AB 3088: Newsom Signs California Statewide Covid-19 Tenant Eviction Protection Legislation
On August 31, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsome signed AB 3088 enacting the Tenant, Homeowner, and Small Landlord Relief and Stabilization Act of 2020. The Act was signed into law to address what is expected to be an overwhelming number of residential evictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and associated business closures. Moratorium on Unlawful [...]
Property Insurance Coverage for Covid-19 Related Business Losses: Score One for the Insured
As we see restaurants, bars, hair salons, and other consumer-facing businesses forced to close down due to Covid-19 related losses, the old adage “needing insurance is like needing a parachute; if it isn’t there the first time, chances are you won’t be needing it again” seems more applicable now more than ever. However, surprising nobody, [...]
Keep your Dog “Under Control” or Face Liability
Our Tahoe-Truckee Community is a dog’s heaven. We are dog friendly. However, ownership of a dog comes with responsibilities. In the old days, if your dog bit someone there was the so-called “one free bite” rule, which has long since been abolished. DOG CAUSES INJURY ON HIKING TRAIL Diane Wolf was hiking [...]
Releasing Earnest Money Deposits as Liquidated Damages and California’s Real Estate Response to COVID-19
Real estate in California has seen a consistent theme: a dearth of closings for pending transactions. Parties commonly utilize a Residential Purchase Agreement (C.A.R. Form RPA-CA) (“C.A.R. Form”), provided by the California Association of Realtors (“C.A.R.”), to make offers, counteroffers, and accept the negotiated purchase and sale of real estate. Immediately after the impacts [...]
Mail-In (Absentee) Ballots Hotly Contested
“There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mailboxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged and even illegally printed out and fraudulently signed.” That, my friends, was your President, lying or providing misinformation again for the 16,000+ time according to The Washington Post. In [...]
Where Do “Surplus Proceeds” from a Foreclosure Sale Go?
It is likely in these troubled times that we will have a resurgence of foreclosures and bankruptcies as folks struggle without jobs and are unable to fully open their businesses. We will soon put out a column on when and how to file for bankruptcy. Today’s column is on foreclosures which I counseled hundreds [...]
Skechers Violates Adidas’s Trademarks
Making shoes can be a profitable business. Just ask world-famous shoe manufacturer Adidas and Skechers, the second largest shoe producer in the United States. Since 1995, Adidas and Skechers have signed several settlement agreements resulting from lawsuits filed by Adidas for alleged trademark infringement. Adidas sued yet again, and the U.S. District Court for [...]
“Moscow Mitch” McConnell’s Partisanship Interferes with Judicial Process
“Moscow Mitch” McConnell, Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, vowed when President Obama was first elected in 2008 that he would never allow an Obama-proposed bill to make it through his chamber, and he renewed that vow when Obama was reelected in 2012. So much for putting the Country’s interests first. Moscow Mitch, [...]
Employers Must Pay for Employee’s Call-In Shift Time
Do you know what a “Call-In” shift is? That’s were an employee is required to call-in just before his or her shift begins to see if they are required to report for work. If the employee is told to come to work, they do, if not, they don’t. The question in today’s case is [...]
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