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Blawg of the Day -- Real Estate Space
Doug Cornelius is a senior attorney at Goodwin Proctor in Boston, practicing primarily in real estate law...

GAO: Improving Rental Real Estate Tax Compliance
The Government Accountability Office yesterday released Actions That Could Improve Rental Real Estate Reporting Compliance (GAO-08-956): At least an estimated 53% of individual taxpayers with rental real estate misreported their rental real estate activities for tax year 2001, resulting in...

Commercial Real Estate Concentrations - The Next Problem Loan Category?
FDIC has issued a Financial Institution Letter (FIL 22-208, March 17, 2008) reemphasizing the importance of risk management strategies and strong capital to back Commercial Real Estate and Construction & Development concentrations...

Manatt nabs O'Melveny real estate partner
Real estate lawyer Steve Edwards joined Manatt Phelps's Orange County office as of counsel...

Call for Papers "Real Estate Transactions in Troubled Times"
The American Association of Law Schools is having its 2009 Annual Meeting in January in San Diego...

Blockshopper
Blockshopper.com is trying to make news out of residential transactions. The site has launched in Chicago, St...

Real Estate Brokers
Questions home sellers should ask potential brokers

Real Estate Brokers
The role brokersplay

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

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

How to evict a roommate?
First, in most jurisdictions "self-help" is not a remedy available to any party ...

Can I sue my employer for creating a hostile work environment and lying about my work performance to get me to quit?
How does the owner of the business feel about all of this? I suggest that you tr...

How can i sue for a straw purchase?
Anyone can co-sign. A straw purchase would be if you has someone buy the car for...

What is the statute of limitations in New york State as to how long a person may claim heirship?
who has paid the taxes for the last 7 to 11 yrs ? you can take a house by openly...

Can I return an entire lot of merchandise is some of the items were not as advertised?
Since they were specified as leather, you do have a case - however, your best fi...

Wrestler Estate
Family of pro wrestler settle multi million dollar estate lawsuit.

Estate of Seth Tobias
$25 million estate to be split as part of settlement.

Gulf War Syndrome
Panel Confirms it's Real, and Identifies Causes

Billing Overcharges
T-Mobile USA agrees to refund customers $2.2 million in class action settlement.

DHL Overcharges
Class Action Suit Launched

Killer Heir
Estate of Fred Keller pays $40 million settlement.