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The Second District Court of Appeal’s decision in Canyon Vineyard Estates I, LLC v. DeJoria1 (see summary at page 544, below) sidesteps several potentially troublesome conveyancing issues by focusing on the statutory authorization for “conservation easements” and giving only limited attention to more prosaic principles of traditional California real property law. 

Each year, it is a real challenge to select the top ten real estate cases for our annual overview.

Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate law firm for more than 50 years, announced today that for the 11th consecutive year it has been named by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®  a Tier 1 law firm in the Oakland metropolitan area for three practice areas -- commercial litigation, land use and zoning law, and real estate law.

As always, it can be challenging to select the top ten real estate cases for our annual overview.

Miller Starr Regalia attorneys Bryan W. Wenter, AICP and Travis Brooks to present “State of the Art in Housing and Land Use Law in California” from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Friday, November 20, 2020 at the Contra Costa County Bar Association's 26th Annual MCLE Spectacular, which is being held (virtually) November 18-20, 2020. 

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.