MERS hasn't been in the news much in recent months, but here's word of a lawsuit [http://www.bloomberg.com/...] filed by Minnesota's two most populous counties over mortgage filing fees that the banks dodged by using MERS.
The banksters have the feds in their pocket, so it would be ironic and sweet if they finally are corralled by local and state officials who resent the way the banks messed with their property records and fees.