Publications
Law Alert – Appellate Court Ruling Restores Nationwide Injunction of Corporate Transparency Act
Over the last two weeks, we have reported on the roller coaster of judicial activity related to the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA"). Click here to read more.
Law Alert – Appellate Court Ruling Reinstates Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements
On December 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the federal government's motion to stay the federal district court nationwide injunction that had previously enjoined...
Law Alert – Federal Court Ruling Suspends Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements
On December 3, 2024, a federal district court issued a nationwide preliminary injunction suspending enforcement of the entire Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") and all of its implementing...
Law Alert – Treasury Announces New Markets Tax Credits Allocation Awards
On July 15, 2024, the United States Department of Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund ("CDFI Fund") announced the next round of New Markets Tax Credits ("NMTC") for combined...
Law Alert – The Grants Pass Holding: Enforcing Public-Camping Laws Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment
In a 6-3 decision with profound implications for cities and counties, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, Case No. 23-175 (June 28, 2024). The Grants Pass Court held...
Law Alert – Corporate Transparency Act – What Housing Developers Need to Know Now
Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to help law enforcement detect and deter illicit financial activities,...
Summary of 2023 Landlord-Tenant Legislation
During the 2023 legislative session, the State Legislature approved and the Governor signed into law a number of bills affecting landlord and tenants. Click here to read more.
Ethics Spotlight: ‘Implied Consent’ Under the No Contact Rule
By Dianne Jackson McLean for the California Lawyers Association In the context of the No-Contact rule[1], an attorney sending an email or text which includes her client to another attorney may...
“California Conundrum” Published in January 2019 Issue of Planning
Written by Barbara Kautz, Dolores Dalton and Eric Phillips: new state rules aimed at easing the severe housing crunch mean planners need to make sure their zoning regulations are objective—and it's...
NMTCs Bring Los Angeles Community Center to the Finish Line
By Mark O’Meara, published by NOVOGRADAC December 10, 2018 After decades in the making, the Paul I. Terasaki Budokan community center will become a reality in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo...
Dianne Jackson McLean Celebrating Diversity With the Real Property Executive Committee
Dianne Jackson McLean, a Partner at the firm, and a Diversity Committee Chairperson of the California Lawyers Association’s Real Property Section, was a featured speaker at the CLA Annual Meeting...
Despite Rising Rents, Nonprofit Creates Affordable Manufacturing Space in San Francisco
The Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits (Vol. 9, Issue 6) features an article on the San Francisco manufacturing facility where Goldfarb & Lipman Attorneys assisted the developer with the New...
37TH Real Property Law Section Retreat: A Review by Dianne Jackson McLean
The 37th Annual Real Property Law Section Retreat of the California Lawyers Association, held April 19-22, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco was refreshing and enjoyable. Click...
The 2016 Goldfarb & Lipman Legislative Update
The 2016 Goldfarb & Lipman Annual Legislative Update provides a summary of recently enacted legislation that will impact areas of concern to our clients, including: real estate transactions,...
LAW ALERT – Likely Major Changes in CEQA Practice in Response to Supreme Court’s ‘CEQA in Reverse’ Decision
In California Building Industry Association v. Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the California Supreme Court unanimously held that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not...