Back at the Movies . . .
Back at the beginning of the year I took a group of clients to see The Big Short. Great movie, fun and infuriating. That was about, in a fashion, how
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So, Trolls …
Nothing against trolls – the fairy tale, Tolkien type trolls, that is. You know the type, big, strong, intellectually challenged, easily influenced. Big, shambling brutes that you sorta feel sorry
The Myth of the Free House
About a month or so ago, news came down about a California Appeals Court decision where the court recognized that a mortgage company/bank suing for foreclosure could not produce the
It’s 9 Degrees Out … So, Hey, Baseball and Consumer Debt
I have a friend who is a huge baseball friend. Not Donald Trump Ya-uuuge, but real-life huge. He’s deep into baseball history, is still mad at Hollywood for changing the
Statistics and Empathy
To paraphrase one of the five worst* people who ever lived, ‘when something really bad happens to one person, it’s a tragedy; when it happens to a million, it’s a statistic.’ This is certainly true of
Google, Ben Affleck, Dogs, and Foreclosure Defense
The Internet? Is that thing still around? ~Homer Simpson I have a love-hate relationship with the Internet. On one hand it brings me Netflix, instant access to my court cases,
Why I’ll Be Cringing During the Republican Debates (… it’s not what you think)
There are three Republican Presidential debates over the next six weeks and they are sure to have a chilling effect on my clients. I’m not referring to the politics, or
The DaVinci Code, Debt, and A Book Announcement
I’m working on a book – Got Debt? Essays from the Front Lines of America’s Debt Epidemic. I’ll be writing (and talking) a lot more about it over the coming
A Day in Court
A different take in foreclosure court: usually the judge takes cases where attorneys have entered appearances – ostensibly to try and curb expenses, (who wants to pay a lawyer to sit
About that debt…
I wrote recently about how everyone has debt of some kind – here’s a real-life example on how that goes: I tell clients they can give debt collectors my name and