Lender Limits Liability for Breach of Loan Agreement
California Civil Code section 1668 states: “All contracts which have for their object, directly or indirectly, to exempt any one from responsibility for his own fraud,…
Limits on Limits: Commercial Lease Provision Limiting Landlord’s Liability Deemed Unenforceable
Generally, California law treats parties to a commercial lease as sufficiently sophisticated, equal bargainers, capable of negotiating an agreement governing their relationship, such that it should…
Local Government Agencies Can Be “Alter Egos” Too
The “alter ego” doctrine has been a frequent topic of posts on the Money and Dirt and LLC Jungle blogs. (See here, here, here, here, and…