Real Property Law Section

Over the past several months, the COVID-19 health crisis has affected everyday life in a magnitude that is hard to fathom. Routine tasks, such as going to the grocery store or walking the dog, suddenly necessitate precautions like face masks, social distancing, and excessive amounts of sanitizer. Unemployment is near record levels, businesses have shuttered, and most of us are confined to our homes to avoid further spreading the COVID-19 disease. Read more

After over two months of closed businesses, furloughed or terminated employees, PPP loans and masked and quarantined residents, our economy is going through various phases of reopening and re-engaging. Read more

In recent weeks, California Senate Bill 939 has garnered significant attention from the commercial real estate industry. This controversial legislative proposal written by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) is designed to provide relief to small business commercial tenants during the state of emergency issued by the Governor on March 4, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic threat. Read more

In this presentation, Ms. Brown provides a more holistic approach to the legal profession, including: How to think of your practice as a business; Why emotional intelligence is an important key to success; Why introspection is an essential element of true confidence; and the difference between being a leader as opposed to a boss. Read more

This panel will discuss the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, impersonation and forgery, wire fraud and wire instructions and best practices to ensure that the person claiming to sign a document was actually the one who signed it. Read more

Our $20 Webinar Replays are Tuesdays @ 12 noon Read more

This MCLE outlines the key legal doctrines under common law, the Public Trust Doctrine, and the California Coastal Act that will frame litigation and policy responses to the impact of ongoing sea level rise. Read more

As more and more commercial tenants stop paying rent under their leases due to the impacts of COVID-19, much has been written in recent weeks about possible defenses to performance such as force majeure, frustration of purpose, and impossibility. Read more

The California Lawyers Association (“CLA”) held its Second Annual Legislative Day in Sacramento on March 4, 2020. It was a well-attended event and included CLA leadership, Executive Committee Members of the various sections of the CLA, members of the bar, and various individuals representing different organizations. Read more

Huang v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (2020) _ Cal.App.5th _ , 2020 WL 2059951: The Court of Appeal reversed the trial court's order granting defendant's summary judgment on the basis of the statute of limitations. Read more