Fri Jun 25, 2021 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures & Florida Law News
“I believe it’ll be fair if they prevail the bank gets fees, or if we prevail we get fees. That’s the way it should be. I think this is how the legislature wanted it, and this is how the Fourth DCA is now going to rule. It’s clear that everyone is going to follow the path here of what is […]
Sun Jun 9, 2013 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Law News
The following article was written by Paul Owers in the Sun Sentinel and republished in the South Florida Law Blog with Roy Oppenheim. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday designed to speed up foreclosuresin Florida, but critics say the measure is unfair to homeowners. HB 87 requires homeowners to respond more quickly to foreclosure filings and gives community associations […]
Fri Apr 12, 2013 by RoyOppenheim on Florida Law News
Seventeen of the nation’s “too big to fail” banks also apparently think they are “too big to lose in court.” They have joined forces to go up against a federal judge whose rulings they simply don’t like. In doing so, the banks may have opened a Pandora’s box that ultimately could benefit the same group of people they have been […]
Tue Dec 27, 2011 by Oppenheim Law on Bank Fraud, Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law News, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Defense & Foreclosure Fraud
With 2011 winding down, foreclosure attorney Roy Oppenheim made a return visit to “The Mind of Money” to share his thoughts on the year that was with host Douglas Lodmell. Just as Oppenheim anticipated, this year we’ve seen how big this foreclosure mess really is. There were numerous investigations, and a self-imposed moratorium on foreclosures during parts of 2011, resulting […]
Mon Jan 10, 2011 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law News, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Defense, Foreclosure Fraud, Foreclosure Workshop, Roy Oppenheim & Strategic Default
If we digress for one moment and go back to the end of 2007 or the beginning of 2008 here is the story I will share with you all. I was attending a hearing on behalf of one of our earlier foreclosure clients in the area of foreclosure defense before a prominent Broward County Circuit judge. I witnessed the judge […]
Fri Jan 7, 2011 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law News, Florida Real Estate, Foreclosure Defense, Foreclosure Fraud, Roy Oppenheim & Strategic Default
“Unfair, Deceptive and Unconscionable Acts in Foreclosure Cases”, that’s the name of the presentation made to the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Controllers by the Attorney General’s office of the State of Florida. The title speaks for itself. The presentation is truly fascinating and intriguing but in some ways very disappointing. It is a poor reflection of our own […]
Mon Dec 6, 2010 by Oppenheim Law on Florida Foreclosures, Florida Law News, Florida Real Estate, Florida Short Sales, Foreclosure Defense, Foreclosure Workshop & Strategic Default
In case you missed it, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke went on the record with 60 Minutes last night to discuss the current state of the economy. On Wednesday at 6 pm in his own 60 minutes, Foreclosure Defense Attorney and legal blogger Roy Oppenheim will discuss his thoughts on this interview as well as the latest foreclosure defense strategies […]
Thu Dec 2, 2010 by Oppenheim Law on Bank Fraud, Florida Law News, Foreclosure Defense, Foreclosure Fraud & Roy Oppenheim
In Monday’s The New York Times editorial The Fed and Foreclosures, The Times finally took the Fed to task. They wrote: “There are two sides to every delinquent loan – a lender who made a bad lending decision and a borrower who cannot repay. Yet banks have never acted as if they bear any responsibility for the mortgage mess.” The […]
