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Arizona Court of Appeals Case Extends Arizona Home Buyers Deficiency Judgment Protection

Arizona Republic: “Homeowners do not lose their legal protections against being sued for debt after foreclosure just because they have refinanced a mortgage, the state Court of Appeals has ruled. In a unanimous decision, the judges overturned a lower- court ruling that said Michael and Kelly Pasquan are liable for more than $1.9 million. That is the difference between what they owed on their mortgage and the value of the home when sold.”

Unpaid Bloggers’ Lawsuit vs Huffington Post Tossed

Reuters: “AOL Inc on Friday won the dismissal of a lawsuit by unpaid bloggers who complained they were deprived of their fair share of the roughly $315 million that the company paid last March to buy The Huffington Post website. . . . “no one forced” the bloggers to repeatedly provide their work with no expectation of being paid, and said they got what they bargained for when their works were published.”

Electronic Billboard Disputes Intensify in Arizona Courts

Arizona Republic: “Gov. Jan Brewer’s veto of a bill that would have permitted electronic billboards on state and federal highways was a victory for billboard foes. But the foes still have a tall hill to climb to reach their goal: no more electronic billboards. The battle continues to be fought in state courts and Phoenix, where billboard opponents have come together. Two cases are active in Arizona courts.”

Maricopa County Median Home Value Calculator

Arizona Republic: The newspaper created an online searchable calculator to determine home values in Maricopa, County, Arizona. “Click on any ZIP code on the map for statistics about home sales trends, or use the search box below. Our home sales information includes median sales prices for single-family houses in Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe and other Valley of the Sun cities in Maricopa and Pinal counties.”

Detroit High School Protest: Students Suspended After Demanding ‘An Education’

Huff Post: “About 50 students were suspended Thursday from the all-boys Frederick Douglass Academy in Detroit, Mich. for walking out of classes in protest, demanding ‘an education.’ Among their complaints: a lack of consistent teachers, the reassignment of the school principal, educators who abuse sick time and a shortage of textbooks. ‘We’ve been wronged and disrespected and lied to and cheated,’ senior Tevin Hill told the Detroit Free Press“