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Investing in a luxury home can be a great opportunity. However, you might run into certain problems that could risk the value of the home. Being familiar with the issues below allows you to address them in the future. Unstable ground and structure Fresh paint and new...
By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. When a person is served with a complaint (i.e. a lawsuit) in California, this is a serious matter. Regardless of how inappropriate the defendant may believe that the merits of the lawsuit may be, it is vital that the new defendant...
By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. and Riley Anderson, JD. For a long time, courtesy and etiquette among counsel has required a plaintiff to extend ordinary professional courtesy to a newly-sued defendant before entering default. Most attorneys will make...
This Blog article is an opinion piece rather than a discussion of substantive law as is the case with almost all of our Firm's Blog articles. In this brief article we will discuss a somewhat troubling trend in California jurisprudence: the Closing Brief that judges...
By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. One of the subjects that often comes up in attorney-client discussions is the question as to how the client will pay his or her attorney's fees. In this brief Blog article we will discuss the considerations between the two most common...
There is a serious gap in the law concerning the inheritance of bank accounts. The problem turns on the lack of clarity as to the intent of the bank account creator as to how a bank account is to pass to his or her beneficiaries upon the creator's death. Buffington...
By: Roger J. Buffington In last week's Blog article, we discussed our take with respect to California law as it handles expungement of a lis pendens, and why the current trend in the law is troublesome. Essentially, we observed that key holdings by California Courts...
By: Roger J. Buffington One of the fascinations of Trust law is that unlike some areas of law, which have been around for a very long time and for which the caselaw is largely settled, in trust litigation the law is in a state of flux and continues to rapidly...
By: Roger J. Buffington Investment fraud is a serious problem in California in common with many other states. It is a fact of life that for various reasons Southern California in particular has long been a hotbed of investment fraud. Buffington Law Firm's business...
By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. Trust litigation often begins with a beneficiary or heir's receipt of a "120 Day Letter" from a successor-trustee of a living trust. On this Blog we have written frequently about such letters because they are of critical importance to...