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One of the tools available in the real estate litigation attorney’s toolbox is a lis pendens, also known as a notice of pending action. A lis pendens is a document recorded at the County Recorder’s ...

In a December 2018 post, Money and Dirt covered a California Supreme Court case — Dr. Leevil, LLC v. Westlake Health Care Center — in which the Court held: “an owner that acquires title to property ...

A notice of lis pendens is a legal document you might not be familiar with but may occasionally see referenced in a news report. “Lis pendens” is Latin for “pending lawsuit.” (The law still uses Latin ...

Whether you’re new to real estate or a battle-hardened professional, you likely know that there’s an opportunity to make money working with distressed properties. If you have the skills and/or nerve ...

Courts have long recognized the “doctrine of lis pendens,” which, simply put, means that a person who purchases real property that is the subject of pending litigation will be bound by the outcome of ...

Is there anyone this side of a Supreme Court Justice who hasn't signed off on a document without reading or understanding every single word and Latin phrase? When it comes to buying a house, it pays ...

If you practice real estate law in Pennsylvania, it is not too uncommon for you to receive a frantic call from a client indicating a deal to purchase real estate is falling apart through no fault of ...

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