Real Estate Law News and Insights

(November 5, 2021) - Stratton Horres, Karen Bashor and Taylor Buono of Wilson Elser LLP present lessons learned from recent tragedies caused by the failure to maintain and update infrastructure. Our nation is in crisis. We refer to an infrastructure crisis with bridges, tunnels, railroads, overpasses, sewers, water supply, electrical...

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On September 16, 2021, Governor Newsom signed a trio of housing bills aimed at streamlining the development of housing throughout the state. SB 8 (Skinner) is an extension of the Housing Crisis Act of 2019. SB 9 (Atkins) is a comprehensive reworking of density on existing residential parcels. SB 10...

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Under normal circumstances, third-party, professional managers hired by owners to manage their construction projects feel that they are fairly well insulated from claims by the general contractor. The contractor doesn't have a contract with the manager to base a claim on. And, as a general rule, claims for a contractor's...

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