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Establishing bad-faith landlord harassment

Establishing bad-faith landlord harassment

The bad-faith standard allows us to dig deeper and demonstrate an all-encompassing and damning indictment of landlord greed

Rahman Popal

From Issue: 2023 April

The new housing laws that matter most in 2020

The new housing laws that matter most in 2020

New laws focus on tenant protections and housing for low-income families and the homeless

Frances Campbell

From Issue: 2020 March

The rent control revolution

The rent control revolution

Throughout much of the Bay Area, the tenants’-rights movement strengthens as landlords go on the defensive

Josephine L. Alioto
Joshua C. Ezrin

From Issue: 2017 May

Too much privilege? SLAPP-happy landlords get a dressing down

Moriarty v. Laramar Management is important because it reviews the cases that define protected activity and discusses its risks for abuse

Aaron H. Darsky
Laura R. Keenan

From Issue: 2014 June

Mediating landlord-tenant disputes

With the onslaught of court delays and increased court costs, mediation is more expeditious, especially in the context of the Implied Warranty of Habitability defense

Steve Sepassi

From Issue: 2023 July

How statewide rent and eviction control can impact your practice

The Tenant Protection Act of 2019

Josephine L. Alioto

From Issue: 2020 March

Habitability: How earlier awful conditions created an eggshell plaintiff

Habitability: How earlier awful conditions created an eggshell plaintiff

This and other helpful habitability nuggets from Garcia v. Mylylla

Peter L. Weinberger

From Issue: 2020 August

Airb ‘n’ beware

Airb ‘n’ beware

A look at the liability insurance for Airbnb hosts and the legal perils of short-term rentals

Sophie Etemadi

From Issue: 2017 November

“Bad dog, no bone!”

Landlord’s liability when a tenant’s dog bites a visitor is based on negligence principles, not strict liability

Mary Catherine Wiederhold
Robert Smith

From Issue: 2015 March

The COVID-19 pandemic and tenants’ rights

A review of legal mandates that protect tenants statewide and others specific to the Bay Area

Mary Catherine Wiederhold
Courtney M. Brown

From Issue: 2020 May

Landlord-tenant sexual-harassment claims

Landlord-tenant sexual-harassment claims

Sexual harassment in rental housing is particularly insidious because “landlords exercise coercive power”

Jacqueline Ravenscroft

From Issue: 2022 June

Getting a fire report without getting burned

The three types of fire reports – how to get them and how to use them

Mary Catherine Wiederhold

From Issue: 2014 June

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