Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP is recognized as one of the premier commercial real estate, business and finance law firms in the United States, providing legal services in connection with complex projects including high-rise office buildings, industrial parks, shopping centers, planned communities, mixed-use developments, hotels and resorts. In addition to its real estate practice, the firm has a pre-eminent business practice centered on business litigation, corporate, tax, environmental, bankruptcy and creditors' rights and labor departments.

Allen Matkins has offices in downtown Los Angeles, Century City, Orange County, San Diego and San Francisco and enjoys a prestigious regional, national and international clientele. The firm is committed to the highest standards of professional excellence in the delivery of legal services.

General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Real Property and Construction Law. Land Use and Environmental Law, including Administrative and Regulatory Practice. Corporations, Securities, Partnerships and Public Bond Financings. Federal, State and Local Taxation. Labor and Employment Law (Management) and Wrongful Termination. Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights, Receiverships and Restructuring. Estate Planning and Trusts.

Ninth Circuit Finds That Local Rent Control Constitutes a Regulatory Taking
Michael Patrick Durkee, Thomas P. Tunny, David H. Blackwell, October 16, 2009
The vexing issue of "regulatory takings" has bubbled up again in a provocative ruling by the Ninth Circuit. In Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, 2009 DJDAR 14205 (September 28, 2009), the Ninth Circuit reversed the District Court and struck down the City of Goleta's Rent Control Ordinance...

State Law Does Not Preempt Local Regulation of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
David H. Blackwell, Michael Patrick Durkee, Thomas P. Tunny, October 16, 2009
Local regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries has become an area of increased public concern. On September 22, 2009, the Second Appellate District published City of Claremont v. Kruse (B210084), where it affirmed the trial court's issuance of a permanent injunction preventing defendants...

Bad Times, Worse Times: Extending the Life of Your Tentative Map during Market Downturns
Michael Patrick Durkee, Thomas P. Tunny, July 17, 2009
What to do? You hold an already-approved Tentative Map or a Vesting Tentative Map (the following discussion covers both types of Maps). You must satisfy extensive and expensive conditions of approval (attached to the Tentative Map) in order to secure and record the Final Map creating the lots, but...

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