Today, in the matter of Bank of America Corp v. City of Miami Florida, the United States Supreme Court has decided by a 5-3 decision that states have the power to sue banks for discriminatory lending practices, including racial discrimination, that led to the recession and foreclosure crisis. Read the Supreme Court decision here. In …
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Yahoo News’ April 17, 2017 story about Maggie Selmeski and her journey to treat intractable epilepsy with medical marijuana is a touching reminder about the real world importance of cannabis legalization. Writer Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy describes the Selmeski family as “medical marijuana refugees”, who were driven from Tennessee to Colorado in order to treat their …
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Judge Debre Weintraub, Supervising Judge of Los Angeles Superior Court’s Civil Division, has distributed an updated chart of the current Civil Court Judicial Assignments. View it here. By GianDominic Vitiello, March 24, 2017
This is Part 3 of 3 on our series regarding credit disputes and related claims. In Part 1, we shared an overview of credit and how it impacts our financial lives. In Part 2, we explained how to dispute inaccuracies to the credit bureaus and reporting entities. Today in Part 3, we discuss the remedies …
This is Part 2 of our 3 Part Series on credit reporting and associated claims. Your credit report contains the information provided to the three major credit-reporting bureaus – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – related to your loans, purchases and other financial transactions. If you find an error on your credit report, you have the …
On Thursday, February 23, 2017, the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer warned states that have legalized recreational marijuana that the Trump administration views recreational marijuana use as a violation of federal law and implied that there will be greater federal enforcement in those states that have legalized recreational cannabis use. Spicer further went on …
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Your “credit report,” and the “credit score” based on that report, are very important and can have a significant effect on your financial well-being including determining the interest rate you pay on loans and credit cards and whether you even qualify for a loan or purchase. The terms “credit report” and “credit score” are often …
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On October 31, 2016, The Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Seven, ordered a reversal in full of the prior judgment in favor of Defendant-Respondent physicians in a medical malpractice case brought by Steve B. Drexler against his former primary care physician, Defendant Dr. David J. Petersen, his former neurologist, Dr. Craig …
California’s new cannabis economy has been valued at 7 billion according to the Los Angeles Times. The following are important highlights from the LA Times article: “In November, California joined a growing number of states in legalizing recreational marijuana use for adults. In general, the state will treat cannabis like alcohol, allowing people 21 and …
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We recently obtained a jury verdict and judgment against Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (“Ocwen”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on behalf of our clients, Frank and Dora Cornejo (Case No: 1:15-cv-00993-JLT) on the claim that Ocwen foreclosed on their home in violation of Cal. Civ. Code §2923.6, which …
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