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California Financial Elder Abuse Law in the Real Estate Context

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...Financial Elder Abuse Cases in California in the Real Estate context - This blog provides general legal information regarding the topic of financial elder abuse in California, with a focus on cases involving real estate...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Buyer’s Market? Real Estate Broker Verdict’s Effect on Marketplace

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A recent federal jury verdict in Missouri has gotten the attention of real estate industry professionals around the country. The jury in Sitzer v. National Association of Realtors et. al (Case No. 4:19-cv-00332-SRB) ordered...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Not So Fast: An Option to Purchase Real Estate May Not Always Be Rejected by the Debtor in Bankruptcy

A recent bankruptcy court decision determined that a debtor cannot reject an unexercised option for the purchase of its real estate, raising a potentially significant bar to any debtor extricating itself from an under-market...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Missouri Jury Finds Realtors Liable for $1.78 Billion in Commission Fees

On October 31, 2023, a federal jury in the Western District of Missouri found that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and multiple other real estate brokerages violated antitrust laws by conspiring to inflate the...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Get Formal Extensions When You Have a “Time is of the Essence” Clause

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In some contracts, a party must meet its obligations by a certain date or forfeit its rights, and some of those contracts also include a “time is of the essence” clause. As most practitioners know, coupling a date for...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Court Gives Guidance On Procedure For Pursuing “Tort Of Another” Damages

In 1963, the California Supreme Court adopted the “tort of another” doctrine in the seminal case Prentice v. North American Title Guaranty Corporation  (1963) 59 Cal.2d 618.  According to the doctrine, any party who is...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending February 7, 2020

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Real Property Update - Fraudulent Transfer: Real property that was worth less than mortgage encumbering it was not an asset per the plain language of section 726.102(2) and, therefore, could not support fraudulent transfer...more

Lewitt Hackman

Franchisor 101: The Proof Is in the Writing

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Ten years after the franchisor of the EXIT real estate system entered into a franchise agreement for a franchisee to operate an EXIT franchise in Maitland, Florida, the parties entered into another franchise agreement for a...more

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