Valid Liquidated Damages Or Unenforceable Penalties? A Discussion Of Recent California Appellate Court Decisions
Contracting parties build liquidated damages provisions into their agreements in a variety of contexts.
Contracting parties build liquidated damages provisions into their agreements in a variety of contexts.
Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate law firm for more than 50 years, announced today that Briana J. Bramer has joined the firm’s Walnut Creek office as a Senior Counsel in the Litigation Department.
On Friday, November 18, a three-judge panel of the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District, District Two unanimously affirmed a judgment of the Merced County Superior Court that denied Appellants’ petition for a writ of mandate, which would have required Merced Irrigation District (District) to sell them water. The published opinion was authored by Presiding Judge Elwood Lui, with Justices Victoria M. Chavez and Brian M. Hoffstadt concurring.Miller Star Regalia’s Walnut Creek partner Matthew Henderson represented the Merced County Irrigation District in the dispute.
Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate law firm for more than 50 years, announced today that Kenneth Stahl is joining the firm's Newport Beach office as of counsel in the Land Use Department.
Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate law firm for more than 50 years, announced today that James L. Swearingen is joining the firm's Walnut Creek headquarters as a litigation associate.
Two recent decisions of the California Supreme Court illustrate both the virtues and the limitations of incremental appellate jurisprudence in a fertile subject of litigation.