Law

How to Prevail at a Summary Judgment Hearing

James M. Stanton says his time on the state district court bench taught him that summary judgment hearings generally are too long, too confusing and too overwhelming for the judge. To prevail at a ...
JD Supra

More on Competent Summary Judgment Evidence: The Rule Does Not Just Apply to Affidavits

We previously wrote about the requirements many jurisdictions impose for affidavits or declarations submitted in conjunction with motions for summary judgment, including that they must be based on ...
Washington Examiner

Summary judgment granted in asbestos case after claimant failed to respond

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – A North Carolina federal judge has concluded that summary judgment was proper for seven defendants in an asbestos lawsuit after the claimant failed to respond to any ...
JD Supra

Appellate Court Applies Business Judgment Rule and Reverses Summary Judgment in Condominium Assessment Dispute

An appeals court ruled that the trial court erred in judgement for condo owners in a dispute over association fees. While the court agreed that the association must turn over its financial audits, it ...
Reason

Public Has Right to Access Summary Judgment Filings Even When Summary Judgment Motion Was Never Decided

From U.S. ex rel. Oberg & Camoin v. Nelnet, Inc., decided yesterday by the Fourth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Judge Barbara Milano Keenan and District Judge Elizabeth ...
Law

Summary Judgment in the Surrogate's Court

In her Trusts and Estates Update, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper writes: Although in years past, summary judgment in Surrogate's Court proceedings was rare, today, summary relief has become a welcome means for ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

MD Supreme Court reverses order vacating summary judgment on Anne Arundel parcel

Justice Steven B. Gould wrote the majority opinion in the 5-2 Supreme Court ruling. (The Daily Record/File Photo) An Anne Arundel County landowner was entitled to summary judgment on his claim of ...
Forbes

Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment Motion On Willful FBAR Penalty

WASHINGTON, D.C. - JANUARY 03: The U.S. Flag flys above the International Revenue Service headquarters building on January 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) Litigation ...
The Harvard Crimson

Judge Denies Harvard’s Request for Summary Judgment on Therapy Notes Dispute in Comaroff Harassment Suit

A federal judge denied Harvard’s motion for summary judgment on one of the counts of a lawsuit filed last year by three Anthropology graduate students who alleged the University failed to properly ...
The National Law Review

SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTED!: Defendant Stipulated to Bad Facts and Court May Sanction

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HousingWire

Judge grants delay in TCB suit against Ginnie Mae as government seeks summary judgment

It’s been a while since there were any substantive updates to the lawsuit playing out between Texas Capital Bank (TCB), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Ginnie Mae over a ...
HousingWire

Texas Capital Bank opposes summary judgment motion in Ginnie Mae suit

Texas Capital Bank said that a summary judgment in favor of the government would be based on an ‘incorrect’ idea That filing also claimed that TCB “no longer has any remaining rights or interests in ...