I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Orlans Associates, a large foreclosure firm located in Troy, issued a statement Monday denying the company was involved in robo-signing.
According a press release posted to PRNewswire, Linda Orlans, owner of the company, denies the robo-signing claims:
“Orlans is not, and has never been, involved in robosigning. At no time has the firm or Marshall Isaacs designated anyone to sign his name. To date, Orlans has not received any request or even been contacted by any law enforcement or government agency regarding the unfounded accusations being made. Despite statements to the contrary, no attorney in our office has ever been the subject of an official investigation regarding the accusations. We take great pride in our work and the reputation we have earned for the past 13 years for ethical representation of our clients, including the assistance we offer people experiencing a financial crisis.”
Robo-signing is when a bank, mortgage company or foreclosure company has multiple people sign documents with the name of the person who is supposed to sign those documents and then has them notarized as having been signed by that person.
Late last week, Ingham County Register of Deeds announced he had referred Orlans’ attorney Marshall Isaacs to unspecified law enforcement agencies for criminal investigation based on his signatures filed in hundreds of foreclosure cases in Michigan. Earlier this month, a Massachusetts county put Isaacs on a list of robo-signers. The move happened after the county hired an outside investigator to review Isaacs related documents, and she concluded they were likely robo-signed.
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