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Spring 2008

• Out of Mind But No Longer Out Of Sight: Bankruptcy Issues Real Estate Professionals Will Soon Face
• Tips for Success: How to Excel as a Real Estate Attorney
• In a World Awash in Capital, Where is the Smart Money in Real Estate Headed?
• Art of Being - Using Outside Counsel
• Anatomy of a Successful Brownfield Redevelopment Project: How Did They Do It?

Summer 2006

• The Year 2005 in Review: Annual Construction Law Update, Part One
• Current Problems with and Issues Arising under California Lis Pendens Law
• Strategies in Negotiating Lease Expansion Rights for Landlords and Tenants
• A Review of Recent Supreme Court Cases that Concern Real Estate Law
• Eminent Domain as a Redevelopment Tool in California After Kelo v. City of New London
• Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Contractors
• Locating and Using “Smoking Guns” in Construction Litigation: The Importance of Thorough Document Review
• Contracting Around the “Discovery Rule” In Contracts for Geological and Environmental Services

Summer 2005

• Current Issues in Surety Law — An Overview
• Elements of a Real Estate Loan – A Primer
• Upcoming Events for 2005
• MCLE Program: All About MERS
• Top 10 Lease Issues
• A Mechanic’s Lien Primer
• Community Outreach Program
• Regulating and Subsidizing Superstores: The Big-Box Paradox
• Benjamin S. Crocker Symposium on Real Estate Law and Business.
• Perspectives on Negotiation, Allocation and Assumption of Risk in Real Estate Deals Today
• Recent Tax Developments Affecting Real Estate
• Dispatches from the Retail Wars: A Conversation with Rick Caruso
• Mezzanine and Securitized Financing: What Every Borrower Needs to Know
• Resolving the Battles Between Landlords and Tenants Without Starting a War

Spring 2005

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Civil Procedure
• Construction Defects and Claims
• Permits and Zoning
• Insurance
• Suretyship
• Labor and Employment
• Licensing
• Liens, Waivers and Lis Pendens
• Public Works of Improvement
• Safety and Personal Injury
• Sneak Peek at 2005

Spring 2005, Part 2

• Disputed Boundaries
• Condominium Conversions: Five Steps Towards Regulatory Compliance
• Infill

Winter 2005

• Message From The Editor
• Mezzanine Financing: He Who Holds the Cash is King
• Highlights of the Contractor’s State License Law (Including Summary of the California Performance Review)
• Los Angeles Faces Challenge of Infill Housing
• Of Course We’ll Make the Loan. After All What is so Unique about Financing a Ground Lease?
• Escalation Claims and Clauses
• Become a Real Property Section Reporter!
• Save the Date: Seventh Annual Installation and Awards Dinner
• Real Property Section Upcoming Events for 2005
• Real Property Section Self-Study Tapes

Fall 2004

• Message from the Chair: “VOTER” — The Five Basic Principles of Leadership
• Pick Your Trap: Practical Tips for Dealing with Boundary Disputes
• The Practical Lawyer: Insurance Deductibles as Operating Expenses
• Condemnation Clauses — Practice Tips
• Become a Real Property Section Reporter!

Summer 2004

• Letter to LACBA Members
• Benjamin S. Crocker Symposium Embarks on New Era
• 2004 Benjamin S. Crocker Symposium Sponsors
• Are There Limits to A Partner’s Duty of Loyalty?
• How to Kill a Development Project in 10 Easy Steps
• Real Property Section Member Entitlements

Spring 2004

• Public Works Prevailing Wage Requirements on Private Developments
• The Practical Lawyer: Sophisticated Use of Estoppels
• Real Property Section Membership Information
• The Year 2003 In Review: Construction Law Update
• Benjamin S. Crocker Symposium
• Sixth Annual Installation and Awards Dinner

Summer 2003

• Should Developers Opt Out of the SB 800 Pre-litigation Procedures?
• Construction Management: An Overview
• Restrictions on Predatory Lending Practices Applicable to California Mortgage Loans
• Photo Gallery from the 2003 Installation Dinner

Spring 2003

• Remedies for Deadlock in Business Entities
• California Supreme Court Rules on Antiquated Subdivisions
• Negotiating CAM Caps: Balancing the Interests of Landlords and Tenants
• Title Insurance Law Update

Fall 2002

• California Supreme Court Holds That Theory of Abandonment of Contract Does Not Apply to Public Works Contracts
• California Legislature Restricts Development of “Antiquated Subdivisions
• Construction Law Update
• Title Insurance Law Update
• Fourth Annual Installation and Awards Dinner

January/February 2002

• Design-Build, GMAX, Lump Sum or CM? — Determining the Most Effective Contract Method in Today’s Environment
• Civil Code §3110.5: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?
• Weinberg v. Whatcom County>
• Recent Case Law & Statutes

November/December 2001

• Correcting an Arbitration Award
  Be Wary of What You Sign — Contracts of Adhesion May Be Enforceable

September/October 2001

• Silent Escrow Agents: How California Addresses Escrow Liability in Real Estate Transactions
• Supreme Court Visits First Year Law School Question: What is Proximate Cause?
• Vallely Investments v. Bancamerica Commercial Corp.
  Calendar of Events

May/June 2001

• Cardinal Change/Abandonment: An Analysis of Federal and California Decisions
• Statutory Release Forms: Is the Construction Industry Living in a Fool’s Paradise?
• The United States Supreme Court Brings Affirmative Action Back to the Front Page
• CLE Audio/Video Tapes

March/April 2001

• Homebuilder Victory in the California Supreme Court
• 2001 Real Property Section Installation Dinner
• Energy Crisis Affects Shopping Center Owners
• Preparing for Revised UCC Article 9
• Calendar of Events
• Carson Harbor Update

November/December 2000

• Document Severing Joint Tenancy Must Record Before Death of Servering Joint Tenant
• Prior Property Owner Liability for Passive Waste Migration: Recent Ninth Circuit Ruling>
• Ninth Circuit Also Rules that Voluntary Remedial Action May Be “Necessary” Under CERCLA Homeowner’s Policy
• Meet The Homeowner’s Policy
• Calendar of Events

September/October 2000

• Common Title Insurance Pitfalls To Avoid for the General Practitioner>
• Recollection and Recognition in the Rotunda
• Calendar of Events

January/February 2000

• California Court Re-Emphasizes Important Construction Law Principles
• Supreme Court Denies Emotional Distress Damages in Construction Defect Cases
• Calendar of Events
• Welcome to Y2K

January/February 1999

• The Year 2000 Bug and Commercial Leases
• Summary of 1998 Legislation Affecting The Real Estate and Construction Industries Calendar

September/October 1999

• Relief For Undersecured Lenders
• Tech Notes: Real Estate Industry News – Locating it on the Internet
• Expedited ADR Provisions: When Time Really Is Of The Essence
• Save The Date
• Calendar
• Done Any Deals Lately?
• To Certify or Not to Certify?

November/December 1998

• News From the Section Chair
• Real Estate Cases
• Successor Lessees Who Do Not Execute Assumption Agreements May Not Be Bound by All Lease Covenants
• Federal Trademark and Local Zoning Laws Collide
• Internet and Real Estate Lawyers
• Community Outreach Opportunities
• In Memoriam – Robert B. Flaig
• Calendar
• CLE Tapes

September/October 1998

• Tips for Buying Property Out of Bankruptcy
• Before You Sign That Letter of Intent
• Letter From the Chair
• Calendar

January/February 1998

• Tech Notes: Legislation Monitoring
• Los Angeles Area Housing Market on the Road Back
• Universal Real Estate Document Drafting Checklist
• Calendar