Eric Schneiderman: This Millennium’s Elliot Ness?
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman We here at the South Florida Law Blog decided to clock in a few hours this weekend, because if we didn’t we’d probably fall behind President Obama’s new...
View ArticleDallas Fed Calls Out Too Big To Fail Banks
Too Big To Fail used to be a joke. It became an insult hurled by Occupy Wall Street or the Tea Party at the big banks, but that’s all it was. It was never an expression that had any legitimacy. It was...
View ArticleFriday Round-Up; Foreclosure Settlement Signed; Oversight Begins; Palm Beach...
Judge Signs $25 Billion Foreclosure Settlement It’s finally official. The so-called $25 billion foreclosure settlement has been signed off by a federal judge. This comes after the settlement was filed...
View ArticleTime To Break Up ‘Too Big To Fail’ Banks Is Now
“Let me be frank. Our banks earn profit too easily. Why? Because a small number of large banks have a monopoly.” Sounds like something I would have said. Or something our president SHOULD be saying....
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Pam Bondi
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is now asking for the public’s input on what she should do with the $300 million the state will be receiving directly from the national mortgage settlement. She is...
View ArticleForeclosure Clean-Up Gets Police Response, But Not Bank Fraud?
A group from the Miami Workers Center clean up the area around an abandoned bank-owned house, as police officers wait nearby (Photo Courtesy:Miami Workers Group) It never ceases to amaze me the glaring...
View ArticleJP Morgan Chase CEO Is A Chameleon And A Snake
Jamie Dimon may present himself as a apologetic CEO, but that is not his true face. The Jamie Dimon Apology Tour is in full swing. Perhaps you caught the first stop on this weekend’s Meet the Press....
View ArticleJamie Dimon Still Rules JP Morgan Chase With Iron Fist
Well the dog-and-pony show that was JP Morgan Chase shareholders meeting came and went. If you blinked, you probably missed it. Jamie Dimon’s heart-to-heart with his shareholders lasted a whopping 50...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To President Obama
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Prime Minister Monti of Italy aboard Air Force One, June 6, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Dear Mr. President: As you know historically,...
View ArticleCFPB to Banks: Just Play Nice In the Sandbox
Roy Oppenheim’s commentary was originally published in US News and World Report’s Home Front Blog and is being redistributed on South Florida Law Blog with their permission I have come to keep my...
View ArticleEric Schneiderman: This Millennium’s Elliot Ness?
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman We here at the South Florida Law Blog decided to clock in a few hours this weekend, because if we didn’t we’d probably fall behind President Obama’s new...
View ArticleDallas Fed Calls Out Too Big To Fail Banks
Too Big To Fail used to be a joke. It became an insult hurled by Occupy Wall Street or the Tea Party at the big banks, but that’s all it was. It was never an expression that had any legitimacy. It was...
View ArticleFriday Round-Up; Foreclosure Settlement Signed; Oversight Begins; Palm Beach...
Judge Signs $25 Billion Foreclosure Settlement It’s finally official. The so-called $25 billion foreclosure settlement has been signed off by a federal judge. This comes after the settlement was filed...
View ArticleTime To Break Up ‘Too Big To Fail’ Banks Is Now
“Let me be frank. Our banks earn profit too easily. Why? Because a small number of large banks have a monopoly.” Sounds like something I would have said. Or something our president SHOULD be saying....
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Pam Bondi
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is now asking for the public’s input on what she should do with the $300 million the state will be receiving directly from the national mortgage settlement. She is...
View ArticleForeclosure Clean-Up Gets Police Response, But Not Bank Fraud?
A group from the Miami Workers Center clean up the area around an abandoned bank-owned house, as police officers wait nearby (Photo Courtesy:Miami Workers Group) It never ceases to amaze me the glaring...
View ArticleJP Morgan Chase CEO Is A Chameleon And A Snake
Jamie Dimon may present himself as a apologetic CEO, but that is not his true face. The Jamie Dimon Apology Tour is in full swing. Perhaps you caught the first stop on this weekend’s Meet the Press....
View ArticleJamie Dimon Still Rules JP Morgan Chase With Iron Fist
Well the dog-and-pony show that was JP Morgan Chase shareholders meeting came and went. If you blinked, you probably missed it. Jamie Dimon’s heart-to-heart with his shareholders lasted a whopping 50...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To President Obama
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Prime Minister Monti of Italy aboard Air Force One, June 6, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Dear Mr. President: As you know historically,...
View ArticleCFPB to Banks: Just Play Nice In the Sandbox
Roy Oppenheim’s commentary was originally published in US News and World Report’s Home Front Blog and is being redistributed on South Florida Law Blog with their permission I have come to keep my...
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