Archive for October 2013

Look for increased attempts to discover those intake forms used by bankruptcy practitioners – and also fee information for all lawyers – as a result of a recent decision by the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

A mortgagee’s violation of 735 ILCS 5/15-1508(d-5) and of the Housing Affordable Mortgage Program
(“HAMP”) rules may require denial of confirmation of a foreclosure sale held in violation of those rules, a
panel in the Appellate Court’s Second District has held.

A “mortgage rescue” victim’s argument that an apparent warranty deed should be construed as an equitable mortgage should have gone forward to a full trial, a panel of the Appellate Court’s First District has held.