"They're the fastest-growing seller of foreclosed homes in the country right now, " notes Feder.
"The federal rules were written under assumption that people were not going to be filing lawsuits without real good-faith reasons, " Feder says.
Ms. Feder did not learn about the 1099 Northwestern issued from Northwestern.
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The panel included Spencer Rascoff of Zillow.com, Michael Feder of Radar Logic, Donald Trump Jr. of the Trump Organization and Peter Slatin of Real Capital Markets.
Joining us were Spencer Rascoff of Zillow.com, Michael Feder of Radar Logic, Donald Trump Jr. of the Trump Organization and Peter Slatin of Real Capital Analytics.
Alarmed by the 11 million or so mortgages that are reportedly delinquent, Feder and others have been lobbying government officials to consider alternative plans to rescue housing.
Feder says the rules were drawn up in a time when judges and legal scholars didn't think lawyers would file baseless claims just to wangle a settlement.
Judy Feder, my colleague at the Urban Institute who served as a senior health aide in the Clinton Administration and staff director of the 1989-90 Pepper Commission.
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Despite his somewhat dour view, Feder acknowledges the improving data.
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"I'm not sure you can even call this a double-dip, because I'm not sure we ever got out of the first dip, " says Radar Logic Chief Executive Michael Feder.
The Roberts Court is also likely to trim the sails of plaintiff lawyers who want to use the 1789 Alien Tort Claims Act to pursue 21st-century class actions, Feder said.
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Aftab Ali, also known as Aftab Khan, was ordered back to Pakistan by Judge Robin Feder, who issued a written opinion Thursday, said Kathryn Mattingly, spokeswoman for the federal Immigration Courts.
Surprisingly, given the small stakes, Ms. Feder had counsel.
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Sharon Feder : While we now have more women in power than ever before, we need more women in top positions in the corporate world and in government to represent the interests of women throughout the world.
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Feder favors a plan that would allow Fannie, Freddie and other banks to convert their underwater mortgages to shared-appreciation mortgages that would carry lower monthly payments and give banks and homeowners shared equity stakes in the homes' future appreciation.
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