Poniatowski Leding Parikh Law Corporation announces the formation of its Family Law Practice Group. Beginning July 1, 2018 PLP Law Corp. now offers representation, counseling and advice across the full spectrum of Family Law matters, such as:
Co-ownership of properties is a very common financial arrangement in real estate. With two or more persons involved in a purchase, their combined buying power can expand the number of properties that they can pursue. One party involved may also provide a higher credit score or more substantial assets that could win better loan terms.
Co-ownership lowers the business risk for both partners because it becomes a shared risk, rather than one which must be borne by a single person. However, these are long-term business relationships (even those between family members), and time can change the motivations of the people involved. Indeed, one partner may decide they wish to exit, and has the legal right to do so (more on that below.) Much can go wrong in a co-ownership partnership, if the possibility of these future issues arising is not accounted for in the initial partnership agreement.
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Many businesses rely on a credit application for the terms and conditions of its sales to its customers. Often the credit application is the only document that the customer actually signs. Relying on invoices, purchase orders, bills of lading, delivery tickets and the like that are not signed by the customer in the ordinary course of business will not support an award of attorneys fees in the event of a collection action and judgment. This is true even though these documents may contain a prevailing party attorneys fees clause. Because the credit application is usually signed by the customer, however, the creditor/seller often successfully relies on the prevailing party attorneys fees clause in the signed credit application for an award of attorneys fees in the event of collection litigation and judgment. Continue reading
Business Attorney with Offices in Castro Valley, Oakland, and Pleasanton Earns Recognition
Attorney Mark D. Poniatowski of Poniatowski Leding Parikh Law Corporation has Achieved the AV Preeminent® Rating – the Highest Possible Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®. Continue reading
In the recent case of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association v. Weinberg, the Court set an important precedent that applies to the amendment of judgments to add individual debtors as alter egos of the corporation:
“The doctrine of res judicata1 did not bar the amendment of a judgment to add an alter ego2 as a judgment debtor, even if the issue of alter ego could have been raised earlier, as long as alter ego liability is a separate and distinct claim from the underlying action.”
We defended the owner of a commercial property (a lender that had foreclosed and credit bid at the foreclosure sale) in a civil action by the former tenant of the property that had been evicted in an unlawful detainer action we prosecuted for the owner/lender. Continue reading
PLP recently represented a large financial institution in a commercial collections matter in Alameda County. We successfully obtained expedited orders for Writs of Attachment on the debtor’s commercial and residential properties, and immediately recovered substantial Continue reading
We recently completed the successful negotiation and drafting of a commercial lease extension on behalf of our client, the Landlord and owner of commercial property in Hayward, California (East Bay). The Tenant is a large, national automotive repair franchisor.
The Tenant had allowed its option to renew to expire, allowing us to negotiate and draft lease modification language to provide for an increase in rents to market with annual CPI increases and 3% minimum annual increases. Market conditions also allowed us to eliminate a right of first refusal that the Tenant previous enjoyed, thereby increasing the marketability of the property for a potential sale by the Landlord.
We are seeing a significant increase in activity in the commercial real estate leasing market while representing landlords, tenants, brokers and property managers. Our clients are advising us the rents are increasing and inventory is low, making it a landlord’s market as the San Francisco Bay Area economy continues to improve.
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Mark and his team were of tremendous help in a real “David against Goliath” deal I closed recently, leasing a property I own to a large publicly-traded company. With Mark and PLP’s guidance, we successfully negotiated a commercial lease deal that was exactly what I wanted, and in a timely fashion. Continue reading
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