Real Property Law Section

A group discussion of upcoming Real Property Law Section events, legal updates, interviews with sections and other real property lawyers, as well as feedback and suggestions from our members. Moderated by Neil Kalin of the California Lawyers Association Real Property Section. Read more

The rental housing industry has been heavily impacted by COVID-19 causing an onslaught of emergency orders and regulations aimed to protect tenants from evictions during the pandemic. On August 31, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB-3088, enacting the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020. Read more

All members of the California State Bar must heed the Rules of Professional Conduct as they represent clients through video conferences, Zoom depositions, online court hearings, and other remote means. Read more

Join us for the 6th Annual Women in Leasing Law Symposium, Dec 7-11. Read more

This orientation will discuss the journal and the different roles the members of the editorial team play in the publication process from the solicitation of articles to the publication of a finished journal. Read more

Presented by the Real Property Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Real Property Section of the California Lawyers Association This symposium features three panels comprising prominent California attorneys and industry insiders, who will discuss selected trends and developments in commercial real estate that affect practitioners today and will impact the future of commercial real estate. Earn 3.75 MCLE credits! Note: For CLA members, please create a free account with LACBA in order to register. Or call (800) 896-6560. Register Here Schedule… Read more

A group discussion of upcoming Real Property Law Section events, legal updates, interviews with sections and other real property lawyers, as well as feedback and suggestions from our members. Moderated by Neil Kalin of the California Lawyers Association Real Property Section. Read more

By Monty McIntyre Check out Monty McIntyre’s new FREE feature, Monty’s Case Commentary, where he discusses interesting newly published cases. This is in audio MP3 format, so you can listen to it whenever and wherever they want to. Here is the link. California Case Summaries™ (https://cacasesummaries.com) Monty A. McIntyre, Esq. is the publisher of California Case Summaries™ which provides short summaries, organized by legal topic, of every new published civil and family law case helping California lawyers easily keep up… Read more

By Michael Simkin, Esq. The Covid-19 pandemic continues, and the government has implemented new stopgap laws affecting payment of rent. The current primary laws affecting residential tenancies are the CDC Agency Order Published September 4, 2020 and California’s AB3088 enacted August 31, 2020 aka The California Tenant, Homeowner, and Small Landlord Relief and Stabilization Act.  Commercial evictions for non-payment of rent may still be limited through Governor Newsom’s September 23, 2020 Executive Order extending the timeframe for the Covid-19 protections… Read more

By Mark E. Ellinghouse and Josiah M. Prendergast Many businesses affected by COVID-19 and the related shelter-in-place orders are turning to their business interruption insurance policies in hope of finding relief. In general terms, a business interruption insurance policy replaces some or all of a business’s income when the business is forced to curtail or cease its operations as the result of a disaster. In the vast majority of cases, insurance companies have turned away COVID-related business interruption claims, claiming… Read more