Real Estate & Property Law

California AG demands JPMorgan Chase halt foreclosures
``California law prohibits lenders from recording a notice of default on a mortgage made between Jan. 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2007 without first proving it has tried to contact the borrower for a possible loan modification...

California hotel foreclosures rise as unemployment has curbed travel
April 1 (Bloomberg) — Hotel foreclosures in California climbed 27 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier as unemployment cut business travel. Foreclosures, including the 469-room Los Angeles Marriott Downtown, rose to 79 properties from 62 in the first three months of 2009...

Over 10,0000 California Foreclosures Cancelled
Under intense pressure to help more people stay in their homes, mortgage lenders canceled far more scheduled foreclosures in November than in the previous month, according to a report Tuesday...

California orders Ally Financial to stop foreclosures in state
California attorney general Edmund G. Brown Jr. demanded that Ally Financial stop foreclosures in the state if it could not “immediately prove” its compliance with the law...

Brian Chase Continues to Be a "Super Lawyer"
Brian Chase of the BISNAR | CHASE Southern California personal injury law firm has been named a Super Lawyer and Top 50 Orange County Attorney by Orange Coast Magazine.

Cancelled Foreclosures Out Pace Home Sales in California
The amount of California foreclosure cancellations increased 26.5% in December to 13,243, primarily due to loan modifications.  And for the first time this number overtook foreclosures reaching real-estate owned (REO) status, according to ForeclosureRadar, which tracks foreclosure activity in the state...

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Dumb California Laws
Stupid Laws in the Sunshine State

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Seattle Mortgage Co Faces California Class Action
Seattle Mortgage Co Faces California Class Action

California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products
California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products

California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action
California Talent Agency, Be Productions, Faces Federal Class Action

Disabled Win California Class Action

California Hospitals
Fined for Shoddy Care