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New Jersey Supreme Court Sides With Property Owner in Dispute Over Legal Fees in Eminent Domain Case
On April 9, 2009, the  New Jersey Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Appellate Division in a case analyzing a condemning authority's obligation to reimburse a property owner for legal fees and expenses in a condemnation case...

OH- "[P]olice may not stop an individual for the sole purpose of compelling him to identify himself"
7-1-2009 Ohio:"[P]olice may not stop an individual for the sole purpose of compelling him to identify himself." State v. Holly, 2009 Ohio 3081, 2009 Ohio App. LEXIS 2604 (8th Dist. June 25, 2009):[*P15] Applying these principles, we find that the investigatory stop of Holly was unlawful...

Leased plant and machinery
HMRC has been spending a bit of time drafting laws to prevent people avoiding tax on “mismatched chains of leases” and on leases granted at a premium.  They have published a Technical Note with draft legislation to be included in the Finance Bill 2008, that affects: 1...

Ninth Circuit Allows Post Petition Attorney Fees as Unsecured Claim
On June 23, 2009, in the case of SNTL Corp. 2009 WL 1758759 (9th Cir. Cal.)), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that unsecured creditors may claim attorney fees incurred postpetition based on a prepetition contract with the debtor...

Successful JDs and What You Can Learn From Them: Featuring Holly Fujie of Los Angeles, CA
Side Note from the author: As you may have noticed above the title has changed from the usual weekly feature.  One of the first things Holly mentioned to me was that she didn?t like the title superwomen as she didn?t think you needed super human powers to be a successful attorney and over all female role model...

Rose on Ellickson's Property Scholarship
Carol M. Rose (Arizona) has posted Of Natural Threads and Legal Hoops: Bob Ellickson's Property Scholarship on SSRN. Here's the abstract: This brief retrospective identifies several of the constant ideas that have run through Robert Ellickson's property scholarship over a...

Nanotechnology Law
Intellectual property laws

Cell Phone Early Termination Fees
How to recover billing errors

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Religious Decorations
Oklahoma City to pay attorney fees in religious freedom violations lawsuit.

Firm Associate
Attorney Jay Wingate ordered to pay widow $2.5 million settlement for collected legal fees.

Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly charged borrowers improper foreclosure fees.

Sprint Nextel Corp.
allegedly defrauded wireless customers by charging unspecified roaming fees.

Auto Financing
Credit Acceptance Corp. agrees to $52.1 million class action settlement after overcharging consumers for fees and interest on automobile installment contracts.

Bad Faith Insurance
Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. agrees to $13 million personal automobile liability insurance settlement.