New Hampshire. In Dow v. Bank of New York Mellon Trust, the state Superior Court affirmed the role of MERS as the mortgagee of a mortgage loan, ruling that MERS has the authority to both hold and assign its interest in mortgages under state law. New Jersey. In U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Guillaume, the New Jersey Supreme Court last week ruled that state courts do not have to dismiss foreclosure actions if defects in the…