Real Estate & Property Law

The New York Court of Appeals, Corrections Officers, and § 1983
Although it?s several months old, I just came across this fascinating (and rather disturbing) decision by the New York Court of Appeals from last November...

3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Against Arbitration Clauses
Appeals Court Rules Against Arbitration Clauses A federal appeals court has ruled that state courts may declare arbitration clauses unconscionable in cases where individual claims would yield minor sums...

The PACER U.S. Party Case Index Now Includes All Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts
So what federal courts are currently not available on the USPCI? U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT U...

Circuit Court: No damages for “rendition”
NOTE: The legal controversies arising out of the war-on-terrorism often lead to important tests of major Supreme Court precedents...

Second Circuit Rejects Section 1983 Property Rights Claim
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a decision by the district court that found a property owner was not bound by a restriction contained in an old subdivision and that the Town had violated the property owners? rights by refusing to issue a certificate of occupancy for a house on the property (O?Mara v Town of Wappinger)...

At long last COPA dies.
The US Supreme Court has decided not to hear the appeal by the US government against a Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision (itself upholding a District Court ruling (remanded from the Supreme Court) that, the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA) is unconstitutional...

Federal Circuit addresses scope of immunity waiver for copyright and DMCA claims
In a decision Friday, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision from the United States Court of Federal Claims dismissing a copyright holder's claims for lack of jurisdiction on the ground that the Government had not waived sovereign immunity...

In re: Court says copyrights apply even for free software
The free software movement had a tough choice of whether to appeal a lower court decision that held freely distributed software couldn’t be protected through the use of copyright infringement claims (only contract claims)...

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

Can collection agency call me for my mother debt that she never had?
Get an Attorney - quickly. Do not talk to the collection people. Do not tell the...

How can an employer defend themselves for firing an employee who contends the company exposed him to hazardardous atmospheres although medical testing has been negative?
You'll need to contact OSHA to determine your responsibility as far as the work ...

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

How to get a used car dealer to honor warranty for repairs required two weeks after purchase?
What was the defect? Rust? A hole? Bad converter? Broken hangers? If it was rust...

How can a sexual harrasment case be dismissed even with evidence?
American law has very strict evidence requirements that are intended to insure t...

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

$7.8 Million Settlement in Academy of Court Reporting Class Action
$7.8 Million Settlement in Academy of Court Reporting Class Action

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.