2011 WOTY nomination: "robosigner"

[Joel S. Berson]

Does that mean, like Oscars (TM), it or they are now ineligible for
2011?  I knew they arose in 2010 (but didn't check the nominations),
but I'm speculating that they will be even more in use this year as a
result of the Massachusetts court decision.

Joel

At 1/9/2011 12:04 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> >>
> >> Just trying to land ahead of the wave.  That will surely follow
> >> yesterday's decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
> >> ("the oldest continuously functioning appellate court in the Western
> >> Hemisphere") that banks that foreclose on homes must have proof that
> >> they own the mortgages *before* they foreclose.  Doh.
> >
> > I had "robosigning" on my 2010 list, as did David Barnhart.
> >
> > http://bit.ly/2010woty
>
>(And Grant Barrett had "robosigner".)
>
>
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