Litigation (Non-Arizona) Archives - Page 23 of 46

Up for Grabs – The Legal Fight for Ownership of Barry Bonds’ 73rd Homerun Ball

PrawfsBlawg: A law professor discusses the legal fight between Patrick Hayashi and Alex Popov for ownership of Barry Bonds’ 73rd home run ball. Havashi got the ball, but Popov claimed that Havashi took it from him. The professor also discusses a movie about the lawsuit called “Up for Grabs.” The professor says this about the film:

“I discovered that the film is available on Netflix, and found it both amusing and riveting. The film has many themes (notably greed and the thoroughgoing American obsession with fame) but it’s a great law film as well (the courtroom testimony of the various witnesses to the Popov/Hayashi scuffle seem like they could have been lifted from a Christopher Guest parody).”

9th Circuit Court Allows Class Action Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart Alleging Gender Discrimination

The United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs in a six-year old class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart alleging gender discrimination may proceed with the lawsuit against America’s largest retailer.

Lesbian Group Sues Gay Softball Organization for Stripping San Francisco Gay Softball Team of 2nd Place Finish in Gay Softball Tournament

The National Center for Lesbian Rights sued the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance because the latter organization stripped a San Francisco “gay” mens softball team called D2 of its second place finish in the NAGAAA’s softball tournament. The organization’s rules limited each team to no more than two non-gay players. After a losing team complained, NAGAAA interviewed D2 team members and concluded that D2 has three non-gay players. NCLR’s lawsuit alleges that NAGAAA engaged in discrimination.

See the complaint.

Judge Dismisses Mortgage Foreclosure Over ‘Fraudulently Backdated’ Doc

In December of 2007 a lawyer for U.S. Bank filed a foreclosure lawsuit against a borrower named Ernest Harper who defaulted on a $190,000 home loan. After filing the lawsuit the bank’s lawyer prepared an assignment of the mortgage to evidence the transfer of ownership of the loan to U.S. Bank. Last month Pasco County, Florida, Circuit Court Judge Lynn Teppe ruled that the assignment of mortgage was “fraudulently backdated, in a purposeful, intentional effort to mislead” and dismissed the foreclosure complaint because the lender could not prove as of the date it filed the complaint that it was the owner of the loan. The court found that despite being dated in December of 2007, the assignment of mortgage was actually prepared some time in 2008.

See “Judge Dismisses Mortgage Foreclosure Over ‘Fraudulently Backdated’ Doc” and “Judge Bashes Bank in Foreclosure Case.”

School Admits to Secretly Collecting Photos of Students Given School Laptops

From the what were they thinking about department: The Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, school district admits it collected “a substantial number” of photos of students without their knowledge or consent. The school district gave laptop computers to students that contained cameras used to collect pictures of students. A lawsuit filed by parents on behalf of a student alleges that the school district collected thousands of secret photos. This boo boo has caused a national uproar and given the school district more bad PR than a Heidi Montag plastic surgery.

See “L. Merion to let parents see secretly snapped photos,” “Lower Merion report: Web cams snapped 56,000 images,” and “School District Took Thousands of Pics of Students at Home Via Laptop Webcams.” See also legal pleadings in the case.