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Real Estate/Development

Dec. 18, 2007

Consolidation Causes Conflict for Pro Bono

Responding to the subprime mortgage crisis, California legal services organizations are scrambling to address the needs of poor people who are losing their homes. But they can no longer count on pro bono assistance from law firms that have helped on such cases in the past because of a greater potential for conflicts.

By Anat Rubin
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      Responding to the subprime mortgage crisis, California legal services organizations are scrambling to address the needs of poor people who are losing their homes.
      Most of these organizations have been dealing with fraudulent lending and mortgage scams for years. But they can no longer count on pro bono assistance from law firms that have he...

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