Florida Supreme Court Accepts Jurisdiction in Glass on Fee Issue in Foreclosures

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On February 13, 2018, the Florida Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction in an appeal emanating from a hot button issue in contested foreclosures can the borrower in a foreclosure secure an award of contractual attorney's fees after successfully defending the foreclosure on the basis that the lender lacked standing to enforce the mortgage contract? Florida law […]

Chemerinsky: SCOTUS takes on when state courts can assert jurisdiction over out-of-state parties

Major changes in a basic area of constitutional law are unusual. It’s even less common for those changes to occur with few noticing. Yet the law of personal jurisdiction—when a court can exercise jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant—has changed significantly in recent years. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, argued April 25, may […]