Real Estate Transactional

As of July 1, 2025, California real estate is navigating key legislative changes impacting landlords, tenants, and property owners. Landlords will now be required to take photographs of rental units before a new tenancy begins, adding to existing requirements for move-out and post-repair photographic evidence. This strengthens the documentation process for deducting security deposits.
Another significant change impacts landlords of

There’s an old saying: it’s easier to attract flies with honey than with vinegar. That’s true whether you’re talking about a real estate transaction or officiating a hockey game. I find a consensus-building approach works better than an adversarial one. Check out Episode 24 to learn more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_ll8UAgY28&list=PLQ_8MjZrt-I3R-TFv-ax8H4_MqWzNbD2e&index=2

 

In the challenging world of office properties, especially post COVID-19, office tenant representatives play a crucial role in ensuring that their office tenant clients secure the best and most appropriate leases for their needs. One of the most critical responsibilities for office tenant reps is conducting rigorous due diligence. This process involves a series of investigations and considerations of the

In its January 30, 2024, decision in Park v. Kim, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit responded to an attorney who submitted a reply brief in the appeal that cited a nonexistent case that, as it turns out, the attorney obtained through ChatGPT.

The Court informed Counsel it could not locate the case and requested she

Since it has been several months since I last wrote in this blog about my own ADU project, it seemed that people might be curious to know where things stand.  Also, reflecting general increased interest and activity in this type of housing stock, I have been seeing more ADU matters in my own law practice.  Given these developments, I

Sometimes we find that the other side’s attorneys in our various transactions seem to behave “over the top” in the representation of their respective clients.  Nevertheless, IF handled correctly and rationally, the client’s attorney/broker team can, and should, achieve effective results on the client’s behalf.

In a recent office lease transaction, it appeared to your broker co-author that our tenant