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But Williams stressed that his reviews cover only the lenders' newly adopted policies and procedures, did their past practices or the status of the tens of thousands of pending foreclosures in New Jersey.

"Nothing in this report is intended ... to prejudge or comment on issues concerning a plaintiff’s standing to foreclose in an individual case," he wrote.

Still, under a settlement agreed to by Jacobson and the lenders in March, Williams is entitled to "sample" documents from cases as foreclosures resume. That will be a future phase of the process, he said.

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