CNN Money.com has posted an article about how you might still be pursued by mortgage lenders even after your home has been foreclosed. If a foreclosed home sells at auction for less than what the mortgage is worth, the former homeowners are responsible for the difference. These "deficiency judgmen ...

CNN Money.com has posted an article about how you might still be pursued by mortgage lenders even after your home has been foreclosed. If a foreclosed home sells at auction for less than what the mortgage is worth, the former homeowners are responsible for the difference. These "deficiency judgmen ...

Pat Hewitt, THE CANADIAN PRESS Ontario police spearheading a broad investigation of a military commander facing murder and sexual assault charges said Tuesday they’re fielding calls from other forces and families of victims of crime about so-called cold cases. Col. Russell Williams, 46, is ...

Class-action status has been granted to a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. after they canceled a work shift they had previously agreed to add at one of their assembly plants in Canada. According to the lawsuit, many of the plaintiffs had quit other jobs after reaching an agreement with Ford to work th ...

A new study from the University of Calgary has found that wearing a helmet while skiing or snowboarding reduces the risk of head injuries by 35%>. A report in the latest in the latest Canadian Medical Association Journal reported that traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and seriou ...

Last week it was announced that the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board would invest  $400 Million in a “fund of funds” concept.  That is, it looks like they are proposing to deploy $400 Million to existing private equity and venture capital firms so that they may, in turn, deploy that ...

One and a half cheers to the NY Times for the article “Skeptics Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel,” which admits to some of the scientific and ethical problems facing the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and IPCC head Rajendra Pachauri. But the Times being the Times, while ...

Below is a Reuter’s article about the first Bear Stearns High Grade Fund arbitration case won by an investor. John Rich and Ross Intelisano of Rich & Intelisano, LLP were lead trial counsel and Jake Zamansky and Ted Glenn of Zamansky & Associates were co-counsel. "Investor in Defunct Bear Fund Win ...

In light of our is fit to practice law, this caught my eye.  It describes the remarkable transformation of a bank robber into a highly skilled author of legal briefs.  He is now applying to law school, and I wondered whether he will have trouble getting past the state bar's character and fi ...

Brokerage industry lobbyists and SEC Chairman Mary Shapiro are trying to change draft legislation to water down duties owed by brokers to customers. Specifically, they are trying to persuade the Senate Banking Committee to eliminate provisions in a draft bill that would require brokers who provide ...