Real Estate & Property Law

Florida Probing Law Firm in Foreclosures
The Florida attorney general's office is investigating possible misconduct by a large law firm that files foreclosures for banks, according to a posting on its Web site.The Web site said the office is looking at whether Florida Default Law Group, based in Tampa, was involved in "fabricating and/or presenting false and misleading documents in foreclosure cases...

Florida Courts Force Lenders to Explain Foreclosure Sale Cancelations
"Before the New Year, the Florida Supreme Court adopted a foreclosure mediation program to reach out to borrowers facing foreclosure and possibly clear up the backlog of foreclosure cases in the court system...

Florida Bankers Want To Eliminate Homeowners Right to a Judicial Foreclosure
`` In an attempt to circumvent a recent Florida Supreme Court order that requires banks to mediate a foreclosure dispute, the Banking Lobby is attempting to ram through the Florida Legislature a bill that will convert Florida from a judicial foreclosure state to a non-judicial foreclosure state...

Florida Foreclosure and the Difference between Judicial and Non-Judicial Foreclosure
As a Jacksonville Foreclosure Lawyer its important to understand the difference and benefits of a Judicial Foreclosure state like Florida over a Non-Judicial Foreclosure state like California...

Florida Supreme Court Adopts Foreclosure Mediation Program
The Florida Supreme Court yesterday adopted a mediation program to reach out to borrowers facing foreclosure, according to a court order. The bill may help aid distressed borrowers who are too far along in the foreclosure process to benefit from next year’s Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA) The Task Force on Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases [...

Filing Bankruptcy & Foreclosure in America 2009
Check out this infographic on filing bankruptcy & foreclosure: Check out filing bankruptcy and foreclosure statistics by state. Startling statistics about filing bankruptcy and foreclosure in America this year: A foreclosure action is taken every 10 seconds...

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

How to Stop Home Foreclosure
Bankruptcy can Stop Foreclosure

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

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

Manufacturing Protocol
Sioux Manufacturing Corp. pays $1.9 million settlement for failing to meet Kevlar specifications.

GMAC Faces Class Action over Foreclosure Abuses
GMAC Faces Foreclosure Abuses Class Action

Overtime for Programmers
alleging that some companies try to avoid paying employees overtime by categorizing them as "salaried" employees.

Nissan Canada Inc.
allegedly manufacturing defective odometers.

Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices
Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices

Class Action Filed Against Banks in Foreclosure Proceedings
Class Action Filed Against Banks in Foreclosure Proceedings