MFY will continue its class action lawsuit against Steven J. Baum, PC despite the firm’s decision to close its doors. The suit charges that the firm engaged in unfair debt collection and deceptive practices in filing thousands of foreclosure lawsuits. MFY announced it will also monitor other firms’ compliance with rules requiring attorneys to attest [...]
MFY Foreclosure Attorney Adam Cohen joined scores of advocates at a hearing today to demand continued funding for foreclosure defense and housing counseling for tens of thousands of homeowners who are in foreclosure or are delinquent on their loans. Cohen warned that “Within the next few months, thousands of cases that have been sitting in [...]
Justice Deceived: How Large Foreclosure Firms Subvert State Regulations Protecting Homeowners, released in conjunction with a class action lawsuit against Steven J. Baum P.C., found that large foreclosure law firms file foreclosure proceedings but fail to file the specialized Request for Judicial Intervention and Due Diligence Attestation, which would cause the cases to be assigned [...]
MFY Legal Services and Harwood Feffer LLP filed suit against Steven J. BAum PC, a law firm that files 40% of the foreclosure actions in New York State, charging unfair debt collection and deceptive practices in filing thousands of foreclosure lawsuits. Law Firm Sued for Undermining New York State’s Protections for Homeowners in [...]
In the New York Law Journal, MFY Staff Attorney Elizabeth Lynch argues that a new wave of foreclosure filings will leave thousands of homeowners vulnerable to a system that favors banks unless the New York State legislature renews funding for foreclosure defense. Foreclosure Prevention Funds Still Necessary
The Staten Island Advance reports on MFY’s efforts to save the home of a Staten Island father of three who was denied a mortgage transfer after his wife died of cancer. Wells Fargo Denies Mortgage Transfer to Widow
A Queens Supreme Court judge granted MFY’s motion to dismiss a foreclosure action against a Queens homeowner by showing that HSBC, as trustee for a residential mortgage-backed security trust, did not own the note or the mortgage and therefore had no legal standing to foreclose. Queens-Homeowner-Beats-Back-HSBC’s-Attempt-to-Foreclose
New York Times columnist Joe Nocera shows how a tenacious MFY attorney saved the home of an elderly Queens homeowner.
A class action lawsuit charges that Bank of America broke the law by failing to carry through on contractual promises to permanently modify mortgage payments for New York homeowners who successfully completed the trial modification period under the federal government’s Make Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).