By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Lawyers are largely exempt from sweeping new federal rules meant to protect consumers from fraudulent mortgage-modification and foreclosure-rescue services, thanks to lobbying by the California Bar Association, the American Bar Association and other lawyer groups.
The rules issued by the Federal Trade Commission last week generally prohibit the services from collecting any advance fees at all. ...
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