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Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Overview of Boundary Line Disputes

What do you do when you learn the old fence that you and your neighbor thought was the correct boundary turns out to be wrong … or when you discover your house or garage has been constructed on your neighbor’s property? Such...more

Hogan Lovells

UK Supreme Court rules on the law of nuisance: knot just another case on causation

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A dispute over a £5000 drop in property value has gone all the way to the Supreme Court which, today, confirmed that you cannot recover damages for encroachment of Japanese knotweed on your land if this occurred before the...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

California Supreme Court: Parties to a Real Estate Transaction Can Create Implied Exclusive Easements

In the recent case Romero v. Shih, the California Supreme Court clarified that under California law, parties to a real estate transaction may create an implied easement that effectively grants the dominant tenement exclusive...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Correcting the Past and Securing Your Future: What Title Insurance Endorsements Can Do for You

When it comes to risk mitigation for property investors, title insurance may be the best kept secret in the industry. While the concept of title insurance is well known and most investors understand the basic coverage offered...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Truck Dealers: The Forgotten Child - Why Encroachment Protection Is Not a One-Size-Fits-All Proposition

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Franchise laws, indeed, the entire automotive industry, are focused primarily on the passenger motor vehicle market – and nowhere is this more obvious than in the area of encroachment protection. The commercial truck...more

Kaufman & Canoles

Recent Virginia Court of Appeals Opinion Holds Statutes of Limitations Do Not Apply Where Only Equitable Relief is Sought

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Last week, the Court of Appeals of Virginia issued an important opinion involving trespass and statutes of limitations. In Willems v. Batcheller, Record No. 0754-22-4, 2023 Va. App. LEXIS 524 (Ct. App. Va. Aug. 8, 2023), the...more

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The Significance of Title Insurance in Real Estate

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If you have experienced the process of purchasing or selling real estate, it is likely that you have come across the phrase “clear title.” The concept of clear title is two-fold. Clear title deals with the property...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Can Courts Regulate What Grandparents Spend on Your Kids?

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Sharples v. Sharples, decided by a panel of the Superior Court on August 1, 2023 presents just about every problem modern custody cases can encompass. And, after the decision issued today, the parties are going back for more....more

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UK law of nuisance: A knotty problem

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In Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales has reaffirmed that encroachment of Japanese knotweed onto neighbouring land can amount to a nuisance and, for the first time, acknowledged...more

Perkins Coie

Court Upholds Equitable Easement Between Neighbors in Property Line Dispute

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The court reversed a decision to grant an implied easement between two homeowners but upheld granting an equitable easement. Romero v. Shih, 78 Cal. App. 5th 326 (2022). The two parcels in question were owned originally...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

How to Establish an Equitable Easement

Most easements are created by a recorded instrument. Not so with one of the more exotic species of easement — the “equitable easement.” A case recently published by California’s Second Appellate District — Romero v. Shih...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Remedies for Trespass by Encroachment

A trespass by way of encroachment occurs when a building, structure, or other “thing” (as opposed to person or animal), goes beyond the boundaries of the owner’s land onto adjoining land without the permission or consent of...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Unsettled Ground for Prescriptive and Equitable Easements

Feeling entitled, or deserving or just plain covetous? You have discovered that you are encroaching on your neighbor's property. In California, two inconsistent doctrines can apply to allow you to continue using your...more

Cozen O'Connor

Republican AGs Press Biden Administration On Expanding Energy Infrastructure

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A group of 19 Republican AGs, led by Montana AG Austin Knudsen, wrote a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to support additional energy infrastructure in the wake of the Colonial pipeline shutdown...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Title Insurance Policy Excluded Coverage of Claims for Easements Implied by Law, New York Court Rules

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A trial court in New York has ruled that a title insurance policy excluded coverage of claims against the insured for easements implied by law. The Case As the court explained in its decision, in April 2014, 1267 Rogers...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Fall Season Results in California Coastal Commission Victories

This Fall, the California Coastal Commission (“Commission”) was handed down two significant victories, further cementing its authority and jurisdiction within California coastal zones. These cases demonstrate that, in certain...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending November 8, 2019

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Financial Services Update - FDCPA & FCCPA / Debt Collection Activity / Monthly Mortgage Statements: Monthly mortgage statements required by TILA and sent to plaintiff did not amount to “debt collection” because they did...more

Gray Reed

What is the Test For Good Faith in the Louisiana Civil Code?

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In Mary et al. QEP Energy Company  the question was, given an encroachment of a pipeline onto the property of another, what is the test for determining the good faith, or not, of the party in possession?...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: July 22 - August 9, 2019

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Real Property Update - Quiet Title / Extinguishment: mortgage merged and ceased to be an encumbrance when the mortgage on land and the equity of redemption in the same land become united in the same person - Young Land...more

Williams Mullen

Title Endorsement Basics

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Title insurance is issued using standardized forms of policies and endorsements. The most commonly used forms for commercial properties are those promulgated by the American Land Title Association (ALTA), a nationwide title...more

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Public Agency Could Validly Accept Dedication After Twenty Years By Physically Occupying the Property

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Twenty years was a reasonable period of time for a public agency to accept a right-of-way dedication offer by physically occupying the property. Prout v. Department of Transportation, 31 Cal. App. 5th 200 (2019). Prout...more

Hogan Lovells

Tangled in Knots – Beware of Japanese Knotweed

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Japanese knotweed has blighted UK properties for over a century. The invasive plant’s roots and stems spread rapidly and have the capacity to smash through concrete, damaging a building’s foundations. Eradicating the knotweed...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Second Department Vacates Trial Court Order Requiring Removal of Trespassing Structure: Will Money Damages Compensate the...

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On January 24, 2018 the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed in part, and reversed in part, a trial court order granting Defendant, Bay Ridge Methodist’s counterclaim that certain cladding and a drip edge (a system...more

Downey Brand LLP

USACE Issues Guidance on Contributed Funds for Section 408 Review

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As many in the industry have learned recently, the FY 17 budget only included approximately $3 million nationwide for processing 33 U.S.C. Section 408 review. This is the Section under which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...more

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Money, Dirt and Steel: Fall 2016 Newsletter

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Statute of Limitations for Encroachment on an Easement - Injury to easement versus removal of encroachment distinguished - In our 2014-2015 Update we reported on the decision issued by the North Carolina Court of...more

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