Economists William Black and Randall Wray argue that several big banks should be foreclosed on, starting with Bank of America, for engaging ...

Three trillion dollars in uninsured mortgage exposure? Nine hundred billion in home equity loans (probably better termed no-equity loans)? P...

If I weren't crying so much about the doings of the lame duck Congress I would bust out laughing (or maybe its vice versa). Nowhere do...

The TARP Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) today released " Examining the Consequences of Mortgage Irregularities for Financial Stabi...

One major issue facing those hoping for a federal solution (aka yet another bank bailout) to the MERS controversy is the fact that MERS imp...

With the 2010 mid-term election in the rear view mirror, the impact of Citizens United can now be practically assessed. For those that spen...

As I previously emphasized , Professor Christopher Peterson recently posted an outstanding update to his outstanding law review article in ...

For purposes of this blog post let us assume that the election tomorrow is irrelevant. Let's assume that whether the Democrats win or th...

The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice is now calling for papers for its 15 th anniversary symposium. The symposium , “War on: The Fa...

Even before the lawlessness of the banks caused the mortgage morass , the megabank sector seemed inadequately capitalized . In late Augu...

The above chart shows that Bank of America stock swooned in mid-October after getting hammered over the last six months. The stock (like th...

Earlier this year, Bill Maher invited Elizabeth Warren, the new Chair of the Consumer Financial protection Bureau ( much to the dismay of Re...

What kind of banker loses promissory notes? " A damn careless one ," according to Law Professor Douglas Whaley, who spent 40 year...