Category: Property Law

The recent hearing before the California State Board of Equalization on underinsurance brought long-overdue attention to a crisis that has been quietly eroding the financial security of homeowners across the state. 1 In the aftermath of yet another devastating wildfire season impacting communities in and around Los Angeles. The testimony presented at the hearing painted…

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In a closely watched opinion issued on May 16, 2025, the Texas Supreme Court in Myers-Woodward, LLC v. Undergrounds Services Markham, LLC, — S.W.3d —, No. 22-0878, 2025 WL 1415892 (Tex. May 16, 2025) resolved a long-uncertain issue of subsurface property rights in the context of salt dome mining. The Court held that, unless a…

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One of the topics we deal with most often pertaining to neighbor disputes are adverse possession or prescriptive easement claims. These are claims whereby one property owner claims that because of extended use of another’s property, they have gained either ownership rights (adverse possession) or easement rights from said use. We’ve written extensively about the…

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2019 is around the corner. Although 2018 has been a productive year, I didn’t get as much done as I might have wanted. Now, it’s time to look at 2019 and say, what’s out there? What are we, in the world of real estate, going to start, do, achieve, or finish in our financial goals…

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I did a training webinar recently on achieving compliance with the Renters’ Rights Bill. Although the time of the webinar had been extended, there was still not enough time to answer all the questions asked by delegates. So I thought it would be helpful to answer some of them here. Most of the questions asked…

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A recent federal court decision reminds insurance professionals and policyholders of the practical and legal consequences of failing to comply with protective safeguards endorsements in builder’s risk insurance policies. 1 The Ohio ruling emphasizes that courts will strictly enforce policy conditions, especially when those conditions are clearly outlined and unambiguous. The result was a complete…

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Even as the Trump administration moves to block state and local climate liability efforts, states and municipalities continue to advance lawsuits seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for harms associated with climate change. Most recently, the State of Hawaii initiated a climate deception lawsuit, and the City of Charleston, South Carolina, submitted a briefing…

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Failure to disclose cases are something we deal with on an extremely regular basis. A case I recently litigated confirmed the standard required in order to prevail in such a case. In such case, we represented a seller of a residence in San Mateo County. The seller used to live in the home, but had…

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Successful people set goals, and part of goal setting might be affirmations. The idea is that by affirming something in the present tense—as though it were already happening—one conditions the mind for achieving success. For we folk in the real estate investment game, an affirmation can be used to support financial goals. This is part…

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One of the big concerns with the Renters Rights Bill has been about the ability of the courts to cope.  It is believed that the bill will create considerable additional work. At the moment, a substantial number of claims are brought using the paper-based accelerated procedure. This is used solely for no-fault section 21 claims,…

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