Real Estate & Property Law

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...

For Your Clients – “Fair Housing Rights and Housing Discrimination”
From the e-newsletter: “Housing discrimination and fair housing rights are important issues to keep in mind when you are looking...

"The Green Light": Vanity Fair on Guantanamo detainee interrogations
"The Green Light: As the first anniversary of 9/11 approached, and a prized Guantanamo detainee wouldn't talk, the Bush administration's highest-ranking lawyers argued for extreme interrogation techniques, circumventing international law, the Geneva Conventions, and the army's own Field Manual; The attorneys would even fly to Guantanamo to ratchet up the pressure--then blame abuses on the military...

Segregation Now, Segregation Forever
by Craig Gurian, Project Manager, Fair Housing For AllPeople commonly bemoan the segregated state of our schools, but seldom relate that educational segregation to its fundamental cause: the profound and continuing residential segregation that exists north and south, east and west...

Conference Announcement: The Fair Housing Act After 40 Years, IUPUI April 3-4, 2008
Indiana Law Review Symposium April 3-4, 2008 The Fair Housing Act After 40 Years: Continuing the Mission to Eliminate Housing Discrimination and Segregation Keynote speaker: Theodore M...

Ninth Circuit Says No to CDA Safe Harbour to Roommates.con in Housing Case
Roommates.com has lost an appeal in the Ninth Circuit over whether questions asked in creating a profile of its users violates the Fair Housing Act. The case was brought by the Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley and the...

Fair Housing Act
Prevent discrimination by landlords

Dumb New York Laws
Stupid Laws in the Empire State

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

Green Cards
Ways to get a green card

EB-1 and EB-2 Visa Status
Obtaining a Green Card Without Going Through the Labor Certification Process

New York Building Codes
Building and constructions laws in New York

Immigration Fees
Nationwide Class Action Gets Green Light

British Airways Lost-Luggage
Class-Action Gets Green Light

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

New York Employment Law
alleged violations of New York employment law.

UPS Faces Fair Labor Wages Class Action
UPS Faces Fair Labor Wages Class Action

China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud