NEW ORLEANS – June 17, 2009 – Florida lost the fight for venue, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana will consolidate cases from around the nation, according to an order issued Monday by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML). The order applies to pending and future cases. JPML overrode […]
Archives: June 2009
Chinese drywall lawsuits to be heard in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS – June 17, 2009 – Florida lost the fight for venue, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana will consolidate cases from around the nation, according to an order issued Monday by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML). The order applies to pending and future cases. JPML overrode […]
Foreclosures fall 6 percent in May from April
WASHINGTON – June 11, 2009 – The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes dipped in May from April, and the annual increase was the smallest in three years. But as layoffs, rather than risky mortgages, become the main reason that borrowers default on their home loans, foreclosures likely will remain […]