Real Estate & Property Law

Freeze on Fremont Foreclosures (in Massachusetts)
by Alan White Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley persuaded a judge to order a 90-day statewide halt to foreclosures by Fremont Investment and Loan, so that Fremont could work out some of the defaults with borrowers...

Judge halts Schwarzenegger's state worker pay cuts, for now
A Sacramento judge halted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to cut the pay of about 175,000 state employees to the federal minimum wage until a budget is passed. The court ruled yesterday that it won't hear the legal dispute between Schwarzenegger...

Judge Halts Unofficial Harry Potter Lexicon
Judge Halts Unofficial Harry Potter Lexicon :: J.K. Rowling v. RDR Books (pdf)

Save The Dream-Stop Ohio Foreclosures
To try and stem the rising tide of foreclosures in Ohio, the Ohio Supreme Court and state agencies and organizations from around the state have created another tool for Ohio's Foreclosure Prevention project called Save The Dream...

Real Halts Distribution of RealDVD For Now
RealDVD has been placed on hold at least through Tuesday by a federal judge until the Court gets a chance to look through arguments in the case. [MG]

Massachusetts: Libertarians file suit when state won't allow tag-team petitions
A Politicker MA report begins: The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Elections Division seeking to ensure the Libertarian presidential nominee appears on the November ballot in Massachusetts...

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

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Massachusetts Employment Law
alleging violations of Massachusetts labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination, harassment and more.

FDA
Halts Importation of Drugs Manufactured Offshore By Ranbaxy

Indymac
Faces Homeowner Class Action over Foreclosures

Massachusetts Turnpike Class Action

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Goldman Sachs
Agrees $60 Million Subprime Settlement in Massachusetts