NO GOOD DEED WILL GO UNPUNISHED, and that is certainly the case in the law of prescriptive easements. Here, a well-meaning property owner invited her neighbor onto her property to perform some clean-up. She quickly realized that her offer of entry put her squarely in the sights of a future easement claim. Her posting on […]
“My husband is a pastor one of the members left the church to start his own church” “He left upset and has been visiting and calling other members saying false things about my husband and telling them to join his church what can I do ? by the way I recorded our meeting I have […]
Over the next few years, we’ll see the very rapid adoption of wearable technology – smartwatches, Google Glass, and other miniaturized connectivity devices. It’s not hard to imagine how employees carrying and using such devices could create problems for businesses. Think of a service employee whose smartwatch displays inappropriate text messages or images, an accounting […]
The recent case of Bank of New York Mellon v. Preciado (2014 S.O.S. JAD14-06) serves as a good reminder to commercial landlords to pay close attention to details when dealing with residential evictions. When commercial lenders take properties back by way of foreclosure, they often must deal with the unfortunate remaining task of doing an […]
Richman v. Hartley, 2014 S.O.S. B245052 This is an important recent case dealing with Transfer Disclosure Statements (“TDS”). California requires its residential property sellers to disclose, in writing, details about the property they wish to sell. The disclosure obligations apply to nearly all California home sellers – whether selling a single family home, condominium or […]
Graphic designers often like to “borrow” photographs and other artwork in order to create websites, brochures, direct-mail solicitations and other materials. But a business must make sure it has a legal right to use images and designs in its marketing materials. A company called Dream Communications found this out the hard way recently, when a […]
One of the major concerns that many businesses have in seeking accounts payable, or even in litigating against other businesses who have breached contracts, is negative press. A lawsuit never looks good, even when a business is “in the right.” Most businesses seek to appear “above the fray” and not given to litigation. One serious […]