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Jennifer Bojorquez, Krystle Gomez, Matthew C. So; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2013, previously published on May 22, 2013 In January 2014, the existing limited liability company act in California (the Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act) will be repealed and superseded by the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, popularly known as RULLCA. RULLCA was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown...
| | What Factors Establish the Lien Priority of a Refinanced Loan?
Valerie L. Marciano; Jaburg & Wilk, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2013, previously published on Summer 2013 The legal doctrine of “equitable subrogation” has recently become familiar to lenders who refinanced or will be refinancing existing loans secured by real property.
| | CFPB Targets Service Provider in Real Estate Kickback Enforcement Action
Jonathan L. Pompan; Venable LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2013, previously published on May 20, 2013 The CFPB continues to use its enforcement power on service providers, including companies involved in advertising and marketing and lead generation
| | Ripeness Spoils Church's Efforts
James W. Cushing; Law Office of Faye Riva Cohen, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2013, previously published by Upon Further Review on Spring 2013 In the matter of Shenkel United Church of Christ v. North Coventry Township, 2009 WL 3806769, Shenkel United Church of Christ (“the Church”), has recently found its efforts to fight homelessness spoiled by the doctrine of ripeness.
In order to fulfill its Biblical mandate to care for...
| | Ohio Supreme Court Says Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act Does Not Apply to Servicing of Residential Mortgage Loans
Matthew G. Burg; Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.;
Legal Alert/Article May 21, 2013, previously published on May 15, 2013 Does the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act ("OCSPA") (codified in Chapter 1345 of the Revised Code) apply to servicers of residential mortgage loans? That was the question an Ohio federal district court asked the Ohio Supreme Court to determine. The answer - it does not. See Anderson...
| | Keys to a Financeable Ground Lease
Lamont R. Richardson; Parr Brown Gee & Loveless A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article May 21, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 I often receive questions about what constitutes a financeable ground lease. The answer is relatively simple - any ground lease that you can get financing on. Although this response is a little “tongue-in-check,” it’s not far from the truth. Different lenders focus on different...
|  | What Does “House” Mean in Government Leases? It All Depends on the Context, Says the Court of Final Appeal in Fully Profit.
Fun Kuen Au, Pheona S. Y. Chow; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article May 21, 2013, previously published on May 20, 2013 The Court of Final Appeal (“CFA”) handed down its long-awaited decision in Fully Profit (Asia) Limited vs. The Secretary for Justice for and on behalf of the Director of Lands (FACV 17/2012) on 13 May 2013. The appellant Fully Profit owns a site at Nam Kok Road, Kowloon City, comprising...
| | Magistrates to Handle Florida Residential Foreclosure Actions - Florida Supreme Court Amends Rule 1.490 and Significantly Changes Landscape of Residential Foreclosure Litigation
Scott St. Amand, Douglas L. Waldorf; Rogers Towers, P.A.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 It is no secret that Florida consistently ranks among the worst states in the union in regards to the mire of the residential mortgage foreclosure case backlog. From 2007 to 2013, approximately 1.5 million foreclosure cases have been filed in Florida alone. As of February 2013, nearly 360,000 cases...
| | California's New Subcontractor Defense Regime for Non-Residential Projects: Creating Order or Chaos?
Lauren M. Charneski, Daven G. Lowhurst; Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 2013 As explained in a recent Commentary (available at http://www.jonesday.com/navigating-treacherous-waters), California's recently enacted and amended anti-indemnity statutes have expanded the bar against one construction participant forcing another to indemnify the first participant for its own...
| | The Rule Against Perpetuities Lives On
Adam L. Browser, Douglas J. Good; Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013 The bane of law students, the centuries-old Rule Against Perpetuities is, surprisingly, alive and well in the 21st century. Despite the perception that the rule is merely an academic oddity, in New York it has continued applicability to modern real estate transactions. In fact, in the last year...
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