Unions engaging in the federally protected right to picket can cause difficulties for commercial real estate property owners, driving away potential customers and impacting sales. The Ninth Circuit has just handed owners a powerful tool to create and maintain...
As previously noted on this blog, a clash between private property owners and coastal access advocates has been raging in the court system. By signing SB 968 on September 30, 2014, the State of California is now meddling with the previously private dispute. SB 968...
Mobilehome parks often have pet restrictions and pet conduct policies embedded within their rules and regulations; however, the park owners and managers must understand what restrictions are enforceable under the current laws. As a practical matter, mobilehome park...
The process of converting a mobilehome park to resident ownership is a lengthy and complex process. The process is made even more complicated and fraught with fear due to extensive misinformation about the process and protections ultimately afforded to residents...
If you would like to rent out your condominium unit on short-term vacation rental websites like Airbnb or Craigslist - be careful! Property owners often do not consider the rules and regulations of their Homeowners Association ("HOA") before doing so. As one San Diego...
A "professional corporation" is a corporate form that may render its professional services through licensed individuals in a particular profession. See Corp. Code § 13405(a). In California, professional corporations may only be formed to render services in the...
Commercial retail tenants generally look forward to the holiday season. While there are a number of operational and retail issues that need to be addressed, commercial tenants also need to understand their rights and obligations under their commercial real estate...
It may seem like such a simple question, but commercial tenants and landlords often do not know the specific date that a lease will commence. Many commercial real estate leases, whether for an office, retail or industrial space, have several conditions that must be...
In the third and final installment of our three-part blog series on choice of business entity, we will examine how the different legal requirements of the business entity may affect your operations going forward. Like other business lawyers, we are always focused on...
Today, in part two of our three-part blog series, we are going to look at how certain financial and operational risks associated with the nature of your business should be taken into account prior to selecting an entity type. Like most decisions made by entrepreneurs,...