Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Massachusetts AG investigating Newton law firm's foreclosure work

Harmon Law Offices, a Newton firm that specializes in foreclosures, is being investigated by the state attorney general's office for allegedly unlawfully evicting residents from bank-owned properties.


State officials want to determine whether Harmon Law failed to comply with a new Massachusetts law that protects tenants living in foreclosed homes from eviction, a spokesman for Attorney General Martha Coakley said today.

Coakley's office also is looking into allegations that Harmon Law disregarded a court order requiring it to notify the state before foreclosing on certain homes, she said.

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