Real Estate & Property Law

Banks Benefit from Foreclosure Amnesty
Even as legions of homeowners default on their mortgages and await eviction, many still remain in their homes ? even 18 months after getting an eviction notice? How is this possible? Banks and lenders are reluctant to pull the trigger ? and here is why...

Boston Legal Aid Firm Wins $54K Jury Verdict For Tenant Illegally Booted In Foreclosure Eviction; Now Seek Triple Damages, Attorney Fee From Servicer
In Boston, Massachusetts, The Boston Globe reports on William Allen, a local man who, with the help of local law students at Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, fought back against a mortgage loan servicing company in a case involving an illegal foreclosure eviction...

Eviction After ForeclosureIs There An Automatic Stay
Many clients face eviction from their homes after foreclosure. At first glance, even a bankruptcy filing might not help, since § 362(b)(22) states that there is no automatic stay of eviction where a pre-filing judgment for possession has been entered...

Oakland Judge Gives Lender The Boot In Unlawful Detainer Action After Foreclosure; Says Ambiguous Eviction Notice = No Notice
In Oakland, California, BeyondChron reports:In a direct challenge to bank evictions of tenants across the state, Tenants Together is urging renters to contest foreclosure evictions...

New Cook County Circuit Court Judges: Cook County Sheriffs Deputies
I saw this mildly concerning piece in today's Sun-Times regarding new procedures in the Sheriff's office regarding renter evictions where the eviction is resulting from a property owner's foreclosure...

Foreclosure Eviction At Wrong Home Avoided As Typo On Paperwork Discovered At 11th Hour
In Bakersfield, California, KBAK-TV Channel 29 reports: A Bakersfield man was just hours away from being kicked out of his house, and it was all over a minor mistake on an eviction order...

Shootout At Foreclosed Home; Two Cops Injured While Serving Eviction Notice
In Otero County, New Mexico, FoxNews reports: Two police officers were injured during a shootout as they tried to serve an eviction notice at a New Mexico home facing foreclosure, according to the Alamogordo Daily News...

Oakland Tenant Walks Away With $4K Settlement, Over A Year Of Free Rent In Battle Against Lender & Its Illegal Foreclosure Eviction Attempt
In Oakland, California, Beyond Chron reports the story of one tenant's battle against a foreclosing mortgage lender and its attempt to carry out an illegal eviction, despite the city's Just Cause Ordinance, which, with exceptions, prohibits a lender from doing so...

Defiant travellers facing eviction say theyll move - to the next field
As news of the eviction order spread around Europe?s largest illegal travellers? site yesterday, families stepped up contingency plans to move to a neighbouring field they already own.

DC Madame Phone List
Telephone Records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey's Escort Service (Pamela Martin and Associates)

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

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

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

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

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

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Milk Recalled
(improper pasteurization)

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly charged borrowers improper foreclosure fees.

Used Tire Storage
Sheridan Sand and Gravel Co. pays $10,000 fine for improper storage.

Jail Funds
Santa Clara must pay $1.5 million settlement for improper fiscal management.