China’s real estate slowdown cools the economy
Just a few weeks ago, sales of three real estate projects in Jinan, eastern China, skyrocketed. But in September, one of the busiest months to buy a new home traditionally, I felt sick. Project sales have stabilized or declined as…
SEIU Local 1000 sent misleading texts about CalPERS election
Many SEIU Local 1000 members recently received misleading texts from their union regarding the CalPERS board election. The texts, presented as survey questions, included an inaccuracy related to a board vote and presented…
How to buy and sell a house at the same time
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This Week in the Ninth: PowerPoints and Payday Loans | Morrison & Foerster LLP – Left…
This week, the court is relaunching an ERISA claim and forcing arbitration of a dispute over Internet tribal payday loans.
WARMENHOVEN v. NETAPP, INC.The Court held that the PowerPoint presentations did not constitute plan documents and…
Tom Girardi’s fall gives ethics lessons to lawyers
The Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020 closed courts across the country, meaning there has been no new verdict and no urgency for defendants to pay settlements. For the plaintiff's former lawyer Tom Girardi, who is now struck off the federal…
Fourth Live Update from Stimulus Control: Child Tax Credit Extension to 2025, New Payment in…
Automatic stimulus checks
The third and most recent stimulus check has been released six months ago now, and despite the pressure from several sectors for a fourth control, there seems to be little appetite right now in Washington for a…
People in these states have the hardest time paying their rent
Housing prices are on the rise across the country, from buying prices for homes to rental prices for apartments. Unfortunately, with inflation also at a level not seen in 13 years and the minimum wage stagnating, housing affordability is…
Recent inflation can be blamed on government spending
Brenda P. WenningFor door-to-door salespeople, life has never been better. But for buyers, panic could set in, as house prices jumped at an annual rate of 23.4% in June, according to the National Association of Realtors.With the demand for…
Updated Fortuna floodplain maps could reduce local flood insurance – Times-Standard
Floodplain maps along Rohner and Hillside creeks in Fortuna have been revised and many homeowners will now have lower flood insurance premiums or may not be required to have flood insurance at all.
The Rohner and Hillside Creek multi-phase…
How fire insurance works and what the future looks like after Caldor
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif .-- The insurance landscape in California continues to evolve as devastating wildfires like Caldor and Tamarack become the rule rather than the exception.
The new prevalence of large fires only…