Property Owners, Appeals, Landlords

Client Alert: Supreme Court Won’t Be Taking on This Takings Case

Jenner & Block on 7/8/2025

On June 30, the Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari in GHP Management Corporation v. City of Los Angeles. The case arose out of a COVID-era eviction moratorium enacted by the City of Los Angeles which...more

Workers' Compensation Exclusivity Does Not Prevent Claims Against Employer's Officers as Landlords

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 6/2/2025

For employers, workers' compensation laws act as both a sword and a shield. While injured employees do not have to prove negligence resulting in the injury, they cannot sue the employer for personal injury outside of the...more

The Expansion of Dog Owner Liability in New York

Goldberg Segalla on 4/24/2025

In a landmark decision likely to have wide-ranging implications for premises liability claims and insurance defense litigation, the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, has upended decades of precedent in its...more

Court Clarifies HOA Responsibilities in Tenant vs. Tenant Conflicts

McGlinchey Stafford on 1/10/2025

Often, in litigation between an owner and their homeowners association (HOA), there is a question regarding the nature and the extent of the duty owed by the HOA to an owner (or even to a tenant of an owner). The answer to...more

Client Alert: Federal Circuit Issues Important Takings Decision on Eviction Moratorium

Jenner & Block on 8/19/2024

In a significant Takings Clause opinion, Darby Development Company, Inc. v. United States, the Federal Circuit sided with landlords who argued that the CDC’s eviction moratorium constituted a physical taking of their...more

Let’s Give ‘Em Sutton to Talk About: Tennessee Court Enforces Sutton Doctrine

White and Williams LLP on 6/22/2023

In Patton v Pearson, No. M2022-00708-COA-RC-CV, 2023 Tenn. App. LEXIS 231, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee (Court of Appeals) considered whether the lower court erred in dismissing an insurance carrier’s lawsuit against its...more

California Trusts Cannot Hold Title to Real Estate

Downey Brand LLP on 3/16/2021

A common misperception of trusts is that they are legal entities that, like corporations, can hold title to real estate and other property. A new California appellate decision, Boshernitsan v. Bach (2021) ___ Cal.App.5th ___,...more

California Court of Appeal Decision May Result in Big Tax Savings for Some Commercial Property Owners

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/17/2020

In a decision that could save some commercial property owners hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes, the Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District of California held in 731 Market Street Owner, LLC v. City and...more

When Do Defects Prevent Practical Completion?

White & Case LLP on 4/6/2019

Practical completion represents the physical completion of works on construction projects. Despite its importance, it is not a legal term of art, and whether or not practical completion has been achieved requires...more

Ninth Circuit Holds that Rent Control Board’s Denial of a Mobile Home Owner’s Request for Rent Increase Is Not an Unconstitutional...

Perkins Coie on 1/11/2019

The Ninth Circuit held that the City of Carson’s mobile home rent control board’s decision not to factor in debt service increases in its adjustment of a rental rate for a mobile home park did not result in a regulatory...more

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