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Class Action Property Owners

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Unveiling The Pitfalls: The Real Risks Of Using RealPage

Over the last decade, apartment owners and managers have increasingly used algorithm-based software to set rents. This practice and its practitioners are now under scrutiny as many owners and operators are being investigated...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Property Valuation Issues Are Ill-Suited for Class Certification According to the Sixth Circuit

A recent Sixth Circuit case addressed an issue that tends to arise frequently in various types of class actions, such as property insurance and environmental cases: whether property valuation issues are appropriate for class...more

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Alberta Court of Appeal Considers Claim of Pure Economic Loss

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The Alberta Court of Appeal recently considered the latest Supreme Court of Canada decision on pure economic loss in a decision involving a proposed class action for damages related to a pipeline spill. In its decision, the...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial to Challenge to Allegheny County Property Assessment System

The property tax assessment system in Pennsylvania, particularly in Allegheny County, has been challenged on various grounds throughout the years.  Recently, Commonwealth Court dismissed a class action lawsuit seeking relief...more

Foster Garvey PC

Short-Term Rental Update: Airbnb's new 'Backyard' initiative; Miami-Dade County files lawsuits against HomeAway and FlipKey; the...

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In our upcoming Short-Term Rental Updates, we will share with you the latest news and stories related to short-term rentals, with a focus on industry-wide trends and regulatory developments, enforcement, and practical...more

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State AGs And SCOTUS: Term Preview

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State Attorneys General (“AGs”) continue to be active as both litigants and amici in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. This term there are several cases with significant State AG amici involvement that implicate important...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

I won the lottery. Does anyone have to know?

Three intriguing new cases related to privacy, legal and personal, just cropped up: Lottery winner won’t identify herself Can you blame the lottery winner? She held the winning ticket for a $560 million jackpot, signed her...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

District of New Hampshire Denies Remand Under CAFA’s Local Controversy Exception

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On November 30th, in Brown v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., United States District Judge Joseph Laplante of the District of New Hampshire denied plaintiffs’ motion to remand two related class action lawsuits based...more

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Pokemon Go Away: Monsters Creating Nuisance Problems

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This game has been all the rage since July. Engadget reports over 100 million downloads of Pokemon Go, racking up $10 million each day in revenue for game makers Niantic, The Pokemon Company and Nintendo. It’s a beast. ...more

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Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending August 21 & 28 , 2015

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Foreclosure/Statute of Limitations: statute of limitations did not bar foreclosure action even though filed more than five years after breach and acceleration of note upon which previous foreclosure action that had been...more

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Wells Accused of Profiting from Foreclosure Relief Program

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A recent class action lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of homeowners in New York against Wells Fargo alleges that while the bank received $25 billion in government bailout funds it failed to make a good faith effort to...more

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Arkansas Federal Court Denies Class Certification in Property Damage Suit

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Exemplifying the reluctance of many courts to allow toxic tort cases to proceed as class actions, a federal judge in Arkansas denied certification of a putative class of neighboring landowners who claimed the Defendant’s...more

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Flash Boys and the Transportation Corridor Act

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Michael Lewis' new book, Flash Boys concerns high frequency traders using advance notice of a stock purchase to reap extra profits. Fittingly, the North Carolina Supreme Court's decision in Beroth Oil v. NCDOT was published...more

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Georgia Court Of Appeals Upholds Class Certification In Air Pollution Case

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The Georgia Court of Appeals, on July 16, issued its opinion affirming the Effingham County Superior Court’s decision to certify a class consisting of the owners of properties neighboring Georgia-Pacific’s Savannah River...more

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