They might allege violations and come after you for damages.  

The goal, IMO, is for state consumer protection agencies to be proactive rather than react... do something before the cases get to court, so Judge Robert Gibson doesn't have to make comments like (alleged) "It’s just pure evil" about activities that should be caught with a few good preventative techniques (e.g. web crawlers, automated scripts running simple heuristic filters, etc.) and some part time Consumer Protection supervision.

They agreed the firm needed to cut its bullish bets on mortgage bonds.The Senate report alleges that Goldman then undertook a multibillion dollar series of trades to hedge its bullish bets by selling mortgage-related trades to allegedly unsuspecting investors.

@ Will, yes, one can lend money out secured by RE at 10 to 15%, but that 10 to 15% return is far from guaranteed.Even if the underlying RE allegedly has 40% equity, there still is no guarantee.

Hammond, who was allegedly posing as a landlord, allegedly broke into the home so he could give a prospective tenant a tour.

In their complaint the Plaintiffs allege, most notably, fraud and improper foreclosure.

No one is questioning the Norris Group's integrity, only their apparent unwillingness or inability to post exactly who these lenders are who have allegedly funded the Norris Group's end buyers in less than the typical 6-12 months.

It is the company you allegedly defamed that is suing you.

Considering that pic is from HI, and in a region were there is allegedly a lot of "alternative farming", its doubly ironic.

I work with a law firm investigating allegations that KB homes fraudulently sold new homes at inflated prices through pre-determined appraisals.