title

Eighth Circuit Reverses $4.5 Million Sanction Against EEOC

Patrick Smith
March 01, 2012 16:18

Two years ago, Judge Linda Reade of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa made headlines when she dismissed an EEOC lawsuit on behalf of 270 current and former female long haul drivers of Cedar Rapids based CRST Van Expedited.   What was notable about...

Appeals Court Affirms Ruling That Lost Note Invalidates Mortgage

Donald Pinto
February 28, 2012 19:00

In its decision issued this morning in JPMorgan Chase & Co. v. Casarano (pdf), the Appeals Court affirmed a Land Court ruling that, because the promissory note secured by a certain second mortgage can't be found, that mortgage is unenforceable and must be deemed...

SJC Rules That Trust Beneficiary Can't Claim Protection Under Pre-2011 Homestead Statute

Donald Pinto
February 16, 2012 16:41

In this morning's decision in Boyle v. Weiss (pdf), the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) answered an important question certified to it by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts:  whether the beneficiary of a trust that holds title to...

The Time for Electronic Recording is Now: New Jersey Passes New Law Updating Title Recordation Procedures

January 27, 2012 17:47

In our electronic age, New Jersey’s antiquated laws governing document recordation were in serious need of some updates. A new law was recently passed modernizing the New Jersey Statutes by requiring the acceptance of electronic alternatives to paper documents, in addition to paper documents....

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Injects Uncertainty Into Fracking Industry

December 08, 2011 14:17

An 1881 deed and an 1882 Supreme Court decision formed the background for a very modern controversy recently addressed by the Pennsylvania Superior Court. The decision, Butler v. Estate of Powers, casts a shadow over ownership rights in natural gas contained in the Marcellus Shale formation, and...