Legal Updates & Publications

The impact of development on water resources and wetlands has been a dynamic subject for decades…particularly in California, where wetlands mitigation and land development have been especially controversial. Professionals involved in wetlands projects can attest to the complexity – and costliness – of these issues..

Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin is pleased to announce that an article authored by three of the Firm’s attorneys has been published in two publications of the American Bar Association: The Urban Lawyer, a legal journal of contemporary on state and local matters, and At The Cutting.

The California Court of Appeal recently decided a case having important implications on real estate transactions, especially in light of the economic downturn. The case, Holmes v. Summer[1], dealt with whether real estate brokers owe a duty to buyers to disclose, prior to entering escrow,.

In 2003, the building owner applied for insurance from Crusader. The applications specifically asked whether the building had been inspected by any governmental department, and the building owner answered that the building had been inspected several years past but did not mention the most recent.

The California Court of Appeal has held that the Mitigation Fee Act does not require a city to specifically identify proposed facilities prior to adopting an impact fee and that cities may consider operational expenses when assessing fees. The case, Homebuilders Association of Tulare/Kings Counties,.