October Research has selected Charles C. Cain to be a speaker at the 2009 National Compliance Summit on February 19-20, 2009 at The Westin Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa. Charles Cain is Of Counsel to the Sterbcow Law Group LLC in New Orleans, Louisiana and is President of…
A recent RESPA litigation ruling by the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio sparked headlines this week when they overturned a district court ruling denying class certification in the Erik C. Carter, et. al., United States of America v. Welles Bowen Realty, Inc. et al lawsuit.…
The new Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) guidelines are now officially enacted as of Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. However the Required Use Section 9 changes have been put on hold for 90 days pending a review by HUD which was prompted by the National Association of Homebuilders lawsuit. The…
We are hearing from multiple sources that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be formally announcing delaying the implementation of the new RESPA Reform rule which is scheduled to go into effect on January 16, 2009, The delay is in response to the National Association…
The Sterbcow Law Group is pleased to announce that Charles C. Cain will join the law firm effective January 1, 2009. Charles will be “Of Counsel” and will work out of his Cincinnati, Ohio office. Charles is highly regarded as one of the country’s top RESPA compliance and regulatory attorneys…
President Elect Barak Obama has selected Shaun Donovan to be the next United States’ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Donovan, who was the head of the New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development, is viewed by many in the industry as someone who possesses a significant amount of…