05 Jan, 2021 Commercial landlords: Time to tighten up your lease waivers of liability? By Jeff Brown In Garcia v. D/AQ Corporation, the California Court of Appeal recently upheld an exculpatory clause[1] which spared the landlord from a...
22 Oct, 2020 What real estate parties should consider for letters of intent By Jeff Brown fFrom the authors: Thank you for the overwhelming response this article has received. If you are in-house counsel and would like to...
06 May, 2020 Why plaintiffs should think twice before recording a lis pendens By Jeff Brown In Goens v. Blood, the United States District Court of the Southern District of California recently held that commercial tenants cannot...
24 Jan, 2019 Rest in peace: ROFRs expire once a tenant becomes a holdover tenant By Jeff Brown In a case of first impression in California, the California Court of Appeal in Smyth v. Berman held that in the absence of specific...