In a December 2018 post, Money and Dirt covered a California Supreme Court case — Dr. Leevil, LLC v. Westlake Health Care Center — in which the Court held: “an owner that acquires title to property ...

Who was here first? Louisiana Supreme Court clarifies the scope of the lis pendens defense for litigants involved in multiple lawsuits between the same parties on the same subject Let’s face it––no ...

A notice of lis pendens is a legal document you might not be familiar with but may occasionally see referenced in a news report. “Lis pendens” is Latin for “pending lawsuit.” (The law still uses Latin ...

If you practice real estate law in Pennsylvania, it is not too uncommon for you to receive a frantic call from a client indicating a deal to purchase real estate is falling apart through no fault of ...

Courts have long recognized the “doctrine of lis pendens,” which, simply put, means that a person who purchases real property that is the subject of pending litigation will be bound by the outcome of ...

Pennsylvania courts have recently handed down several important decisions in the realm of real estate law that provide context for future cases. Party whose signature was forged on mortgage loan is ...

Is there anyone this side of a Supreme Court Justice who hasn't signed off on a document without reading or understanding every single word and Latin phrase? When it comes to buying a house, it pays ...