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The Legal League 100 Advisory Board met Wednesday in Washington, D.C. to plot the path forward for serving the default servicing and financial services legal community in the coming year.

Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen (MLLF), a Kansas-based law firm specializing in creditor-oriented litigation, recently received the USFN Award of Excellence for the fifth consecutive year.

RIO Genesis, a Nevada-based leading real estate software solutions provider, has announced the hiring of housing and mortgage servicing industry veteran Lynn Effinger as SVP of institutional services.

The executive board of directors for the National Appraisal Congress (NAC) came together on Tuesday in Washington D.C. to discuss pressing issues facing the residential valuation and appraisal industry. The meeting was brought to order by NAC chair and Chief Appraiser at TSI Appraisal, Jordan Petkovski. Petkovski gave attendees a brief overview of the state of the property appraisal industry. He also articulated his vision for how the NAC will supply direction for residential appraisal companies and lead the industry in a time of change.

A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Fair Housing Act does not allow for so-called "disparate impact" claims, which are allegations that can be made based on neutral practices that may unintentionally have a discriminatory effect.

Foreclosure petitions increased year-over-year in Massachusetts for the seventh consecutive month in September, according to the Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.

LenderLive Network, a domestic-based, end-to-end mortgage services provider headquartered in Colorado, announced the hiring of David Greif as regional account executive representing the company's Correspondent Lending division in Florida.

Michigan-based default mortgaging services consulting and loss mitigation outsource services provider DLS Servicing Consultants has announced the launch of a new product aimed at new Federal Housing Administration (FHA) servicers.

In a continuation of its philanthropic efforts, The Five Star Institute, along with Dimont & Associates, Auction.com, and others, participated as a tournament sponsor for the Texas Neurofibromatosis (NF) Foundation's Texas NF Golf Classic, which took place Monday, November 3, at the picturesque Four Seasons Resort and Club in Irving.

Fannie Mae's Book of Business ended 10 consecutive months of declining when it posted a compound annualized rate increase of 1.5 percent in September, according to Fannie Mae's September 2014 Monthly Summary.