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Document(s) published by this organization: 12
Show: results per page Sort by:  | Proposition 65: A Deceptively Simple Law With Costly Consequences
Cordon T. Baesel; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 14, 2011, previously published on December 1, 2011 The relentless pursuit by the California plaintiffs’ bar of Proposition 65 claims against companies doing business in the state has all the makings of a reality television show.
| | Court of Appeal Refused to Allow Developers to Enforce Dispute Resolution Provision in CC&Rs
Charles A. Bird, Marjorie J. Burchett, Kathleen F. Carpenter, Cathy L. Croshaw, Roger C. Haerr, Katie A. Jacobsen, Nancy T. Scull; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 18, 2011, previously published on November 17, 2011 A California Court of Appeal recently concluded that developers who had sold all of the units in a condominium development could not compel arbitration under the project’s declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions (“CC&Rs”). Promenade at Playa Vista Homeowners...
| | Going, Going, Gone . . . California Solar Incentives for Builders/Developers . . . Don't Delay . . .
Kathleen F. Carpenter, Rachelle A. Costa; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 16, 2011, previously published on November 10, 2011 Over the past few months the California Energy Commission has reported a substantial increase in the number of rebate reservation applications received for New Solar Homes Partnership (NSHP) funding. Due to this surge in program activity, the amount of monies requested will exceed current program...
| | Buyer Beware: Purchasing Assets From a Receiver
David M. Hymer; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 3, 2011, previously published on November 2, 2011 In prior economic downturns, lenders generally sold real estate assets as REO following a foreclosure sale. To avoid the expense, delay and potential liability of acquiring title through the foreclosure process, lenders are increasingly using direct sales by receivers to dispose of distressed...
| | Human Trafficking and Your Supply Chain: New Disclosure Requirements for Companies Doing Business in California
John T. Brooks, Jessica L. Mackaness; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 10, 2011, previously published on October 7, 2011 Is your company a retailer or manufacturer with over $100 million in worldwide sales? Do you do even a small part of your business in California? If so, get ready to tell the world what you are doing to combat human trafficking.
| | America Invents Act Brings Sweeping Change to the Patent Laws and Rules - Part 1: Patent Office Changes
James C. Danaher; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 26, 2011, previously published on September 23, 2011 On September 8, 2011, the U.S. Senate passed the America Invents Act (AIA), and President Obama signed the Act into law on September 16, 2011. This Act made significant changes to the patent law and rules. Below is a brief summary of some of the more significant prosecution-related provisions of...
| | What Do You Mean I Don't Own My Franchised Business?
Michael R. Kiesling, Antony D. Nash; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 21, 2011, previously published on September 15, 2011 California law provides that the owner of a business conducted on property taken by eminent domain is entitled to be compensated for loss of goodwill caused by the taking. But are franchisors business “owners” for purposes of recovery of goodwill compensation? As the California Court of...
| | IRS Guidance on Electing Out of the Estate Tax
Louis A. Mezzullo; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 16, 2011, previously published on September 12, 2011 The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the Tax Relief Act) reinstated the estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax for decedents dying in 2010, but provided that the executor of an estate of a decedent who died in 2010 could elect not to have...
| | Court Sustains Demurrer Finding Borrower Cannot Allege Lender Caused Damage Where All Home Values Declined
Jess R. Bressi, Deanna Mayer Spelber; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 16, 2011, previously published on September 13, 2011 We are several years past the burst of the housing bubble, and homeowner borrowers have launched assault after assault against lenders for their alleged participation in the housing bust and continuing decline in the housing market. While these legal battles rage on, the California Second District...
| | IRS Offers Filing and Penalty Relief for 2010 Estates; Basis Form Now Due Jan. 17; Extension to March Available for Estate Tax Returns
Louis A. Mezzullo; Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 16, 2011, previously published on September 14, 2011 WASHINGTON: The Internal Revenue Service announced today that large estates of people who died in 2010 will have until early next year to file various required returns and pay any estate taxes due. In addition, the IRS is providing penalty relief to certain beneficiaries of these estates on their...
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