Publications
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...
LAW ALERT – Five Year Extension of the New Markets Tax Credit Program
On December 18, President Obama signed into law H.R. 2029, a $1.1 trillion spending bill which contained a $680 billion tax package. Click here to read more.
LAW ALERT – Supreme Court Issues CBIA V. Bay Area Air Quality Management District Opinion – 12-17-15
Today the California Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion holding that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not require a public agency to consider the impact of existing...
LAW ALERT – Not Easy Being Green: California Supreme Court Weighs in on Analyzing GHG Emissions Under CEQA
In Center for Biological Diversity v. California Department of Fish and Wildlife ("DFW"), the California Supreme Court found that a 2010 environmental impact report (“EIR”) prepared by DFW for a...
LAW ALERT – Summary of SB 107: Redevelopment Dissolution-Take 3
SB 107, once more, requires Successor Agency staff and others involved in the unwind of dissolved redevelopment agencies to learn and implement significant changes to the dissolution process. The...
LAW ALERT – State Slashes Parking Requirements For Housing Near Transit
As of January 1, 2016, developments containing affordable housing and located near transit will be entitled to greatly reduced parking requirements in most communities. Click here to read more.
LAW ALERT – Homebuyer Lending Reform: Local Governments and Non-Profits Must Abide By The New Trid Rule
Public agencies and non-profits making affordable homeownership loans may be subject to the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule, often referred to as the "TRID Rule". Click here to read more.
LAW ALERT – AB 2: The Rising Community Revitalization Phoenix
Simply put, AB 2 reintroduces tax increment financing to the economic development toolkit of California's communities, by a different name. This law alert provides a brief summary of AB 2 and the...