Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's tree lawsuit finally came to an end on Wednesday, settling a years-long battle between the eccentric multi-millionaire and his downhill neighbors who have allowed their trees to block his view. Larry Ellison's tree lawsuit began when his new downhill neighbors allowed their monstrous trees to grow so high that they partially impeded his view of the San Francisco Bay, reports The Wall Street Journal.

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Most everyone who has been exposed to day-to-day conversations about short sales and loan modifications has heard countless stories of bank errors, misstatements, bad faith, and downright duplicity. More often than not, such tales are told with an air of exasperated resignation. “What are you going to do?”

It is no small pleasure, then, to report on a successful challenge – upheld by the courts – to a particularly egregious case of lender bad faith. The case is that of Aceves v. U.S. Bank. It was decided by California’s Second Appellate District Court of Appeal. Here is what happened.

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