Chief Judge Janet DiFiore gave her first State of Our Judiciary address at the Bronx County Hall of Justice on Wednesday in which she examined her first year as the state's top judge and even praised Brooklyn a couple of times. “I am pleased to report that our judiciary is fundamentally sound, that our trial […]
A pair of the Brooklyn Bar Association's own trustees gave a Continuing Legal Education lecture titled “New Developments in Foreclosure Practice” in Brooklyn Heights on Monday. Jimmy Lathrop, of the Law Offices of Jaime Lathrop, P.C., represented the defense side of foreclosure law and Anthony Vaughn, Jr., of Parker, Ibrahim & Berg, L.L.C., represented the […]
A recent investigation has determined that minority and immigrant communities in Brooklyn are high targets for housing scams in New York, reports WNYC . The nonprofit Center for Public Integrity has found that several groups who were allegedly helping those at risk of foreclosure were actually conning them out of ten of thousands of dollars […]
A Coney Island state assemblywoman and her husband are in bankruptcy and owe more than $ 30,000 in back taxes, the Daily News has learned. Among the couple's creditors, according to the paperwork, is the Internal Revenue Service, which is owed $ 23,192. Foreclosure News
Former New York Police Department officer Peter Liang will avoid prison for fatally shooting Akai Gurley inside a housing project. The New York Times… ABA Journal Daily News
Though motions for summary judgment, default judgment and orders of reference had previously been spread out among 27 judges, the administrative judge for civil matters in Brooklyn Supreme Court decided to funnel the cases to three judges, a move advocates are concerned could bring more delays or compromise the quality of adjudication. As a legal […]