MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On March 14, in a unanimous 3-0 decision, Florida’s Third Circuit Court of Appeals concurred with the Pinellas County Circuit Court of Appeals and found that MERS can foreclose as the holder of the promissory note and does not need to be the owner. The judges called MERS a “modern innovative instrument of commerce,”

OKLAHOMA CITY–LAWFUEL – Law Schools News – Anita L. Allen, a world-renowned scholar in a wide range of areas including privacy law, contemporary ethics and bioethics, mental illness, race relations and gender, will deliver The Quinlan Lecture at 5 p.m. on April 5 at Oklahoma City University School of Law. The lecture is free and

SAN DIEGO–LAWFUEL – Class Actions–Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Lerach Coughlin”) (http://www.lerachlaw.com/cases/accreditedhome/) today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on behalf of purchasers of Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. (“Accredited”) (NASDAQ:LEND) common stock during the period between November

LawFuel.com – California – The death sentence has been imposed by the California Superior Court on a man convicted of killing four women and dumping their bodies in different parts of California. Wayne Adam Ford was denied defense motions requesting a new trial or a sentence more lenient than the death sentence, which a jury

WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – US Legal News – Two Michigan construction companies have agreed to pay the United States $11.75 million to resolve claims that they knowingly violated Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) contracting requirements for federally funded construction projects at Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport, the Justice Department announced today. The DBE program provides assistance

Lawfuel.com – Betting on celebrity lawsuits or celebrities generally has become one of the stranger sides of modern, media-driven life these days. It is, in fact, one of the fastest growing trends in the entertainment industry – whether betting on whether Britney Spears and Kevin Federline reconcile, whether Paris Hilton gets a jail term, whether

WASHINGTON, March 15 LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs — Once again, Rudy Giuliani’s business interests and his refusal to divulge a full list of all his businesses’ clients are creating a problem for the GOP Presidential hopeful. This is not the first time that Giuliani’s personal financial dealings have undercut his credibility on an

Lawfuel.com – Heather Mills’ attempts at animal activism could lead to trespass charges being laid against her following her foray into a Somerset pig farmer’s property. Reports that the former wife of Paul McCartney was designed to expose the allegedly ‘cruel conditions’ under which the pigs were living, but the farm’s owner, Michael Underhill, claims

LawFuel.com – Lead story – The White House was rebuked by Valerie Plame, the CIA officer whose leaked identity triggered a federal investigation when she publicly refuted claims that she was not a covert employee and accused the White House and State Department of “carelessly and recklessly” destroying her cover for political purposes. Lawfuel.com –