Evictions in Massachusetts are known as “summary process.” The goal of summary process is found in Rule 1 of the Uniform Rules of Summary Process: “the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every summary process action.” In other words, summary process more »
I’m happy to write that I won a post-foreclosure eviction case several weeks ago using a new defense that I had been working on for the past year. One of the critical reasons for this victory, I believe, was my more »
The New York Times reports that evictions are on the rise across the United States, including Massachusetts, where eviction filings increased 11% between 2010 to 2013. The rise in these cases poses challenges not only to the parties in these cases, but also to more »
In landlord/tenant cases, “cash-for-keys” often comes up as a popular means of settling an eviction case. In a cash-for-keys settlement, the landlord agrees to pay the tenant(s) a sum of money to leave the premises by a required deadline. The more »
When I started this blog almost a year ago, I wrote that one of the major myths of foreclosure defense is that a borrower can get a free home if they fight their foreclosure. What was true then remains true today: more »
I previously wrote about the pending federal court lawsuit brought by several banks challenging local town and city anti-foreclosure ordinances. The cases raises many interesting questions on law and public policy, and is a rare case of local state banks taking legal action to challenge more »
As a huge fan of the television show Breaking Bad, I’m looking forward to Better Call Saul, the widely anticipated spin-off involving Walter White’s attorney: Saul Goodman. Saul was one of my favorite characters on the show; the type of lawyer I never more »
There is no shortage of paperwork involved in a foreclosure. I have found that some of my best educated, most informed clients do not understand all of the important documents involved in the purchase of a home and subsequent foreclosure. Here is a quick overview of more »
The federal Home Affordable Modification Program (“HAMP”) is aimed at offering struggling homeowners a loan modification that will provide them a mortgage payment of 31% of their monthly income. While HAMP is intended to help homeowners, the reality is that more »
I was recently interviewed by MassRealty about defending against a home foreclosure. Check out my interview here!
