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On March 21, 2012, the California Supreme Court denied the petition for review and requests for depublication of the Second District Court of Appeal’s opinion in Ballona Wetlands Land Trust et al. v. City of Los Angeles (2011) 201 Cal.App.4th 455 (Ballona Wetlands).

A lawsuit was filed on Friday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on behalf of nationwide and Ohio-only classes of consumers.

Parties commonly enter into agreements tolling the statute of limitations for claims arising under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). However, the validity of such agreements, which some argue have thwarted the public’s interest in prompt resolution of CEQA disputes, has not been certain.

Chambers Global ranked four Venable attorneys in their 2012 edition, including Corporate Group partners Jim Hanks and Sharon Kroupa.

On April 25, 2012, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 opinion, written by Justice Breyer, concluding that Treasury Regulation § 301.6501(e)-1(a)(iii) was invalid.

The Royal Court in Jersey has recently provided guidance to trustees on their duty to disclose to their successors. The Supreme Court held today in United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC, No. 11-139, that an overstatement of the taxpayer’s basis in a partnership interest, which thereby limits the capital gains tax on a sale of that interest, is not an "om[ission] from gross income" under 26 U.S.C. § 6501(e)(1)(A).

Section 8(b) of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA") provides that "[n]o person shall give [or] accept any portion, split, or percentage of any charge made or received for the rendering of a real estate settlement service in connection with a transaction involving a federally related mortgage loan other than for services actually performed."

On February 21, 2012, New York state’s highest court unanimously refused to extend due process protection to property owners challenging a tax lien foreclosure sale on grounds that they did not receive notice of their repurchase rights. Consequently, New York property owners, who were unapprised of their repurchase rights, will be unable to challenge the foreclosure on that basis.

Based upon a recent decision of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, a Lender’s inability to produce an original, or a copy, of a promissory note secured by a mortgage may impair the Lender’s ability to foreclose upon its mortgage.

Mayer Brown LLP, together with ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, filed a federal civil rights brief with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights against the Concord-Carlisle Regional School District in Massachusetts.

In late December 2024, actress Blake Lively filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) alleging that Justin Baldoni, her co-star and director in the film It Ends With Us...

So, you made the tough decision to file a lawsuit. Now, the opposing party...