Lawsuit Filed by County Clerks against Mortgage Industry Group MERS Dismissed by Judge
3/8/2012 A sweeping lawsuit filed last year by two Kentucky county clerks against MERS, the lending industry organization that allows the trading of mortgages among secondary market investors, has been dismissed by a federal judge in Paducah. In April, Washington and Christian county clerks filed a lawsuit against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., or […]
Fracking in Towns Upheld by New York Judge
3/8/2012 A judge delivered a blow to the oil and gas industry by ruling that small towns in New York possess the authority to prohibit drilling within their borders, including the contentious process known as fracking. State Supreme Court Justice Philip Rumsey, in a decision released late Tuesday, he ruled that recent ban on […]