Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn said yesterday that Residential Capital LLC should try to negotiate a new foreclosure-review process with federal regulators before seeking a bankruptcy court order to halt the $300 million program, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. Judge Glenn said that he would not rule immediately on the company's request to suspend its obligation to find any damages suffered by borrowers who went through foreclosure. ResCap, through its GMAC Mortgage unit, agreed to the review under a settlement with U.S. regulators before filing for bankruptcy last year. The review, which may cost about $300 million, is a waste of money because a new federal policy allows a lump-sum payment to be split among borrowers, a lawyer for ResCap said today. That would be cheaper than paying PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to conduct the review, the company said.
