Legal History

New York has full faith and credit
In a very, very interesting move, N.Y. Governor David Paterson has directed state agencies to revise their regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions...

Engdahl on Full Faith and Credit
David E. Engdahl (Seattle University School of Law) has posted The Classic Rule of "Full Faith and Credit" (Yale Law Journal, Vol...

Second Depression Worse Than The First?
So says former Goldman Sachs head:The economy faces a slump deeper than the Great Depression and a growing deficit threatens the credit of the United States itself, former Goldman Sachs chairman John Whitehead, said at the Reuters Global Finance Summit on Wednesday...

Paulson Puts Goldman Sachs Crony in Charge
Henry Paulson, who made millions at Goldmach Sachs buying and selling the same financial instruments that created this Depression, has hired someone from Goldman Sachs to be in charge of $700,000,000,000...

LaCroix on Sovereignty & Jurisdiction in the Early Republic
Alison L. LaCroix (University of Chicago Law School) has posted The New Wheel in the Federal Machine: From Sovereignty to Jurisdiction in the Early Republic on SSRN...

Professional Reading: From Sovereignty to Jurisdiction in the Early Republic
Alison Lacroix (Chicago) has posted The New Wheel in the Federal Machine: From Sovereignty to Jurisdiction in the Early Republic in SSRN...

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Bankruptcy Law
A complete prime (pre-2005)

Collection Agencies and Creditors
How to deal and stop the harassment

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

My fiance's check is DD into a local credit union. Bank seems to have a pattern of "invisibly holding" charges from the debit card until just HOURS before his DD is processed (and this is after hours, of course). Over th
Have your fiance take the information you've collected and go into the bank...

My father died and left my mother $200,000 (life insurance) My Mother died 2 years later leaving my sister and I with both about $75,000 each. (including house/vehicles/belongings which I never got). We were supposed to
File a police report. Two police reports, one for you and one for your sister. G...

Must I refinance my house aftering taking full ownership after a divorce via a quit claim?
When financing there are at least two documents...the mortgage and the note. The...

Should I return a phone call from a collection agency that doesn't name their client in the message?
In the county of the state where I live in the US, I am able to go to the websit...

My house has bee sold at a sheriff sale the proceeds of the sale covered the first mortgage. Am i still required to pay the second mortgage?
You are indeed still responsible for the home loan that was not paid through the...

TransUnion
Class action credit practices suit offers free credit monitoring services for millions.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
401k / ERISA Stock Fraud

Allstate Settles Bad-Faith Insurance Suit for $4 Million
Allstate Settles Bad-Faith Insurance Suit for $4 Million

Goldman Sachs
Agrees $60 Million Subprime Settlement in Massachusetts

Farmers Insurance
Settles Bad Faith Class Action

Xolair
FDA Issues Early Communication over Safety Data