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State Seeks to Curb Appeals of Residential Building Permits in San Francisco

Authors: Daniel Gershwin Matthew S. Stone The land use entitlement process in California is notoriously complicated, lengthy, and fraught with uncertainty. Less attention is paid to the process of receiving building pe ...

City of Lafayette, Represented by Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass, Prevails in Litigation Clarifying Relationship Between Housing Accountability Act and Permit Streamlining Act

Authors: Katharine Van Dusen Robert B. Hodil In a decision partially published on November 30, 2022, Save Lafayette v. City of Lafayette[1], the First Appellate District Court of Appeal upheld the City of Lafayette’s ...

Shock to the System – New Defibrillator Legislation and the Impact on Owners/Landlords

The Automated External Defibrillator (Public Access) Bill 2022 (AED Bill) has passed both houses of the South Australian Parliament and is presently awaiting royal assent. The AED Bill will in certain instances require o ...

Lease Incentives: When is a Claw Back Considered Unenforceable?

In the context of commercial leasing, consideration should be given to what would constitute a penalty versus a genuine pre-estimate of damage for the purposes of enabling a landlord to lawfully claw back a proportion of ...

Performance Bonds in Construction - The Ascertainment Conundrum

Bonds creating security for contractor performance are typically seen forming part of the contractual framework underpinning a construction project. A performance bond is one such type of bond, essentially amounting to ...

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