Bankruptcy

Application To Vacate Refugee Status
Next Monday I will be in the beautiful city of Montreal, QC to represent my client who is facing an application to vacate his refugee status...

"An undoubtedly inequitable hardship results from allowing the plaintiffs to prosecute actions in federal court and, after they lose on motions for summary judgment, granting their motions to vacate the judgments"due to a lack of jurisdiction
"An undoubtedly inequitable hardship results from allowing the plaintiffs to prosecute actions in federal court and, after they lose on motions for summary judgment, granting their motions to vacate the judgments because of a lack of subject matter jurisdiction...

Bank?s Petition To Vacate Default Judgment Untimely But Court Hears Appeal Anyway
In this confusing mortgage foreclosure case, a default judgment was entered in favor of Washington Mutual Bank against Archer Bank...

First Issues Decision Reminding Us How Difficult It Is To Vacate An Award-Particular When Procedural Arbitrability Questions Are Raised
I bring Univ. Mass. Medical Center v. United Food and Commerical Workers, __F.3d___(1st Cir...

Virginia seeks to move on execution
In an early test of the Supreme Court’s willingness to let a number of states begin setting execution dates for death-row inmates, after an informal moratorium, Virginia officials on Wednesday asked permission to go forward with plans to use the lethal injection method in the case of Christopher Scott Emmett...

Third Circuit Holds that Other Courts' Judgments May Be Vacated under Rule 60(b)'s Catch-All Provision
Per Budget Blinds, Inc. v. White, --- F.3d ----, 2008 WL 2875349 (3d Cir. July 28, 2008):The power of a court to invoke Rule 60(b) to vacate its own earlier judgment is unquestioned...

I did not pay September rent. Landlord put a notice on my door on September 24th (3 day notice to vacate). The next morning (9/25) my water was shut off. The water department told me that my landlord was the homeowner an
I am not a lawyer, but, I am fairly sure that your landlord CANNOT do that to yo...

Canadian Government
seeks new law enabling them to search your laptop

TVA Coal Ash
Class Action Seeks $5 Million in Damages