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    Real Estate Law
    • Avoiding Foreclosure: This article addresses some of the options for home owners (borrowers) facing defaulting loans and/or foreclosure, including forbearance or modification of loan payments, workout assumptions, short sales, deeds in lieu of foreclosure.
    • Selling Your Property and Terminating a Tenancy without Violating the Law: A brief overview of different types of tenancies and other factors for property owners to consider when contemplating the sale of their home.
     
     
    Landlord - Tenant Law
    • Security Deposits-An Essential Part of Every Tenancy: A brief overview of some of the California laws governing security deposits for residential tenancies.
    • 60-Day Notice to Terminate Tenancies for Properties Sold in Foreclosure: A summary of a new California law effective July 8, 2008 requiring 60 day notice for evictions pursuant to foreclosures.
    • Return of 60 Day Notice for No-Fault Evictions: A summary of a new California law effective January 1, 2007 requiring 60 day notice for no-fault evictions.
    • San Francisco Tenant Relocation Payments Increased for No-Fault Evictions: A short discussion of San Francisco's recently enacted Proposition H, effective August 10, 2006, which requires landlords to pay tenants at least $4,500.00 for no-fault evictions.
    • A Primer on the Ellis Act and OMI Evictions in San Francisco: An article explaining San Francisco’s rent control laws and just cause evictions and describing the requirements and procedures regarding Ellis Act evictions and San Francisco Owner Move In evictions ("OMI evictions").
    • Eviction Chart: A flowchart describing typical 3-day notice, 30-day notice, 60-day notice and unlawful detainer proceedings from service of notice through trial and eviction.   (HTML format)   (.GIF format)


    Employment Law
    • California Supreme Court Rules Employers may Fire Employee for Marijuana Use: A short discussion regarding the California Supreme Court’s January 2008 Ross v. Ragingwire opinion allowing employers to terminate employees for marijuana use despite any rights granted by the 1996 California Compassion Use Act.
    • Pay Your Employees Now to Avoid Future Legal Disputes: Common questions and answers regarding California employment laws; more specifically, regarding wages, tips, bonuses, deductions, rest periods (i.e. coffee breaks), meal periods, reporting time pay, overtime pay, vacation pay, sick pay, holiday pay and waiting time penalty.


    Business Law
    • Corporation Formation Checklist: A checklist of some of the typical concerns when forming and operating a California corporation, including Secretary of State filings, permits and licenses, tax filings and withholdings, corporate records and maintenance, securities, and intellectual property.
    • LLC Formation Checklist: A checklist of some of the typical concerns when forming and operating a California limited liability company, including Secretary of State filings, permits and licenses, tax filings and withholdings, organization records and maintenance, securities, and intellectual property.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Szeto Law Group - 415.337.0500 - San Francisco, California
    Szeto Law Group practices Business, Employment, Real Estate and Landlord - Tenant law and Civil Litigation throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Francisco County, Alameda County, San Mateo County, and Marin County, and in Berkeley, Oakland, Redwood City, Burlingame, Millbrae, Foster City.
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