On September 20th, Gov. Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2424, a bill that will expand upon California’s Homeowner Bill of Rights statutory regime and add even further restrictions on nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings in the state. The bill contains three critical revisions to existing…
MoreThe following summaries are of recent published decisions of the California appellate courts, the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. The summaries are presented without regard to whether Severson & Werson represented a party in the case.
Settlement, 998 Offer, Shifts Costs If Case Later Settles For Less Than Rejected Offer, 1, 3 CCP 998 applies when the parties settle after a 998 offer is rejected or the time for accepting it expires, if the case later settles for an amount less than the amount of the unaccepted 998 offer–at least when the eventual settlement fully resolves…
MorePDF Version A new law in California affecting homeowners took effect this year. The bill, A.B. 2424, adjusts the Homeowner Bill of Rights statutory framework and adds further restrictions on nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings in the state. The bill contains several…
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