Real Property Law Section

Robert McCormick By Robert McCormick INTRODUCTION On October 8th, Governor Gavin Newsom held a ceremonial bill signing for AB 1482, the much heralded Tenant Protection Act of 2019, that enacts significant California state-wide rent control and tenant protection measures.  This new law surprisingly arrives just one year after housing developers raised more than 70 million dollars to defeat Proposition 10, the ballot initiative that would have removed the existing statewide ban enacted in 1995 under the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act… Read more

By Co-Chairpersons Steven W. DeLateur and Tara Burd Steven W. DeLateur and Tara Burd Welcome to the 2019-2020 RPLS ExCom Year! As the incoming Co-Chairs, we are so excited for all the opportunities the California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section has to offer.  This marks the beginning of the first full ExCom year that the Sections will have the support of full-time staff from an organization that puts the Sections and lawyer services first. Although the CLA is only a… Read more

Joanne Woodsum By Jo Ann Woodsum The Real Property Law Section in partnership with the Women in Leasing Law initiative held the 5th Annual Northern California Women in Commercial Leasing Law Symposium on November 4, 2019 in San Francisco.  This day-long symposium focused on The Changing and Challenging  World of Retail Leasing and provided 4.5 hours of MCLE credit to the 50 attendees. The day began with a keynote address by Chan Stroman titled Reflections on a Career in Commercial… Read more

On October 8th, Governor Gavin Newsom held a ceremonial bill signing for AB 1482, the much heralded Tenant Protection Act of 2019, that enacts significant California state-wide rent control and tenant protection measures. This new law surprisingly arrives just one year after housing developers raised more than 70 million dollars to defeat Proposition 10 Read more

So I’m here with Roger Bernhardt, the famous California real estate professor and writer and also of counsel with the Tour Sarkissian Law Offices in San Francisco, CA.  This is actually part II of a two part interview with Professor Bernhardt.  Part I can be found HERE. So I took the liberty of reading some of your online reviews as professor and wondered if you could comment: Brilliant guy, older, well dressed and certainly quirky. Bernhardt: Certainly older (now 85),… Read more

Monty McIntyre By Monty McIntyre California Case Summaries™ (https://californiacasesummaries.mykajabi.com) Monty A. McIntyre, Esq. is the publisher of California Case Summaries™. Monty hasbeen a California civil trial lawyer since 1980, a member of ABOTA since 1995, and currently works as a full-time mediator, arbitrator and referee with ADR Services, Inc. (ADR) in ADR’s offices in San Diego, Irvine, and Los Angeles. California Case Summaries™provides short summaries, organized by legal topic, of every new published civil and family law case so California… Read more

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The 2020 Spring Conference is scheduled for April 23-26, 2020 in San Francisco. Read more

By Neil J Wertlieb Neil J Wertlieb Neil J Wertlieb is an experienced transactional lawyer, educator and ethicist, who provides expert witness services in disputes involving business transactions and corporate governance, and in cases involving attorney malpractice and attorney ethics.  He is a Founding Member and Co-Chair of the California Lawyers Association Ethics Committee.  The views expressed herein are his own.  For additional information, please visit www.WertliebLaw.com. Lawyers must be able to identify who is, and who is not, their… Read more

Taylor E. Hubbard, Esq. and T. Robert Finlay by Taylor E. Hubbard, Esq. and T. Robert Finlay Default interest is intended to compensate a lender for the additional cost and delay resulting from a borrower’s default on the loan.  Default Interest Rate provisions come in all sizes and are found in many different types mortgage loans.  While these provisions are not prohibited, courts often view them with a suspicious eye.  As discussed in this article, Bankruptcy courts in particular, do… Read more