Search & Seizure Administrative – Subpoena – Hydroponic Marijuana – Electric Bills 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: May 27, 2010
Tags: Administrative, Judge Richard L. Williams, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
An Amelia County resident had no privacy rights in electricity usage records for his residence subpoenaed by the DEA from Dominion Power, when the DEA was investigating suspected hydroponic cultivation of marijuana in or near the resident’s home after the agent learned of telephone inquiries about hydroponic equipment, and a Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses [...]
Fighting Foreclosure
By Peter Vieth
Published: February 15, 2010
Tags: Consumer Protection, Judge Richard L. Williams, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Consumer lawyers in Virginia have been mounting an onslaught of legal challenges to foreclosures. Some of their tactics have succeeded, including a challenge based on a HUD lender’s failure to schedule a face-to-face meeting with a homeowner before foreclosure. Another approach is to take on the widespread mortgage industry practice of buying, selling, trading, splitting [...]
Real Estate – Mortgage Foreclosure – Face-to-Face Meeting
By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 1, 2010
Tags: Judge Richard L. Williams, Real Estate, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
A Richmond U.S. District Court says a homeowner fighting foreclosure can pursue her claim that she was entitled to a face-to-face meeting before the lender scheduled a foreclosure sale, even though defendant lender claims its branch offices in proximity to the homeowner were originating offices, not servicing offices. While plaintiff does not have a private [...]
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