There are some rumblings that the Department of Justice is putting the pressure on state attorneys general to sign onto the controversial $20 billion mortgage settlement deal this week that could release banks from legal claims in state investigations and law suits.
Monday, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley joined a handful of dissenters in announcing that she will oppose the inclusion of the issues surrounding MERS in any deal.
MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration System) as pointed out by Abigail Field in a recent post on Reality Check:
