Judge dismisses Trump federal lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James over her probe of business
Judge dismisses Trump federal lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James over her probe of business
Ex-President Donald Trump and his company are being investigated by New York Attorney General Letitia James over valuations of real estate assets.
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Federal officials appointed an independent manager to stabilize the beleaguered Jackson, Miss., drinking water system, saying the city has failed to provide reliable water service. The move follows the cityโs water crisis that left 160,000 peopleโthe population of Jacksonโwith unreliably low water pressure, if any water at all, for days this summer. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba estimates a $1-billion to $2-billion cost to fix all of the water system problems in the city....
Judges Can Make Up Real Estate Law As They Go Courts are supposed to apply legal principles developed over the years in previous court decisions or through legislation. This creates predictability. It allows participants in real estate transactionsโand their counselโto know with reasonable confidence what the consequences of real estate agreements and deal structures will be. In a bizarre decision earlier this year, a trial court in Brooklyn made up principles of real estate law that actuall...
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The deadline for the U.S. Dept. of Energy to begin getting rid of long-stored radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear site by starting up a a $17-billionย treatment facility has been extended until 2025 by a federal judge. DOE officials say, however, t...
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The deadline for the U.S. Dept. of Energy to begin getting rid of long-stored radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear site by starting up a a $17-billionย treatment facility has been extended until 2025 by a federal judge. DOE officials say, however, t...
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A judge has tossed out a federal lawsuit filed by a developer who said his real estate companies should have been compensated for losses they incurred as a result of emergency tenant protections approved in Los Angeles following the outbreak of COVID-19. In his 15-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson said the cityโs ordinance, which barred landlords from removing tenants who were unable to pay rent because of COVID-19, did not constitute a โtakingโ of private property as defined...
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A contractor that claims a former company executive stole from it by surreptitiously altering a contract after it was signed cannot recoup its losses from its insurer, a federal judge ruled August 30.The contractor, Chesapeake, Va.-based Heartland Construction Inc., worked as construction manager on a project at the Hampton, Va., Veterans Affairs Medical Center after signing a fixed-price contract worth about $5.6 million in January 2017 with prime contractor PJ Potter Enterprises I...
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In this article A New York judge held real estate services giant Cushman & Wakefield in contempt of court for refusing to comply with subpoenas demanding documents sought by the state attorney general for her civil investigation of former President Donald Trump's company. Cushman will have to pay a $10,000-a-day fine, starting Wednesday, until it complies with the subpoenas related to the firm's work for the Trump Organization. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron in his order Tuesday ni...
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A federal judge dismissed an African-American construction workerโs claims of racial discrimination against Microsoft, ruling that the software company was not the workerโs employer during a billion-dollar renovation project at Microsoftโs Redmond, Washington, campus.
U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo S. Martinez agreed with Microsoft that it didnโt employ Quinte Harris, a laborer who filed the suit and worked on the project run by a joint venture of Skanska and Balfour Beat...
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A federal judge dismissed an African-American construction workerโs claims of racial discrimination against Microsoft, ruling that the software company was not the workerโs employer during a billion-dollar renovation project at Microsoftโs Redmond, Washington, campus.
U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo S. Martinez agreed with Microsoft that it didnโt employ Quinte Harris, a laborer who filed the suit and worked on the project run by a joint venture of Skanska and Balfour Beat...