by divi | Oct 14, 2015 | Business Litigation, Employment Law, Real Estate Law
Confronted with evidence of fraud by one of its employees, a small New York City bank did the right thing. They reported it to state banking regulators and provided prosecutors with more than 900,000 documents. Bank management later learned they were the ones being...
by divi | Sep 2, 2015 | Real Estate Law
An easement is a legal right by one party to enter and access another person’s property for a specific purpose. Because of such an easement, depending on the circumstances, you may be able to use property not belonging to you, or someone else may come upon your...
by divi | Aug 12, 2015 | Real Estate Law
If you are a co-tenant in a commercial lease and the rent isn’t paid, can the landlord seek complete recovery from each of the co-tenants? The answer is no in one 2014 case, which found that once the landlord got a judgement for all the damages from one co-tenant, no...
by divi | Aug 4, 2015 | Partnership Law, Real Estate Law
Ponzi schemes are fraudulent investment arrangements where instead of money being invested legitimately, it’s used to pay those engaged in the fraud as well as earlier investors. As long as the money continues to flow in, the scheme stays afloat. When the incoming...
by divi | Jul 22, 2015 | Real Estate Law, Uncategorized
A contract clause allowing the winning party litigating a lease issue to be awarded attorney’s fees is not uncommon. If there is a lawsuit concerning a lease it will probably be the landlord suing to collect rent, which, if properly documented, the landlord should...
by divi | Jul 15, 2015 | Real Estate Law
Cars are the life blood of Southern California. If no space can be found to park them, a proposed half billion dollar real estate development in Anaheim may never get beyond the planning stage. A massive development proposal that promises a complex of condos, hotel,...
