Mon May 21, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
When I was a kid growing up in the Bronx the U.S. Supreme Court always seemed to be above reproach. Maybe my friends and I were naive, but I think maybe times have really changed. The Supreme Court, once a glaring symbol of constitutional democracy, has now been pulled into the day to day mudslinging of the political process. To […]
Fri May 18, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures
It’s pretty hard to find a single housing advocate or foreclosure defense attorney, myself included, who didn’t find the national mortgage settlement to be, at the very least, flawed. It may have been a necessary step to getting the housing market back on track, but we know that it didn’t come close to compensating homeowners who had been illegally kicked […]
Thu May 17, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
Well the dog-and-pony show that was JP Morgan Chase shareholders meeting came and went. If you blinked, you probably missed it. Jamie Dimon’s heart-to-heart with his shareholders lasted a whopping 50 minutes on Tuesday. Apparently that was all the time he felt he needed to trot out the same apology speech he gave on Meet the Press, and then duck […]
Mon May 14, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
The Jamie Dimon Apology Tour is in full swing. Perhaps you caught the first stop on this weekend’s Meet the Press. The chairman of JP Morgan Chase is trying to play us for suckers, publicly apologizing for his bank’s $2 billion loss. He called it an “egregious mistake”. He claims he want to get rid of “Too Big To Fail”, […]
Fri May 11, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures & Florida Law News
I’m not a reader of tea leaves, so I am not about to guess how the Florida Supreme Court will ultimately rule on Roman Pino vs. The Bank of New York. But listening to the justices attack Amanda Lundergan, Roman Pino’s attorney, while seemingly going much easier on Bruce Rogow, the bank’s very well-respected lawyer, was at best, discouraging. It’s […]
Wed May 9, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Bank Fraud, Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law News & Florida Real Estate
If you haven’t already heard, there is a monumental case that was heard Thursday morning in the Florida Supreme Court, and every single homeowner should be paying close attention to this case. To watch a replay of the oral arguments, please click here. The case is Roman Pino vs. Bank of New York. It involves all the customary fraud I […]
Mon May 7, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News & Foreclosure Fraud
It never ceases to amaze me the glaring duality of the world I live in. I am constantly reminded that we live in world where you and I have to play by one set of rules, yet the vast financial complex that resides on Wall Street isn’t held to even a fraction of those standards. The latest example comes way […]
Fri May 4, 2012 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures & Foreclosure Defense
Banks make bad neighbors. It’s been one of my mantras for years, and it’s a statement that is again reverberating across the country thanks to The Sun-Sentinel’s 3-part series “Bad Neighbor Banks”. Thanks to the Sentinel, 60 Minutes, and the National Fair Housing Alliance, we are seeing the hard data that back up my assertion that banks, once they foreclose […]
