Archive:4 November 2013

By: Laurence E. Platt

Larry Platt testified at a hearing held by the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, October 29, considering standards for mortgage loan servicers, particularly in connection with loss mitigation activities. The hearing was one of several designed to examine housing finance reform and the essentials of a functioning housing finance system in the Committee’s continuing deliberations over the fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other provisions in the proposed Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013. Read More

For a fourth consecutive year, K&L Gates has been ranked among the top two law firms with the most first-tier rankings in the annual U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” survey. Earning more than 200 first-tier rankings in offices and practices across the United States, K&L Gates also received the publication’s national “Law Firm of the Year” distinction, given to only one firm in each national practice area, for Securities Regulation and for Criminal Defense: White Collar. Read More