Real Estate & Property Law

Foreclosure Notices Drop in Major Counties: Default Research
The number of pre-foreclosure filings in California, which include notices of default and notices of trustee sales, dropped across several counties in November, according to statistics from Default Research, which tracks the notices...

The IRS Mailing List
Some might think it would be great to get off the IRS?s mailing list when, in fact, you actually benefit by being on its mailing list. Dropping off the mailing list may create IRS Problems for you...

Prisoner Certification Proved Timely Mailing
Brown v. Leavenworth County, Kansas, 2009 WL 1132358 (4/28/09) (unpub'd) - The prisoner satisfied proof of timely mailing by certifying he used the prison's internal legal mail system...

Cook County Sheriff Refuses to Serve Eviction Notices
The Cook County Sheriff said that he will no longer serve eviction notices (story): CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said Wednesday he is suspending foreclosure evictions in Cook County, which had been on track to reach a record number of evictions, many because of mortgage foreclosures...

USPTO Discontinues Another Paper Publication
According to a notice published in the Federal Register, the USPTO is discontinuing the paper version of its Patent and Trademark Office Notices effective December 25, 2007. The Notices, which are also published in the weekly Official Gazette, include announcements on USPTO policies, fees, mailing addresses and patent attorney registration...

NE- Second Mailing From Police Union Blasts Candidates
Obviously sex offenders are a political tool for elections, why are other crime types not used? Ask your politician....2-18-2009 Nebraska:Brown, Vokal Claim Dirty PoliticsOmaha?s police union continues to get involved in the upcoming city elections...

Roundup of recent USPTO federal register notices: patent agent practice, fees, new rules and more
It's been a busy few weeks in rulemaking at the USPTO, with several notices recently posted that deserve attention.  The notices relate to increases in fees for Fiscal Year 2009 because of the consumer price index, increases for PCT fees (and a correction), the scope of permissible practice of patent agents and changes to disciplinary procedures, the effective date of the currently-enjoined rules on applications with patentably indistinct claims, and the scope of foreign filing licenses, specifically as it relates to outsourcing patent application preparation outside the United States...

CVS Mailing
Sparks Allegations of Privacy Violation

MySpace Spam
Spammers to pay $230 million settlement in e-mailing lawsuit.

Contract Extortion
County Executive Robert Janiszewski ordered to pay Hudson County a $650,000 racketeering settlement.

Tulsa County Natural Gas Royalties
Plaintiffs Awarded $126 Million

Fayette County School Board
faces sex abuse class action lawsuit

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