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Lien Survives Despite Unwinding of Fraudulent Transactions
Fox Rothschild

Plaintiffs, husband and wife sought to avoid the Sheriff’s Sale of their home as a result of a foreclosure on their mortgage. Plaintiffs entered into a transaction with a third party who claimed that he would save their property by... more

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	Social Guest v. Homeowner Million dollar premise liability lawsuit against homeowner dismissed. George Bourguignon Court finds homeowner has no legal duty of care to social guest of co-resident under Massachusetts law. Motion to Dismiss lawsuit allowed. No liability to homeowner. ... more
	In re Celebrity Resorts, LLC Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Summary Randall Reese On Friday, Celebrity Resorts, LLC and 35 affiliates voluntarily filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Orlando, Florida. Celebrity Resorts was founded in 2003 and the group of debtors own...... more
	In re East West Resort Development V L.P., L.L.L.P. Motion to Approve Procedures for Sales of Assets Randall Reese East West Resort Development V L.P., L.L.L.P. and its affiliates - developers of the Northstar at Tahoe development in Lake Tahoe, California - has sought bankruptcy court approval of procedures for the sale of certain of their...... more

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	Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Joins Other Circuits And Holds That Overcharge Does Not Violate Section 8(B) Of RESPA Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which includes California, issued a ruling on March 9 that the clear and unambiguous language of RESPA Section 8(b) does not reach the practice of overcharging. Martinez v....... more
	Dallas-Fort Worth Foreclosure Rate May Be Artificially Low Robert Kraft The Dallas Morning News recently ran an interesting and somewhat disturbing article about the decrease in local foreclosures in 2009. The good news is that the number of foreclosures dropped in 2009 from previous years. But the bad...... more
	COA Opinion: Proprietary function exception to governmental immunity Warner Norcross & Judd On March 9, 2010, the Court of Appeals issued a per curiam opinion in Dextrom v. Wexford County, No. 281020. Plaintiff property owners sued the county, alleging that contaminants from the county-operated landfill entered their...... more

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