Top Rhode Island court upholds abortion-rights law; other legal fights expected if Roe is overturned
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Supreme Court allows eased voting requirements in Rhode Island and notes state support
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Rhode Island Adopts Home Loan Protection Act and Mortgage Foreclosure Disclosure Provisions
The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulations is reformatting all of its current banking regulations in order to incorporate them into the Rhode Island Code of Regulations and has adopted the Home Loan Protection Act and Mortgage Foreclosure Disclosure provisions. The RICR is a uniform code of all regulations filed by Rhode Island's state agencies, […]
District of Rhode Island requires compliance with face-to-face…
The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island continues to render decisions concerning the face-to-face meeting requirement. In two recent decisions, the Court found that holding a face-to-face meeting with the mortgagor concerning an FHA-insured mortgage loan is a condition precedent to acceleration/foreclosure. Foreclosure News
3 top lawyers in Rhode Island agencies didn’t have current state licenses
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Suspended Rhode Island lawyer jailed for failing to pay sanction
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Rhode Island Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss FDCPA Case against Law…
Should a law firm pursuing foreclosure on behalf of a mortgagee be considered a debt collector? That is a question at issue in a Rhode Island federal court case, in which borrower Lloyd Amesbury filed a class action lawsuit alleging Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violations against a firm retained to initiate foreclosure on his […]
Sales of single-family homes in Rhode Island continue rising
November's median sales price also rose to $ 245,000 despite more foreclosures and short sales which typically lower the median price. The association said last month that sales were up nearly 5 percent in October compared to October 2015, and the median sales price was $ 235,000. Foreclosure News
Deborah Rhode is at war with complacency (podcast)
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Rhode Island Joins Lists of True Super-Priority Lien States for Condo Associations
In December 2015, the Rhode Island Supreme Court issued an opinion holding that Rhode Island's Uniform Condominium Act provides a true “super-priority” lien to condominium owner associations when a condominium owner is delinquent in paying the COA assessments. This super-priority lien – applicable to condo association liens only – takes priority over a lender's first […]