By: Kristin Goulet, Esq. April 27, 2024 On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule that bans non-competes nationwide. According to the FTC, this final rule would result in people having greater freedom to change jobs, start new businesses, or even bring new ideas to the market. In essence, the […]
By: Laura Ferret, Esq. April 19, 2024 Introduction: The United States Supreme Court recently issued its ruling on a case that originated in our own backyard of El Dorado County in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, California. Stemming from a dispute between a property owner and our local El Dorado County government, this case […]
By: Trey Van Dyke March 18, 2024 On March 15, 2024, the NAR broke the news that it had reached an agreement with the class-action plaintiffs in the Sitzer-Burnett anti-trust commission lawsuit. This is the lawsuit in which NAR and the remaining defendants had lost at trial in October 2023 and the jury returned a […]
By: D. Keith Dunnagan, Esq. February 6, 2024 You look for that new home, maybe it is your starter home and you stretched financially to get that first home. Maybe, it is your “dream” home; or maybe it is your retirement home. Any way you look at it, you expended significant sums of money to […]
By Debbie B. Jones, Esq. January 30, 2024 California joins 46 other states by enacting the Uniform Directed Trust Act on January 1, 2024. The new statute adds Probate Code sections 16600¬–16632. The California Act will apply to any decision or action occurring after January 1, 2024, regardless of the date the trust was established. […]
By Debbie B. Jones, Esq. January 16, 2024 January is a good time to check your financial situation. Make sure all of your investment accounts, 401ks, IRAs and Life Insurance policies have designated beneficiaries. It is also a good time to create your Estate Plan or review your existing Estate Plan with an Estate Planning […]
By: D. Keith Dunnagan, Esq. January 9, 2024 Every year we take an opportunity to look forward to the New Year and 2024, promises to be an interesting year. A main question will be focused on how will the real estate market perform this year? 2023 saw higher interest rates and significantly reduced number of […]
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2023 – A Year in Review By: D. Keith Dunnagan, Esq. December 21, 2023 As I look back on 2023 – I do so with mixed emotions. 2023 was a year of both tremendous difficulty and incredible highs. Many of you know that for me personally, 2023 started off with the passing of my father […]
By Trey Van Dyke November 21, 2023 If you’re keeping up with our coverage of the line of commission lawsuits across the country, you’ll recall that several national real estate companies settled with the class-action plaintiffs a month-or-so before trial commenced in the first case. The parties that did not settle: National Association of Realtors®, […]
