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Pre-1972 Conveyance Of Multiple Lots Did Not Create Separate Legal Parcels Under Map Act

A landowner sought a Certificate of Compliance from the City of Oakland, asserting that a pre-1972 deed referencing three lots (Lot 18, Lot 17, and a portion of Lot 16) created three separate legal parcels.

United States Real Estate

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Perkins Coie LLP

The Nuts And Bolts Of Easements

An easement is the right to use the land owned by another for some designated purpose. Such uses typically include ingress/egress, rights-of-way, utility, or water access.

United States Real Estate

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Barrett McNagny

California Allows Employees in the Construction Industry to Waive PAGA Remedies Pursuant to Qualifying CBAs

Among the approximately 1,000 bills signed by California Governor Brown last month was Assembly Bill 1654 ("AB 1654"), which allows a class of employees to waive the remedies created by the PAGA of 2004.

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Do Due Diligence, Or Risk Demolition

In previous blogs, we've touched on the concept of due diligence during a real estate transaction.

United States Real Estate

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Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.

How To Effectively Manage Vapor Intrusion Risks When Acquiring And Developing Property

United States Real Estate

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Farella Braun & Martel

Texas Supreme Court Approves Top Lease Of Reversionary Interest; Orders New Trial On Production In Paying Quantities

United States Real Estate

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BakerHostetler

Does It Matter If A Deed Correction Is Material?

United States Real Estate

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Gray Reed & McGraw LLP

Distinction Regarding Acquired Real Estate Companies Under Pennsylvania's Realty Transfer Tax Act And Philadelphia's Realty Transfer Tax Act

United States Real Estate

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Fox Rothschild LLP

Ownership Of And Access To Land Records: Private Records Intended For Public Inspection

United States Real Estate

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

NY: Adverse Inference Charge Permitted Against Seller On Misrepresentation Claim Related To Defects

United States Real Estate

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Ten Unexpected Issues When A Property Sale Becomes An Entity Sale

United States Real Estate

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A&O Shearman

To Specifically Perform Or Not Perform: That Is The Question

United States Real Estate

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Smith Gambrell & Russell

Properly Structuring A Like-Kind Exchange

United States Real Estate

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ORBA

Wisconsin Prohibits Time Of Sale Requirements

United States Real Estate

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Artificial Intelligence 2025 - Trends And Developments

United States Technology

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Steptoe LLP

Trump Administration Passes The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

United States Tax

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Foley & Lardner

ALERT: Key Tax Provisions Provided For In "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

United States Employment

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Dilworth Paxson LLP

CTPAT: An Anchor For Weathering The Trade Storms

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

New Montana State Income And Property Taxes For 2025 & 2026

United States Tax

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Parsons Behle & Latimer

Seller's Liability For Water Damages Seeps Through "As Is" Clause In Purchase Agreement

A well drafted "as‑is" clause can prevent a buyer from claiming any damages against the seller for issues that arise with regard to the condition of the property.

United States Real Estate

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Using An LLC To Maintain Privacy When Buying Residential Property

Last week, Business First of Louisville published a report and slideshow on the top 25 largest residential real estate transactions of the first quarter of 2015 in Jefferson County.

United States Privacy

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Stites & Harbison PLLC

New York Law Journal: Realty Law Digest - March 25, 2015

In his weekly Realty Law Digest column (subscription required), Scott Mollen analyzes two notable cases.

United States Real Estate

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Herrick, Feinstein LLP

When An Owner Of Real Estate Contemplates A Sale

As the real estate market continues to gather steam, many owners of rental properties are again contemplating the sale or exchange of their holdings.

United States Real Estate

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ORBA

Important Alert For Commercial Owners/Landlords And Brokers/Agents: Changes To California Dual Agency Disclosure Laws Effective January 1, 2015

United States Real Estate

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Phase I Environmental Site Assessments: What Are They And Why Do We Do Them?

United States Environment

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McGuireWoods LLP

"Change In Ownership" Can Trigger Documentary Transfer Tax

United States Real Estate

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

(US) Condominiums Exempted From Filing & Registration Requiremens of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act

United States Real Estate

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Reed Smith

AB 1103 Update: Postponement Of Certain Nonresidential Building Energy Use Disclosure Requirements

United States Real Estate

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Mintz

Sale/Leaseback Transactions Moving Full Steam Ahead

United States Real Estate

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Thompson Coburn LLP

California Documentary Transfer Tax: Separate Unrecorded Statement Of Tax No Longer Allowed After December 31, 2014

United States Real Estate

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

A Taxing Situation: Pennsylvania Realty Transfer Taxes & Oil And Gas Conveyances

United States Tax

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Reed Smith

Environmental Liability - Regulatory Compliance - Insurance Coverage (Or Not)

United States Commercial

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Dentons

Treatment Of Leases Under Sections 363(F) And 365(H) Of The Bankruptcy Code

United States Insolvency

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WilmerHale

California Documentary Transfer Tax: Separate Unrecorded Statement Of Tax No Longer Allowed After December 31, 2014

The California Documentary Transfer Tax Act requires the amount of documentary transfer tax due to be shown on the face of the document.

United States Real Estate

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

A Taxing Situation: Pennsylvania Realty Transfer Taxes & Oil And Gas Conveyances

Conveying oil and gas interests in Pennsylvania raises the question as to whether the document conveying the interest is subject to realty transfer tax.

United States Tax

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Reed Smith

Environmental Liability - Regulatory Compliance - Insurance Coverage (Or Not)

After looking at numerous investment opportunities, you bite the bullet, assemble a syndicate of lenders and close on a leveraged buyout transaction resulting in control of the operating company target through the use of a holding company.

United States Commercial

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Dentons

Treatment Of Leases Under Sections 363(F) And 365(H) Of The Bankruptcy Code

Ten years ago, in 2003, the Seventh Circuit issued its Qualitech decision, which sought to reconcile a perceived conflict between section 365(h) and section 363(f).

United States Insolvency

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WilmerHale

Of Auction Sales And Fees: Going, Going, Going … Not Gone

United States Insolvency

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Pepper Hamilton LLP

Legislature And Court Clarify Illinois Mortgage Law

A discussion on the legislative and judicial clarification of mortgage law in Illinois.

United States Real Estate

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Title Insurance Protects Against Defects

A discussion on the importance of obtaining title insurance when buying a property.

United States Insurance

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McLane Middleton, Professional Association

Proceed With Caution When Considering The Acquisition Of A Busted Deal

A discussion on the importance of due diligence when evaluating the acquisition of a busted deal.

United States Real Estate

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Psychological Defects On Residential Real Property Left To Caveat Emptor

This article discusses obligations of a seller of residential real property to disclose to a buyer psychological and reputational defects such as a prior crime that occurred on the property.

United States Real Estate

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Real Estate Sellers Not Required To Disclose Murders, Suicides And Other ‘Psychological Damage’ To Property

United States Real Estate

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Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin

AB 886-New Form Of California, Acknowledgement And Jurat - When Simple Things Change, It Affects Everything

United States Real Estate

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Cooley LLP

Failure To Describe Easements Does Not Create Executory Contract

United States Real Estate

RS

Reed Smith

Trustee Could Not Challenge Sale Proceeds Disbursement Nearly One Year After Preconversion Sale

United States Insolvency

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Reed Smith

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