Meet and Confer Now Required Before Demurrer

Meet and Confer Now Required Before Demurrer

Effective January 1, 2016 before filing a demurrer in a civil action the parties are required to meet and confer.   The design of the statute is obviously to cut down on unnecessarily demurrers that clog our court system.  Many of these demurrers result in curable...
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California Subjacent Support

Everyone knows that real estate in California is quite valuable.  This is true for both the surface and the subsurface land.    Our Los Angeles based real estate attorneys also understand through years of litigating real estate disputes in California that interfering...
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Lead Attorney Zachary Schorr Settles Ownership Dispute

We are pleased to report that lead trial counsel attorney Zachary D. Schorr successfully resolved another ownership dispute this week.  For the third time recently, our litigation team at Schorr Law was able to resolve a co-ownership dispute where Schorr Law’s client...
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When Can a Business Partner Sue Their Business Partner

Ordinarily, partners cannot sue each other for damages based on partnership business, at least not until there has been an action for dissolution and accounting.  Malott v. Seymour (1950) 101.Cal.App.2d 245, 246.  The general rule is particularly applicable to claims...
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How to Authenticate Deposition Testimony

How Does an Attorney use Deposition Testimony? Taking depositions is fairly standard in any kind of civil litigation – it is a “go to” tool within any civil litigator’s discovery toolbox. But, other than for the purpose of learning what the deponent knows and/or what...