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Experts expect this winter to bring California a lot of storms. There will be flooding, erosion and slides. If your property is lower on a slope than an adjacent property, then your property has a duty to support the uphill property. You have probably heard of a “duty...
California’s law regulating automated license plate recognition systems (ALPRs) (Civ. Code, §§ 1798.90.5–1798.90.55) governs ALPRs used as part of a system to control access to a parking garage or parking area, whether designed to limit use to residents, customers or...
Under California’s statewide rent control law and just cause eviction law, single family homes and individual condominium units are exempt from rent control and from just cause for eviction (except for those owned by a REIT, a corporation or an LLC with a corporation...
On August 21, 2025, the Court of Appeal in Los Angeles held that a landlord who collected rent from a tenant, greater than the amount actually owed, was liable civilly for treble damages plus attorney fees. Penal Code §496(a) makes it a felony to receive or hold...
A person can establish an easement to use a portion of another person's property, using the other person’s property that way, openly and obviously, adversely without permission, for at least five years. Neither the user nor the owner need to know that the user does...
In the usual negligent injury case, the victim must prove that the bad guy was negligent, that the victim was injured, and that the bad guy’s negligence caused the injury. In some cases, we know that several persons were negligent, that the negligence caused the...
Employers generally include various protective clauses in their contracts with new workers and those moving into different positions within their organization. Restrictive covenants are among the most valuable contract inclusions for employers trying to limit a...
If a term of a written agreement you are negotiating is not exactly as agreed, do not let it go. In Coyote Aviation Corp. v. City of Redlands, Coyote negotiated a twenty-year lease with two fifteen-year options to extend, to build a hangar at the Redlands airport, was...
A product recall can be very expensive. Frequently, businesses become aware of issues with specific products or even individual production batches when consumers complain. In some cases, they may ask for refunds of the amount paid to purchase an item because it does...
If you are a landlord of space which is not residential, not a home, not a condominium unit, and not an apartment, and you serve a tenant with a notice to pay rent or quit, or a notice to perform or quit, or a notice to quit after termination, and then the tenant...