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In United States law, a lis pendens (Latin for 'suit pending' [1]) is a written notice that a lawsuit has been filed concerning real estate, involving either the title to the property or a claimed ownership interest in it. The notice is usually filed in the county land records office.
When the lawsuit was initially filed, it included Anywhere Real Estate (formerly known as Realogy) as a co-conspirator to NAR’s practices, but that company reportedly settled out for $83.5 ...
Unlike intellectual property patents, which have time limits, a land patent is permanent. A land patent is known in law as "letters patent" and usually issues to the original grantee and to their heirs and assigns forever. The patent stands as supreme title to the land because it attests that all evidence of title existent before its issue date ...
The issue of real estate agent commissions found itself in the spotlight recently after a jury in Missouri found the National Association of Realtors, HomeServices of America and Keller Williams ...
Pendente lite is a Latin term meaning "awaiting the litigation" or "pending the litigation" which applies to court orders which are in effect while a matter (such as a sale of goods or a divorce) is pending. [1] In divorce cases, a pendente lite order is often used to provide for the support of the lower income spouse while the legal process ...
A powerful real estate trade group has agreed to do away with policies that for decades helped set agent commissions, moving to resolve lawsuits that claim the rules have forced people to pay ...
The defense of non-infringement is that at least one element of an asserted claim is not present in the accused product (or in the case of a method claim, that at least one step has not been performed). The defense of invalidity is a counter-attack on the patent itself., i.e., the validity of the patent or of the allegedly infringed claims.
The settlement reached by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) over real estate agent commissions could end up hurting an already beleaguered group: homebuyers.. The $418 million deal ...