Who's Who in the Foreclosure Scandal: A Primer on the Players

The discovery of robo-signing (see our entry for robo-signers below) by employees at major servicers — including GMAC, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase …

Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS): A Twenty …

Whether assigning mortgages from MERS to a foreclosing institution, or "fixing" documentation problems that MERS helped create, it is clear that robo-signers, …

$25 Billion Mortgage Servicing Agreement Filed in Federal …

The court documents filed today also provide detailed new servicing standards that the mortgage servicers will be required to implement. These standards …

Perez v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., No.

Perez v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., No. 18-16584 (9th Cir. 2020) Plaintiffs filed two pre-foreclosure actions against MERS and the banks …

CITIBANK DROPS STERN; JPM DROPS MERS; ROBO-SIGNER …

In a separate release, JPMorgan Chase announced that it is withdrawing from MERS in connection with legal challenges to foreclosures. We expect others to follow in an effort …

Another mortgage crisis- robo-signing continues, loans …

Most revealing of the three failing pillars: MERS. Reuters' expose on Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) is where the cracks in the continuing …

Beyond Robo-Signing: Mortgage Foreclosure Defense Basics

In many of these foreclosures, the foreclosing entity was Mortgage Electronic Registrations Systems Inc. (MERS), which is not a lender: rather, it is a computer …

Fraud Digest | Robo-signed – Who's Signing Now? Mers, …

Wendy Traxler has signed on behalf of MERS, Indymac, OneWest and guaranty bank. MERS has no employees, so there is the first misrepresentation, and …

The Ninth Circuit's Message to MERS: Robosigning, …

In this MERS Complaint by Homeowners, the 9th Circuit Opinion by Judge W. Fletcher Allows Quiet Title and Damages for Wrongful Filing of False Documents

Homeowners challenging robosigning, MERS System may …

Homeowners around the country have gone to court to challenge the use of the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), an electronic mortgage …