Real Estate & Property Law

Justice Department Settles RLUIPA/ Housing Suit With Nashville, TN
The current issue of Religious Freedom In Focus (the newsletter of Justice Department's Civil Rights Division) announces the recent settlement of the Justice Department's civil rights suit against Nashville (TN) that alleged both disability and religious discrimination...

Blawg of the Day - Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog
The Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog comes to you from Becker & Poliakoff, a Fort Lauderdale firm. They're discussing HOA financial issues, board operations, construction issues and contractual disputes, fair housing, insurance, mortages, hurricanes, and more.

Series of events focuses on fair housing law
To raise public awareness of the prevalence of housing discrimination and inform people of their rights under fair housing law, the Erie County Fair Housing Partnerships is promoting a series of activities this month, including:

Discrimination Suit against DOJ Civil Rights Division
Legal Times is reporting (free registration required) that a 13-year veteran paralegal, Joi Hyatte, in the Civil Rights Division has filed a suit claiming she was discriminated and harassed by managers who repeatedly passed her over for advancement because she...

Fair Housing Revisited
We’ve written before about how the Fair Housing Act applies to common interest communities. Unfortunately, there are some (maybe many) homeowners associations and condominium associations that still don’t understand the importance of this federal law and its state counterpart, the Colorado Fair Housing Act, or if they understand, they don’t believe it applies to them...

Big News On The U.S. Housing And Florida Condo Market Crises: Big Deal, Big Gamble, Big Foreclosures, And Big Buyers
The New Year is still relatively young, but the news on the troubled U.S. housing and Florida condo market is already coming fast and furious.  Here are the latest highlights: 1.  Everyone has their eyes on Bank of America’s takeover of Countrywide, which was announced today...

Fair Housing Act
Prevent discrimination by landlords

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Mesothelioma Law Suit
Asbestos Exposure

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

Ladder Accident Injury Claims
Were you or a loved one injured in a ladder accident?

Recovery Claim
Florida Insurance Guarantee Association agrees to pay $14 million settlement to Home Solutions of America for construction services.

Becker County
Faces Civil Rights Class Action by Inmates and their Attorneys

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.

Video Taping Arrest
Harris County pays wrongfully arrested brothers $1.7 million civil rights settlement.

Disability Access
Developers pay $175,000 settlement for failing to comply with the Fair Housing Act.

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.