An upcoming webinar presented by the Five Star Institute and DocMagic will focus on adopting an all-digital mortgage lending process while addressing concerns and building rapport with borrowers during the transition.
Read More »In the Spotlight: Financial Service Law’s Best and Brightest
DS News is once again showcasing top firms and women professionals in financial services law firms with the annual Black Book directory and Top 25 Women of Law. Here’s how you can participate—before it’s too late.
Read More »Legal Trends, Challenges in the Servicing Industry
A legal expert speaks about how technology is impacting the industry, and what cases to be mindful of now that Obduskey v. McCarthy Holthus has been settled. Editor's note: this piece originally appeared in the May edition of DS News.
Read More »Statute of Limitations: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Here’s why servicers and attorneys must partner to deal with the statute of limitations law in New York, which remains an area of risk and confusion. Editor’s Note: This feature originally appeared in the January issue of DS News.
Read More »LOGS Network Announces Hiring of New CFO
The LOGS Network, a centrally-managed network of professionals that includes attorneys, trustees, title personnel, and collection staff who represent the mortgage servicing and consumer credit industries, has announced the hiring of Richards Smith as chief financial officer.
Read More »Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys Receive Top Honors
Hutchens Law Firm attorney Michael B. Stein has received the highest rating for the legal profession, an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and Hutchens associate attorney Lanee Borsman has been named the 2014 Chief Justice Service Award winner by the North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP) .
Read More »Atlanta Attorney Selected As Fellow of American College of Bankruptcy
Atlanta-based bankruptcy attorney Jason Watson, partner at Alston & Bird and chair of the firm's Bankruptcy, Workouts, & Reorganization Group, was recently chosen as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.
Read More »Compliance Has Made Foreclosure Process Complicated, Experts Say
One resounding theme of the Foreclosure Lab at the Five Star Conference on Monday was clear – throwing compliance into the equation has made the foreclosure process way more complicated than it used to be because the industry is so much more regulated than it was as recently as five years ago before the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act.
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