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Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Eviction After Foreclosure: Further Developments from the Courts

A foreclosure sale purchaser attempting to evict a tenant on the property can encounter pitfalls, as made clear in a series of court cases in recent years.  Here is a summary, capped by an update on a recently filed opinion: ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Status of California Rent Control Reform

It seems like year-after-year, attempts are made to reform or repeal California’s rent control regulations, namely the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Civ. Code §§ 1954.50 et seq.) (Costa-Hawkins Act). 2024 has proven to be...more

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A Coda to the Covid Pandemic: Do Local and State Closure Laws Provide Cover for Tenant Nonpayment of Rent?

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In what may turn out to be a lesson on the limits of the application of equitable doctrines supporting rent relief in the face of good lease drafting, a California court of appeal panel in San Diego has taken a narrow view on...more

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Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: Excusing Contractual Performance in Real Estate Agreements in the Age of COVID

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Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, local municipalities and state governments throughout the country have implemented stay-at-home orders and mandated closures of businesses and restaurants to lower the spread of...more

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Landlord Leasing Fraud: The Orozco Case And Its Implications For Leasing Lawyers And Their Clients

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If a tenant receives a verbal assurance from a landlord while negotiating a lease, and the assurance is not written in the lease, does the tenant have any recourse if the assurance turns out to be false? ...more

Perkins Coie

CEQA Year In Review 2018

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A Summary of Published Appellate Opinions Under the California Environmental Quality Act - The California Supreme Court issued its only CEQA opinion of 2018 at the end of the year. In Sierra Club v. County of Fresno, the...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Eviction After Foreclosure: California Supreme Court Weighs In

This week, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dr. Leevil, LLC v. Westlake Health Care Center.  The case reviewed the decision of the California Court of Appeal from March 2017...more

Allen Matkins

After Foreclosure, New Owners Must Perfect Title Before Serving a Three-Day Notice to Quit

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On December 17, 2018, in Dr. Leevil, LLC v. Westlake Health Care Center, (2018 S.O.S. 5945), the California Supreme Court addressed a split in authority on the issue of when a new owner, who has acquired title to property...more

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