Litigation

Cash advance system for real estate commissions affirmed: KENTUCKY REAL ESTATE COMMISSION V. HILLIARD FINANCIAL, LLC (COA 2/15/2008)
KENTUCKY REAL ESTATE COMMISSION V. HILLIARD FINANCIAL, LLC BUSINESS: REAL ESTATE COMMISSIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS 2007-CA-000861 PUBLISHED: AFFIRMING PANEL: LAMBERT PRESIDING; VANMETER, KNOPF CONCUR COUNTY: JEFFERSON DATE RENDERED: 2/15/2008 COA affirmed a declaratory judgment holding that the cash-advance business of Hillard Financial (d/b/a Commission Express) and Commission Express National, Inc...

Private Equity Still Flush with Cash
Private equity funds are sitting on close to one trillion dollars, one trillion dollars, on uninvested cash...

Fed Announces 180 Billion More Cash
“The US Federal Reserve announced a 180-billion-dollar cash line to fight the racing fires of global financial crisis Thursday, as leading central banks said they would join in...

What is Cash Collateral?
Cash collateral is usually only an issue in business bankruptcy cases.  Cash collateral is defined as “cash, negotiable instruments, documents of title, securities, deposit accounts, or other cash equivalents,” 11 U...

Percentages of bills at rack hourly rates compared to discounted hourly rates
A small finding from PLCLaw Dept. Quart., Vol. 3, Jan.-March 2007 at 27, got me thinking about full hourly rates compared to discounted hourly rates and the distribution of fees paid by law departments between those two categories...

Cash Flow An Important Metric For Law Firms
No matter how much you work, until you convert it to cash it is worthless.  The average days in the law firm cash flow cycle (from worked to collected) is 169 (source:  2007 Law Firm Economic Survey from LexisNexis)...

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

How to cash a cashier's check without ID?
I would get some I.D.! Other than that, maybe you can tell the investigator you ...

I had an account with GEMB/Select Comfort to buy a new bed back in 2005. After paying it off (in 2006), I requested they close the account. In January of 2008, I declared bankruptcy (chapter 7). The creditor was NOT list
if you did pay it off before the bankruptcy and it wasn't listed as a accou...

Must a landlord return a deposit placed on an apartment before the lease was signed if the lease doesn't get executed?
good question and tough situation. What you can do realisticly and what you shou...

How can I prove my child support payments are up-to-date?
If she is signing reciepts, then that is proof for any court that he has paid an...

What Happens If You Cash A Fake Cashiers Check?
It is called money laundering and your friend would be dealing with the Fed's on...

Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.
allegedly failed to give policyholders discounted rates to which they were entitled.

Advance America
Settles Class Action

Americash Advance
Faces Class Action Over Loan Terms

Canadian Government
former RCMP officer claims thousands of disability dollars clawed back.

Ford Focus
Consumer Class Action Settles for Cash Refunds

Frank Bluestein, The Maximum Financial Group, Inc., Questar Capital Corporation, and Gunnallen Financial, Inc.
alleging schemed investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars.