to enforce a mediated settlement agreement that, although signed by the attorneys for both...

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio issued an order in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceeding wherein it...

Multiple courts [i] throughout the United states are addressing claims brought against debt collectors for alleged violations of §...