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From time to time I write about a new court decision of interest to real estate and construction professionals, and punctuate my comments with the observation that the courts are not stupid and cut through the technical and procedural to get to what is really just....
It has happened again. The trial court and the Court of Appeal in Los Angeles have upheld a $5.42 million jury verdict, where the business posted two security guards in its unisex bathroom area all night until very late, and as soon as they left their post, an...
MediMarts, Inc., a marijuana dispensary, sued the City of San Jose, to prevent it from enforcing its ordinance imposing its Marijuana Business Tax and requiring MediMarts to submit tax returns disclosing the amount of its sales of cannabis-containing-products, on the...
A person in Texas posts on the internet angry denunciations of a man in California, posts his address and the names of his wife and children, and encourages physical attacks on their persons and property. Can the man sue the person from Texas in California?The answer...
Your unlicensed contractor or handyman does not have workers compensation insurance. If the work requires a contractor's license, and your contractor doesn't have one, then you are the direct employer of the contractor and each of her employees. If you, the property...
The Court of Appeal for San Jose has held that borrowers could sue the lender and the buyer at a foreclosure sale to have the loan held to be unenforceable, where the loan required payments $1000.00 per month higher than the borrowers' monthly income. That the...
Joelle Kraft had a rent-controlled apartment in Santa Monica which she posted on AirBnb and rented. Her landlord terminated the lease and sued to evict her on the grounds that the AirBnb rentals of the unit were illegal under Santa Monica law. The Santa Monica rent...
There is a new way to hold title to real property in California, effective January 1, 2016. A "Revocable Transfer On Death Deed" is just what it sounds like. It is a deed recorded in the official county real estate records, which says who is going to be the owner...
Again, a contractor has been caught performing work without a valid California contractor's license, and could lose $4,669,376 in unpaid charges and be required to pay back $18,331,911. This time it's Jacobs Engineering, one of the largest and most sophisticated...
Tribeca negotiated the purchase of a portfolio of loans secured by real property, for $47 million. The contract required a $1 million deposit which would become non-refundable liquidated damages upon the waiver of contingencies. Tribeca negotiated a joint venture...