Category Archives: Civil Justice

Suit Aims to Make Banks Responsible for Condition of Foreclosed Buildings

“Tenants are entitled to housing that is safe and decently maintained. I applaud the many tenants of these buildings who organized themselves, the advocates who worked tirelessly on their behalf, and the lawyers from Legal Services NYC who are now … Continue reading

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Tenants Rights Blog-Evict This!

  Tenants Rights Blog-Evict This! Crow & Rose Attorneys at Law – Tenants Rights Lawyers Landlord Tenant News: April 10 to April 16, 2010 Bill to forbid California landlords from requiring animal declawing, debarking L.A. councilman calls for one-year moratorium … Continue reading

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Slum landlord could go to jail in tenant fight – Hunter Property Management – Sam Suzuki

By Bill Egbert Daily News Staff Writer April 12th 2010 Forcing tenants to live in squalor can sock a landlord with hefty fines, but in this case it could send the owner to jail. Tenants of 1585 E. 172nd St. … Continue reading

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National group to probe LSU’s firing of professor – Ivor van Heerden

By JORDAN BLUM Advocate Capitol News Bureau April 8, 2010   A national college faculty organization is starting an investigation into LSU’s termination last year of Ivor van Heerden, one of the leading critics of federal engineers before and after … Continue reading

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Dina Padilla for California Insurance Commissioner

Dina Padilla has been fighting corruption and the long going scams of the insurance industry in California. She is a former union leader at Kaiser in Sacramento who began to fight Kaiser’s treatment of its workers and patients. Her struggle … Continue reading

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