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Peterson, Martin & Reynolds LLP Obtains $2+ Million Settlement for Commercial Landlord Client

Second District Court of Appeal Holds that Easement by Necessity Need Not Be over Previously Established Route, or the Most Accessible One

Broker Denied Commission Is Allowed to Proceed With Case Against Non-Signing Owners

Where Broker Acts as Dual Agent, Listing Agent Owes Equivalent Fiduciary Duty to Buyer

“Buyer/Tenant” Beware: Purchase Contract May Include Lease Agreement

Interfere With Your Neighbor’s Trees, Be Prepared to Restore Them And Pay Money Damages Times Three

Appellate Court Slams Scofflaw Tenant for Bogus Anti-SLAPP Motion

Ninth Circuit Confirms Old Adage in Home Buyer’s Rescission Action: “He Who Hesitates Is Lost”

Courts May Not Consider Prejudice to Liable Party in Granting Rescission of Purchase Contract

Physical Division of Property Does Not Necessarily Equate to Division Under the Subdivision Map Act

Homeowners Were Not Liable, This Time, for Injury Sustained by Employee of Their Unlicensed, Uninsured Contractor

Court Liens Away From Coverage in Title Insurance Case

Damages for Wrongful Foreclosure Not Necessarily Limited to Lost Equity

Whether an Issue Is Arbitrable Is Determined Solely by Language in Arbitration Agreement

No Duty to Disclose Claim of Easement to Prospective Purchaser of Adjacent Property

First District Court of Appeal Takes A Bit of the Bite Out of the Merger Doctrine

Under Right to Repair Act, Builder Must Timely Respond to Homeowner’s Notice of Claim Despite Inadequate Specificity of Alleged Defects

SB800 Right to Repair Act Determined to Be Exclusive Remedy for Residential Construction Defect Cases

Actual Damage of Agricultural Property Needed for Award of Attorneys’ Fees in Trespass Case

There Oughta Be a Law (And There is) – Anti-SLAPP 20 Years On

Court Expands Reach of Fiduciary Duty Law to Include Third Parties Aiding and Abetting

BRE Wrongfully Denies Broker’s License to Applicant Who Established Rehabilitation After Fraud Conviction

Intermittent Possession Puts Owner On Notice Of Prescriptive Easement

Court Confirms Privilege Between Title Insurer, Insured and Attorney

Construction Lenders Cannot Circumvent Stop Payment Notices

Equitable Indemnity Claim Did Not Arise Until Claimant Aware of Grounds

Lis Pendens Insufficient to Bind Assignee Bank on Quiet Title Judgment

Servient Tenement Owner’s Refusal to Authorize Necessary Improvements to Access Road Was Interference With Easement

Strict Adherence to Lease Not Required Where Counsel Instructs Otherwise

Commercial Lease Allowed Only One Extension of Term Absent Clear and Explicit Language Granting Perpetual Extensions

Listing Agent and Property Owner Have Duty to Notify Visitors of Concealed Dangerous Condition of Which Agent Has Actual or Constructive Knowledge

Real Estate Agent’s Fraud Cannot Be Imputed to Broker for Exception to Bankruptcy Discharge, Unless Broker Knew or Should Have Known of the Fraud

Right to Repair Act Requires Notice to Builder Prior to Repair of Damage

Right to Repair Act Not Exclusive Remedy Where Construction Defects Cause Actual Damages

Sellers Required to Provide Transfer Disclosure Statements to Buyers of Mixed-Use Properties

Buyer Sufficiently Alleged That Purchase Agreement Provision Calling for Nonrefundable Deposit Was Unenforceable

Scope of Easement Limited to Historical Use

Listing Broker Not Liable to Buyer for Validity of Outdated Geologist’s Report

Subcontractor Without California License Not Barred From Collecting For Work On Federal Project

Not a Riddle – When is a Non-navigable River Navigable?

Purchasers (Sometimes) Have Only Two Years to Sue Brokers and Agents

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