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Illegal Acts by Employees May Stain Your Business as Well

by FOCUS LAW | 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...

Improvements by Your Neighbor on Your Property May Result in Your Loss of Control

by FOCUS LAW | 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...

Court Prevents Commercial Landlord From Double Dipping in Rent Lawsuits

by FOCUS LAW | 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...

How Does PPA’s Alleged Ponzi Scheme Compare to Others?

by FOCUS LAW | 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...

Broad Attorney’s Fees Language in Form Lease Results in Appeals Ruling for Tenant

by FOCUS LAW | Jul 22, 2015 | Real Estate Law, Uncategorized

Tony Liu, a business litigation and trial attorney here in Orange County, specializes in representing Chinese and Taiwanese businesses here in U.S.PHOTO BY: ANIBAL ORTIZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER A contract clause allowing the winning party litigating a lease issue to...

Proposed $500 Million Mixed Use Development Hinges on Parking Spaces

by FOCUS LAW | 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,...

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