As we've previously reported (and with apologies to the author), the grapes of copyright wrath have been trampled by the U.S. court system over the past ten years in a series of lawsuits filed by the descendants of John Steinbeck against one another. With books like...
Year: 2015
Due Diligence for Mobile Home Park Purchase (Part 2)
As noted in part 1 of this article from the July 2015 issue we discussed our fictional account of acquiring a mobile home park through EBay. The lens we used focused on acquiring a mobile home park as a business (i.e., a going concern). This article will focus on the...
Toddler Dances into Copyright Battle
Almost everyone with a smartphone posts online videos these days. And, whether it's cute kittens chasing a laser pointer in unison or obnoxious fraternity brothers pranking one another with shaving cream, every amateur videographer knows that online videos are always...
Comic Con Sues Comic Con
If you were one of the 160,000 people lucky enough to score passes to San Diego Comic Con earlier this month, then you already understand the scope of the madness that engulfs the city and takes over the downtown Convention Center every July. Whether you go because...
Cuba – It’s Not Just About Cigars Anymore
Most Americans could probably find Cuba on a map (or at least identify it as one of the larger islands in the Caribbean off the coast of Florida). But if you asked them to tell you what else they know about the country, they would probably have a hard time recalling...
Due Diligence for a Mobile Home Park Purchase (Part 1)
There is a story that an investor bought a mobile home park on Ebay, the popular online auction site. It is unclear how proper due diligence can be done when acquiring a park in that manner. There are a lot of moving parts to acquiring and operating a mobile home...
Warehouse Liens And The Manufactured Housing Industry Part 2
As noted in part 1 of this article from the May 2015 issue there are usually at least two types of liens. Both of these lien types are "enforced" - or collected in a similar fashion. For a warehouse lien, the park can begin to enforce the warehouse lien when the...
Warehouse Liens And The Manufactured Housing Industry Part 1
Thousands of them occur every year, and yet very few people have a grasp on what the value or purpose of a warehouse lien sale is. Every state has its own statutory scheme due to the mixed nature of "real and personal" property that is inherit in the manufactured...
The Language Of Rentals
Many states, including, for example, California, have statutory schemes where the language of a consumer contract is addressed. An example of a typical statute enacted by many jurisdictions is California Civil Code section 1632. That section provides, in part, as...
Service Animals Comfort Animals Family Pets Is There A Difference
Sorting through the legal framework on service animals can feel like a "dog chasing its tail." The lack of legal clarity puts disabled people in danger of discrimination and at the same time creates potentially substantial legal liability for an unwary manufactured...