New Jersey homeowners facing foreclosure will have to move faster to cure a mortgage default, under a federal appeals court decision. The 3rd Circuit held that the right to cure ends when the property is sold at auction, rejecting the owner's argument that it continues until the deed is delivered to the purchaser. The ruling in the closely watched case, which drew amici on both sides, resolves a more than decade-old split among federal bankruptcy and district judges in New Jersey.
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2nd Circuit Sorts Out 'Truth' From 'Puffery' in Advertising Dispute
The 2nd Circuit has upheld a decision preliminarily enjoining DirecTV from airing television commercials on its high-definition service's quality in markets where Time Warner Cable operates, but the court also found that a federal district judge erred in preventing DirecTV from running some of its Internet ads. Second Circuit Judge Chester J. Straub wrote, "The Internet advertisements' depictions of cable ... are not even remotely realistic. It is difficult to imagine that any consumer" would be fooled.
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Survey Says Librarians Like Their Jobs but Are Displeased With Vendors
Today's law library is tightly integrated with the rest of the firm. It's vital for finding case law and for finding new business, too. 's sixth annual survey of law librarians at Am Law 200 firms reveals that they're continuing to move beyond legal research and into marketing and competitive intelligence, computer training and even knowledge management projects. But while job satisfaction rates remain high, headaches come from the vendors who sell access to electronic research tools.
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Getting Law Firms to Boot Up to Green
Are you one of those people that leaves your desktop running so valuable time isn't wasted in booting the operating system? You're not alone. Consultant Brett Burney offers a few simple tips to turn your firm's desktops on to a lighter shade of green.
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Retired Pilots Claim Delta Owes Them at Least $100 Million in Pension Benefits
About 1,000 retired Delta Air Lines pilots asked a federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday to award them at least $100 million in pension benefits they say Delta hasn't paid them because the company is misinterpreting federal tax law. "While it is not unusual to litigate the validity of proofs of claim after confirmation of a plan, it is unusual for a claim of this magnitude to be filed after confirmation," said a bankruptcy attorney.
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