Weekly LexisNexis Video News Update - October 18, 2010

Among the stories on this video edition of LexisNexis Legal News:  

• the Supreme Court on Oct. 12 denied a petition filed by a Pennsylvania woman seeking review of a Third Circuit ruling.  The Circuit Court affirmed a directed verdict in favor of her mortgage lender and loan servicer in a dispute over an adjustable-rate mortgage loan; 
• claims that a Pennsylvania hotel unlawfully denied a Connecticut church group accommodations will proceed as a class action. A Connecticut federal judge certified a class made up of members of the Macedonia Church and their relatives and friends who participated in a church trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2004, and were denied accommodations at the Lancaster Host Resort and Conference Center.  The church members say it was because of their race; and
• the Supreme Court has invited the acting solicitor general of the United States to file briefs regarding the government's position in a case, in which investors of Halliburton allege the company made false statements about its potential liability in asbestos cases.