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Court Limits Class Action Suits Against Landlords HC
In a recent Second Appellate District ruling, the court made it more difficult for tenants to sue landlords in class action lawsuits. In. Hendleman v. Los Altos Apartments, the appellate court upheld a lower court’s decision to deny certification of a class by …
Co-ownership of Real Property – Fighting the Partition Action Can Cost You.
There is a fundamental premise in California law that a co-owner of real property has the right to sever the co-ownership at any time by forcing a sale of the property through partition. The only exception is if the co-owners have expressly waived the right to partition in a contract, such as…
New ADA Requirements for Commercial Properties
As of July 1, 2013, a new lease disclosure requirement added one more responsibility for owners and lessors of commercial property. Civil Code Section 1938, part of the legislation designed to limit unwarranted…