Miscellaneous

• On Mortgage Fraud: McCain vs. Obama

  Paul Kiesel | September 04, 2008 8:13 PM | 8 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Senators Barack Obama and John McCain want to go after predatory lenders. Senator Obama, contrary to Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin's claims about his Senate record in her acceptance speech at the...

• LAT: Headed to the Emergency Room? Bring a book...

  Paul Kiesel | November 10, 2009 7:13 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  From the Los Angeles Times: The stereotype of hospital emergency rooms crowded with patients waiting endlessly to be seen by a doctor is true, according to a new study in Tuesday's edition of...

• UCLA Willed Body Program Tactics Seen at Illinois Cemetery?

  Paul Kiesel | July 09, 2009 5:39 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  As far as what's been reported on this story, yes, it reeks of the UCLA WBP days of 1999-2003 (i.e. trafficking body parts, improper disposition of body parts, bank accounts set up in UCLA's name,...

• California's Ticking Option ARM Time Bomb

  Paul Kiesel | August 19, 2008 3:29 PM | 9 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  "Optimists, look away now." This is the first sentence of a very brief article in last week's The Economist. The subhead reads "A nasty mortgage product promises yet more misery," and the title of...

• Governor Paterson Opposes Sex Abuse Bill, More Worried with Churches Going Bankrupt

  Paul Kiesel | March 30, 2009 7:59 PM | 5 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  For reasons that are seemingly illogical, New York Governor David Paterson told Newsday that he opposes an Assembly bill that would allow sex abuse victims to have their day in court. In siding...

• Subprime Crisis was the Tip of the Iceberg

  Paul Kiesel | August 04, 2008 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  As subprime defaults begin to level off for the first time in almost two years, a bigger problem is quickly building: Homeowners with good credit are falling behind on their monthly mortgage...

• Truth in Lending Ruling Could Jolt Banking Industry

  Paul Kiesel | July 07, 2008 2:51 PM | 2 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  A lawsuit that was filed by a Wisconsin couple in 2005 against mortgage lender Chevy Chase Bank for Truth in Lending Act violations (TILA) is set to get a ruling any day now. If the ruling by the...

• Salon: Why Loan Modification Scams are Booming

  Paul Kiesel | September 24, 2009 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  FYI: Here's a link to a blog I wrote a year ago that portends what's being described in the article below. From Salon.com: During the go-go years of the real estate bubble, shady mortgage brokers...

• Online Travel Companies (OTCs): Ready to Pay Some Taxes?

  Paul Kiesel | June 16, 2009 2:47 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  *The law firm of Kiesel Boucher Larson is involved in multiple class-action cases against the online travel companies. From the New York Times: FOR years, online travel companies like Expedia,...

• Cardinal(s) Wrong

  Paul Kiesel | April 08, 2009 6:30 PM | 15 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Cardinal George is wrong on his stance of Obama addressing this year's graduating class at Notre Dame University. Ten priests in the Roman Catholic order that helps run the University of Notre Dame...