Jun 18, 2021 | NFT, Real Estate Law
By: Jared Clemence “The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others. In this code, the thing of which there may be ownership is called property.”1 The State of California gives us this very elegant...
Jun 14, 2021 | Real Estate Law
by: Jared Clemence Read the article here. The matter comes up periodically: Should a seller allow a buyer to occupy the home before the close of escrow? The answer is generally, “NO!”, but why? To answer this question, we will consider the case of Marvell v. Marina...
Jun 11, 2021 | Real Estate Law
By: Jared Clemence How do I sell my house when my neighborhood is trashed? Today, one of my home sellers confessed: The reason she wants to move is that the neighborhood has gone “downhill.” The neighbors: have overgrown lawns, cause the street to be overcrowded with...
Jun 8, 2021 | Real Estate Law
by: Jared Clemence How to convert adverse possession into permissive permission without consent With adverse possession, it’s all about this thing called “hostility.” In general, a person has to hold the property in a way that is hostile to the true owners...
Mar 25, 2021 | Labor & Employment, News
Download a PDF of the article here On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court handed down a key decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903. This ruling, a landmark in the state’s labor law, set out the requirements for...
