Real Property
The term “real estate” generally refers to ownership or use of land. The Real Property section of FindLaw’s Corporate Counsel Center provides information on matters such as asset protection during a lawsuit, security interests in investment properties, and information on the historical tension between two competing forces: the need for new housing as the population grows, and the scarcity of adequate water supplies in many of the places where new communities are emerging. Understanding general real estate issues facing your business is of great importance for corporate counsel, regardless of the company’s specific industry. Read more about these and other subjects under Business Operations.
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Real Property Articles
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What You Need To Know About Financing With Synthetic Leases
Synthetic leases have become one of the hottest financing techniques for credit tenants. This type of "off-balance sheet" financing has been used to finance corporate acquisitions and expansion. Synthetic leases can be used for a variety of assets ...
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What You Need To Know about Premises Liability
The owner of property owes a duty of reasonable care to prevent injury to a person whose presence is known to the landowner and the injury is caused by the active conduct or the landowner. This duty is changed when the injury was caused by a defect ...
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When You’ve Had Your Fill: A Review of the One-Fill Rule
Reproduced with permission of the Colorado Bar Association from The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 27, No. 10, p. 95. 8 Colorado Bar Association (1998). All rights reserved. The "one-fill rule" for water storage rights has evolved, but may still have ...
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Wisconsin Lemon Law
The Wisconsin Lemon Law is a statutory form of recovery which became effective on November 3, 1983. It can apply to new vehicles, used vehicles purchased within the written warranty period and leased vehicles. A vehicle is a "lemon" if it has a ...
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Your Guide to the Small Claims Process
Many of the Kohn Law Firm's clients ask that we "enter a judgment" against their debtor, without being fully aware of how the process works. Some learn by necessity, when a disputed matter requires their presence in court. We thought it might be ...
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Yuma Reversed: Commissioner May Pursue Current Owner for Remediation Costs
In Yuma Petroleum Company v. Thompson, 731 So.2d 190 (La. 1999), the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed the First Circuit Court of Appeal, holding that the Commissioner of Conservation of the state of Louisiana (the Commissioner) could order the ...
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