LeNoir Law

LeNoir Law Firm Wins $6.425 Million Dollars in Commercial Foreclosure Action

Prior to the pandemic, we settled a commercial foreclosure action for $6,425,000.00.  It was a seller-financed transaction, meaning that the buyer “borrowed” the money from the seller to purchase the property (no money was actually exchanged) and gave the seller a mortgage and signed a promissory note.  No bank was involved.  We never represent banks.  … Read more

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Our Habeas Corpus COVID-19 Prisoner Release Program

With the emergency Order closing the NYS Courts to all but a very limited number of truly essential matters, our resources have been freed to help in a crucial legal battle literally involving the rights of inmates to live or die when (not if) the government acknowledges that the coronavirus has filled New York’s prison  … Read more

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We Lost a Client to Coronavirus

We lost a client to coronavirus on Friday.  He was a good man, a pharmacist who continued working despite the risk to himself from interacting with sick patients. He left behind a wonderful family.  Obviously they are devastated.  Last week his daughter told me that he was hospitalized and on oxygen, and seemed to be  … Read more

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LeNoir Law Firm Quoted in National News on Million Dollar Fashion Week Slapping Lawsuit

The other day a reporter named Natalie Wolcholver from LifesLittleMysteries.com called me out of the blue and asked whether a person could be sued for $1 million dollars for slapping someone. We ended up having an interesting conversation.

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Ever wonder why banks choose not to take advantage of federal mortgage loan modification programs?

Insider dealing at the expense of homeowners and taxpayers continues, and the financial incentives for most types of mortgage-related fraud will be unaffected by the recent $26 billion dollar federal/state foreclosure fraud settlement.

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Should any of the nation’s three “official” credit reporting agencies be allowed to own a company that intentionally causes millions of consumers to default on their debts?

Contesting Jobless Claims Becomes a Boom Industry – New York Times     http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/us/04talx.html?hp According to the New York Times article, a company called Talx handles more than 30 percent of the nation’s requests for jobless benefits. Talx was acquired three years ago by Equifax, the credit-rating giant, for $1.4 billion. Equifax’s ownership of Talx creates a clear  … Read more

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"We're all temps now." – Kelly Services CEO Carl Camden

Business Week, “The Disposable Worker – Pay is falling, benefits are vanishing, and no one’s job is secure. How companies are making the era of the temp more than temporary”   http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/10_03/b4163032935448.htm

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The giant bank bailouts were not a con job against the taxpayers. They were a long series of old-school cons adapted by regulators and the financial industry to give banks a license to steal from us. The dollar amount of upward wealth distribution caused by the bailouts is difficult for most people to fathom and nearly impossible to measure, just as Wall Street wants it.

For detailed information, read the Rolling Stone article,  “Wall Street’s Bailout Hustle – Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren’t just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy – they’re re-creating the conditions for another crash” http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/32255149/wall_streets_bailout_hustle/1

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College students amass unpayable student loans and spend their summers disinfecting doorknobs on unpaid internships, for companies that have no intention of offering a paid job to their slave labor after graduation.

Read the New York Times Article:  “Growth of Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal, Officials Say” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03intern.html?src=me&ref=general

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Why Possession of Great Wealth is Immoral – By LeNoir Law Firm

GREAT WEALTH IS: 1. Nearly always an accident of birth; 2. Virtually unobtainable through legal and ethical hard work; 3. Often amassed through crimes and human rights abuses; 4. Protected by “democratic” governments above all else; 5. Tremendously expensive to protect; 6. Protected with tax dollars paid by the rest of society; 7. Least needy  … Read more

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If the excesses of the financial industry have left you unemployed, don't be victimized twice by taking out large student loans to attend a trade school that promises you a job.

The New Poor – For-Profit Schools Cashing In on Recession and Federal Aid – NYTimes.com Commercial trade schools are under fire because they are attracting more students and Pell grants. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/business/14schools.html?ref=homepage&src=me&pagewanted=all

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"Deep in Debt Blues" by J.B. Lenoir

http://play.rhapsody.com/jb-lenoir/the-very-best-of/deep-in-debt-blues

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