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Business Services Legal Alerts
Hazardous Materials Fee Ruled Invalid, May 2006
Private Letter Ruling Adds Flexibility To Related Party Exchanges, May 2006
Northwest Energetic Services, LLC v. California Franchise Tax Board, April 2006
California SupremeCourt Rules Pre-dispute Jury Trial Waivers Invalid, September 2005
Lenders Take Note: How to Recoup Attorney Fees After a Nonjudicial Foreclosure, June 2005
Secured Lenders: Protect Your Security Interests in Cash Settlements, May 2005
Tax Advisor Alert: State's New Tax Amnesty Bill Offers Potential Benefits and Risks for Your Clients, Fall 2004
2003 Tax Act Offers Many Tax Planning Opportunities, Summer 2003
Practice
Tip: New Sale of Residence Regulations Provide Huge
Benefit for Taxpayers with Home Office Deductions, March 2003
New "Required
Distribution" Rules for Retirement Plans are
Good News for Employers as Well as Plan Participants, March 2001
IRS
Approves Reverse Like-Kind Exchange Procedures, October 2000
The
Importance of Describing Collateral Sufficiently and
the Perfection of Security Interests in Securities, 2000, No. 1
Leaseholder
Lenders Beware, 2000, No. 2
Notes
Secured by Multiple Junior Trust Deeds and the Sold-Out
Junior Lienholder, 2000,
No. 3
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Construction Legal Alerts
Caution Regarding Additional Insured Endorsements: You May Be Receiving Less Protection than in the Past, June 2005
Recent
Cases Clarify Statutes Requiring Prompt Payment for
Construction Projects, December 2001, No. 1
The
Shoe is Now on the Other Foot: Private Owners Must
Provide Security for Contractors on Certain Projects, December 2001, No. 2
Preliminary
Lien Notice Must Provide Reasoned Estimate of the
Value of the Work, November 2001
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Employment Legal Alerts
A Year of Changes in Employment Law -- Summary of New Employment Legislation, January 2003
Say
Good-bye to Local Control of Public Employees, November 2000
Supreme
Court Empowers Employers to Arbitrate Claims, October 2000
Supreme
Court Decisions Allow Employers to Consider Corrective
Measures in Assessing Whether Employees are Disabled, January 2000
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Health Care Legal Alerts
If You Have Not Done So Recently, It May Be Time To Review Your On-Call Arrangements, June 2008
Guidance From The Inspector General On The Self-Disclosure Protocol, June 2008
DMHC Precludes Health Plans From Using Overly Restrictive, One-Sided Confidentiality Agreements, December 2007
SB 916: Extends Immunities Afforded to General Acute Care & Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, November 2007
SB 350: Clarifies AB 774 and Hospitals' Obligations to Provide Charity Care and Discounts, November 2007
Health Care Legislative Update, March 2007
Health Care Update, September 2006
Health Care Legislative Update, March 2006
Recent Cases Affect Hospital Medical Staff Hearings, September 2005
Piedra v. Dugan, 123 Cal.App.4th 1483 (Nov. 2004): Recent California Case Holds Physician Not Liable if Unaware of Conditions to Consent to Treatment, February 2005
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Public Law Legal Alerts
Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Open Space Assessment, August 2008
CALFED Bay-Delta Program EIR Adequate Despite
Exclusion of Reduced Export Alternative, July 2008
New Legislation Strengthens State Reclamation Board, June 2008
Court of Appeal Holds 10-Day Notice of Hearing on Zoning Amendment Cannot be Given Until Receipt of Planning Commission Recommendation, January 2008
California Enacts Major Flood Control Legislation Affecting Local Governments and Private Development in the Central Valley, October 2007
Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Verjil, August 2006
Round and Round We Go … ?, July 2006
Prevailing Wage Bulletin – Recent Department of Industral Relations Decisions Provide Guidance, May 2006
Court of Appeal Rules That Mobile Home Park Owner Must Demonstrate Denial of Fair Return Before Stating Viable "Takings" or Due Process Claim, April 2006
108 Holdings, Ltd. v. City of Rohnert Park: City Did Not Bargain Away Its Police Power When It Approved a Settlement
Agreement and Stipulated Judgment, February 2006
Overhaul of Community Services District Law Takes Effect January 1, 2006, November 2005
Local Government Sunshine Bill Requires Ethics Training, Other Measures, November 2005
More Cities and Counties Can Use Design-Build for Public Projects, October 2005
Worthington v. City Council of the City of Rohnert Park: City's Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Tribe Regarding Proposed Casino not a Legislative Act Subject to Referendum, July 2005
Kelo v. City of New London: US Supreme Court Decides Taking Property for Economic Development is "Public Use," July 2005
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Agins "Substantially Advances State Interest" Test for Regulatory Takings Analysis, May 2005
New Law Increases Density Bonuses for Affordable Housing, January 2005
EPA
Publishes "Enforcement Alert" for the Enron
Era, February 27,
2002
Just
Add Water: New Challenges for Growing Communities, February 2002
Public
Agency Liable for Failure to Confirm Payment Bond
Surety's Status, March 2001
New
Conflict of Interest Rules for Public Officials Try
to be More "User-friendly," February 2001
Ninth
Circuit Rules that Federal Law Preempts Local Government
Permit Requirements for Automobile Towing Companies, September 2000
"Delays
Inherent in the Regulatory Process are Not Takings," March 2000, No. 1
City
Found Not Liable in Landslide Case, March 2000, No. 2
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Real Estate Legal Alerts
Conservation Easement Tax Benefits Abound for
Owners of Large Acreage, July 2008
California Enacts Major Flood Control Legislation Affecting Local Governments and Private Development in the Central Valley, October 2007
EPA's New Rule on All Appropriate Inquiries Effective November 2006, September 2006
Allegation of Fraud Negated by Contract Language, and Party's Failure to Make Further Inquiries, January 2006
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