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Supreme Court remands tribal sovereign immunity suit

January 10, 2011 10:06:34 AM

The US Supreme Court on Monday remanded the case of Madison County v. Oneida Indian Nation to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, ordering the...

January 9, 2011 02:45:26 PM

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a decision on Friday ruling against banks in two foreclosure cases that could have important implications on similar cases both inside and outside of the state. In the consolidated...

December 18, 2010 10:56:58 AM

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard filed a lawsuit against Bank of America (BOA) on Friday for misleading customers in mortgage modification and foreclosure practices. Specifically, the complaint alleges that BOA violated...

December 8, 2010 11:52:49 AM

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it had reached a $137 million settlement agreement with Bank of America (BOA) over fraud charges for using anti-competitive bidding processes...

November 18, 2010 02:59:01 PM

Chief Justice Charles Canady of the Florida Supreme Court issued a memorandum Wednesday to the chief judges of Florida's 20 judicial circuits directing them to ensure that all foreclosure proceedings in the state...

October 21, 2010 12:35:25 PM

New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced Wednesday a new court rule that requires lawyers to file a separate affirmation confirming the accuracy of paperwork used in residential foreclosure cases. The new rule...

October 21, 2010 08:23:53 AM

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced a settlement in a class action discrimination lawsuit filed against the USDA in 1999 by Native American farmers. Under the...

October 14, 2010 08:33:59 AM

Attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia announced Wednesday that they have formed a bipartisan group called the Mortgage Foreclosure Multistate Group (MFMG), which will be investigating allegations of procedural defects committed...

September 1, 2010 12:31:03 PM

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Wednesday that a judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has approved a fund set up by Bank of America (BOA)...

August 4, 2010 07:29:46 AM

US District Court for the Central District of California judge Mariana Pfaelzer on Monday gave preliminary approval to a settlement in which Countrywide Financial Corporation agreed to pay $600 million to settle several class action...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

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On May 20, 1867, the British Parliament rejected by 196-73 an amendment to the 1867 Reform Act presented by John Stuart Mill that would have permitted women to vote. Review Mill's 1869 work The Subjection of Women.

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