Last year, California became the first state to pass laws requiring companies to make disclosures about their greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions as well as the risks that climate change poses for their businesses and their plans for addressing those risks.
Real Estate & Construction
Is a Majority Vote Needed to File a Partition Action?
No. A common misconception is that a majority of the ownership interests are needed for a court to compel the sale of a jointly-owned property in a partition. This belief is entirely incorrect. Any owner, regardless of their ownership percentage,…
New Jersey Tax Foreclosure Updates (as of March 2024)
Each year, more than 1,000 properties in New Jersey proceed through tax sale foreclosure. Many property owners lose significant surplus equity because the New Jersey Tax Sale Law provides no method to preserve their surplus equity. Once a Final Judgment…
A Win for Consistency Evaluations Under CEQA Guidelines 15183: Court Rules that Public Controversy is not a Basis for Additional Environmental Review
In its recent decision in Hilltop Group Inc. v. County of San Diego, California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal issued a number of holdings that resulted in a strong ruling in support of streamlined environmental review for projects that…
PFAS in Food Packaging: The Beginning of the End?
Has the final bell rung for PFAS in food packaging? On February 28, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that all grease-proofing agents containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)[1] “are no longer being sold for use in…
Master Leasing: A New Approach to LA's Homelessness Crisis
Melanie Chaewsky, Samara Harris
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!! Abbott & Kindermann’s 23rd Annual Land Use, Real Estate, and Environmental Law Update
Reserve your seat for our annual conference taking place in March of 2024 for our In-Person and Virtual Conferences.
On March 14, 2024, Abbott & Kindermann, Inc. will present its 23rd annual In-Person Conference. March 28th or 29th, 2024 Abbott…
VA GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS REGULATION OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS
VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY WRESTLES WITH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (ADU) AND SHORT-TERM RENTAL (STR) REGULATION; A COURT RESOLVES A CASE ABOUT A COUNTY ORDINANCE- Senate Bill 304 seeks to preempt local authority on both ADUs and STRs and is vague and…
ANNUAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS DAY EVENT IS SATURDAY, MARCH 16th
CA DAY IS NEXT SATURDAY! On this Saturday, March 16th, our CA TEAM will be at the Virginia Beach Convention Center to participate in the annual CA DAY event. As usual we will have a booth and look forward to…
Discovery (Disclosure) in US Construction Arbitration
Accreditation: An extract from Thomas Reuters Practical Law. The full document is available at https://content.next.westlaw.com/practical-law/document/Ia6598a02a95a11ee8921fbef1a541940/Discovery-Disclosure-in-US-Construction-Arbitration.
Troutman Pepper attorneys Albert Bates, Zach Torres-Fowler, and Jamey Collidge published a Practice Note explaining key issues in the discovery (disclosure) process of a…