FDCPA / Process Server Exemption: Process server exemption to debt collector definition did not support dismissal because of allegations that defendant took on a role beyond solely being a process server when he made false claims about personal service and provided perjured affidavits – Avina v. Patenaude & Felix, APC, No. 3:20-cv-00166 (S.D. Cal. Mar. 9, 2021) (denying in part dismissal motion)

Owner and developer Todd Wood, a former organic food mogul, started his real-estate company almost five years ago to seize on what he saw as an increasing demand for rental housing.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is making a comeback. The CFPB, which oversees financial institutions with a keen focus on consumer protection and ensuring financial markets are fair and equitable, was a diminished force during the Trump administration. Large financial institutions enjoyed both fewer enforcement actions and lower civil money penalties.

On June 1, 2021, Governor Brown signed HB 2009 into law, extending the residential foreclosure moratorium, most recently extended by HB 4204 during the 2020 Special Legislative Session.

Throughout the United States, old railroad corridors are being abandoned and converted into other uses, such as hiking, biking or other trail purposes. This converted use makes sense, as it is difficult to otherwise compile a long stretch of right-of-way that would be needed to create such trails. But are adjacent property owners entitled to some sort of just compensation when this conversion takes place? 

The city of Aspen’s counterfeit and fraudulent error has stood uncorrected for six decades. Aspen’s 1959, City Plat Survey, the current referenced bible, specifies that the East Cleveland Street boundary line for only block 34, abruptly jogs from a straight line, 7’ East. This re-specification of Cleveland Street width from 75’ to 82’ is contrary to what was recorded in 1890.

 If you're looking to buy or sell a home in Arizona, a recently signed law could put a wrinkle in the process.

See third case. Plaintiffs’ Use of Road on Defendant’s Property Deemed a Prescriptive Easement

Ramsey v. Keesee, 2021 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 231 (Ky. Ct. App. Apr. 16, 2021)

Andre Bachand, the County’s Director of Infrastructure, explained that a road was re-aligned within the airport property years ago. Unfortunately, the re-alignment accidentally put the road onto private property. “When construction took place, the roadway was not registered nor was the property owner compensated for the land.”

Bankers Insurance has won its lawsuit against its former majority shareholder Robert Amar and seven of his companies, over ownership of a multi-million property in Port-of-Spain.

Less than a decade later, a 67-year-old grandmother laced up not hiking boots but sneakers, and became the first woman to thru-hike the trail on her own. While Shaffer’s journey of finding redemption on the trail is better known, Emma Gatewood’s trek is just as compelling: After a lifetime of dire hardship, she was simply drawn to the freedom of a long walk.

He never eats his food out of a bowl, always feeding from his human’s hand. He has a distinct physical appearance, having lost part of his tail as a puppy. And he’s an accelerant detection dog, working with his handler, Brent Autry, to investigate fires across West Tennessee.

The U.S. had to rethink its definition of parenthood, to account for children born abroad to American parents using egg and sperm donors or surrogates.

Six decades ago, a hotel was built with rooms set on concrete piles placed deep within the ocean floor. The design has been flourishing ever since.

 A small town in Florida accidentally sold its water tower in a blundered real estate transaction.