Demerle & Associates

February 2024

COURT: Bankruptcy Code Can Avoid Foreclosure Sale

In a decision that has sent ripples through the Massachusetts default servicing industry, in February 2024 the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts (Katz, J.) ruled that the Bankruptcy Code.

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Demerle & Associates

January 2024

Maine SJC Ends “Court-As-Casino,” No Free House Following Defective Foreclosure Notice

In January 2024, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court overruled in part its decision in Pushard and, in doing so, stopped the practice of “court-as-casino” that awarded free houses to defendant mortgagors.

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Demerle & Associates

November 2023

CT Supreme Court: Entire Mortgage File Discoverable in Foreclosure Action

The Connecticut Supreme Court has held that, in a foreclosure action, a borrower defendant is entitled to discover the foreclosing mortgagee’s entire mortgage loan file.

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