Articles in Category: 'Attorney General Bill McCollum'

Countrywide Crackdown Means Cash for Florida Homeowners

Federal Trade Commission inks $108 million settlement over lender's inflated fees

By: Kenric Ward | Posted: June 8, 2010 12:17 AM

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Attorney General Bill McCollum, Bank of America, Business, Countrywide Home Loans, FTC, News

Some 200,000 homeowners -- including thousands in Florida -- will share in a $108 million settlement announced Monday by the Federal Trade Commission.

Countrywide Home Loans, a subsidiary of Bank of America, agreed to pay to settle FTC charges that the company collected excessive fees from mortgage holders struggling to keep their homes.

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Greer Threatens to Sue GOP

By: John Kennedy News Service of Florida | Posted: April 1, 2010 5:43 PM

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Attorney General Bill McCollum, Delmar Johnson, Meredith Rourke, News, Republicans, Victory Strategies, Politics

Former Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer pushed back Thursday against state GOP officials, threatening to sue the party to comply with terms of a severance package which officials say was never properly completed.

Greer’s attorney, Damon Chase of Lake Mary, has a seven-page agreement signed by Greer and top party leaders, dated Jan. 4, that would have paid him $11,250 monthly for 11 months. In turn, Greer was to step down as chairman.

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McCollum Pushes Back on 'Forced' Health Care

AG readies constitutional challenge, urges other states to join

By: Kevin Derby | Posted: March 17, 2010 12:00 AM

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Alex Sink, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Health Care, Mike Haridopolos, News, Paula Dockery, Politics, Government

Attorney General Bill McCollum declared Tuesday there is "no benefit" to the federal health care legislation supported by the Obama administration and invited attorneys general from around the nation to join him in preparing to challenge the policy on constitutional grounds.

“There is no benefit to this bill,” McCollum said of the pending health care reform. “I can’t conceive of any.”

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