California Supreme Court: Parties to a Real Estate Transaction Can Create Implied Exclusive Easements
This post was authored by Daniel Zarchy, a “Rising Star” for five of the past six years who is a litigation attorney at Patton Sullivan Brodehl…
Remedies for Trespass by Encroachment
This post was authored by Zachary B. Young, a “Rising Star” for four years running who was recently elevated to Partner at Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP.…
Adverse Possession and Prescriptive Easements Are Not The Same
In our prior post — Equitable Easements and “Innocence” — we covered a portion of the California Fifth District Court of Appeal’s opinion in Hansen v.…
Equitable Easements and “Innocence”
Aside from an express grant, there are a few other ways of obtaining easement rights over property owned by another. One such creature is an “equitable…
Beware CC&Rs — They Can Bite
In teaching Real Estate Transactions and Litigation to advanced Law and Business students at U.C. Berkeley’s School of Law, I find that one of the most…