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Please Note: The Pircher, Nichols & Meeks web site only posts entire legal updates for those published since 2000. All legal updates prior to 2000 have been listed below and are available for your review upon request. Please contact the librarian or Joyce Puccini at 310-201-8900 to obtain complete copies of such legal updates.

2007
1.	"Seller Inadvertently Voids Sale Contract by Reserving Right to Waive California Subdivision Map Approval"
	Dated February 2, 2007 (prepared by Jeffrey N. Brown, James L. Goldman, I. Bruce Speiser, Alan S. Petlak, Linda M. Donner)

2005
1.	"Predispute Jury Trial Waivers Are Unenforceable in California"
	Dated August 5, 2005 (prepared by Jeffrey N. Brown, PNM Doc. No. 5373548.1)

2004
1.	"New California Law May Make Owners Responsible for Service Providers' Noncompliance with Law"
	Dated March 24, 2004 (prepared by Herb Meyers, PNM Doc. No. 588189.7)
2.	"Bankruptcy Court Treats Letter of Credit Like Security Deposit"
	Dated March 24, 2004 (prepared by Steven P. Heller, PNM Doc. No. 598157.13)

2002
1.	"Commercial Landlords May Accept Partial Rent Payments"
	Dated January 14, 2002 (prepared by Aaron Friedland, PNM Doc No. 466899.8)
2.	"Non-Fiduciary Held Not Liable for Conspiring to Breach Fiduciary Duty Owed by Fiduciary"
	Dated August 14, 2002 (prepared by James L. Goldman, PNM Doc No. 488423.2)
3.	"Lender Required to be Reasonable in Determining Satisfaction of Disbursement Condition"
	Dated August 19, 2002 (prepared by prepared by Stevens A. Carey and Ajay Gupta, PNM Doc No. 486509.7)
4.	"Franchisor Parent Company Liable for Captive Subsidiary’s Obligations Under Lease"
	Dated October 4, 2002 (prepared by M. Rosie Rees, PNM, Doc No. 750991.2)
5.	"Wheelchair Seating in Front of Stadium Theaters Violates ADA"
	Dated December 5, 2002 (prepared by Phillip G. Nichols, PNM Doc No. 502968.4)

2001
1.	"Standard & Poor’s Announces New Defeasance Criteria"
	Dated January 25, 2001 (prepared by Douglas E. Lahammer, PNM Doc No. 429174.4)
2.	"Borrower Must Pay Lender Punitive Damages for Failure to Pay Property Taxes—Even Though Loan Was Nonrecourse!"
	Dated February 5, 2001 (prepared by Douglas E. Lahammer and Susanne M. MacIntosh, PNM Doc No. 430817.2)
3.	"California Foreclosures: Beware of Consensual Bidding Arrangements!"
	Dated May 21, 2001 (prepared by David L. Packer, PNM Doc No. 441698.2)
4.	"Leasehold Loan Workouts: Lenders Beware of Assuming a Lease in Lieu of Foreclosure!"
	Dated May 21, 2001 (prepared by John H. Irons, PNM Doc No. 441194.4)
5.	"Lender Required to Give Acceleration Notice for Default Interest Rate to Apply"
	Dated October 12, 2001 (prepared by James L. Goldman, PNM Doc No. 458538.3)
6.	"California Eliminates Duplicative LLC Fees"
	Dated December 2, 2001 (prepared by Richard J. Kaplan, Phillip G. Nichols and Samuel Fortenbaugh, PNM Doc No. 460148.1)

2000
1.	"Tenant Estoppel Certificate Conclusive As To Tenant (And Maybe Other Parties Too!"
	Dated June 23, 2000 (prepared by Michael D. Berk, PNM Doc No. 406921.2)
2.	"California Supreme Court Clarifies Method for Creating Valid Corporate Agreements"
	Dated August 7, 2000 (prepared by William B. Ticknor, PNM Doc No. 410215.8)
3.	"California Purchase Money Anti-Deficiency Protection Not Applied After Loss of Security Under One Action Rule"
	Dated December 15, 2000 (prepared by Kathleen J. Kim, PNM Doc No. 425362.7)

1999
1.	"California Court Reaffirms Rule Regarding Earthquake Insurance Proceeds"
	Dated January 12, 1999 (prepared by Stevens A. Carey and William H. Jackson, PNM Doc No. 353221.4)
2.	"Attachment of Unpledged Assets Violates California’s One Form of Action Rules"
	Dated January 26, 1999 (prepared by David L. Packer, PNM Doc No. 353616.4)
3.	"US. Supreme Court Makes It More Difficult to Cram Down Real Estate Lenders"
	Dated May 12, 1999 (prepared by I. Bruce Speiser, PNM Doc No. 3365966.3)
4.	"Waiver of California Purchase Money Anti-Deficiency Statute Held Invalid"
	Dated June 16, 1999 (prepared by James L. Brat, PNM Doc No. 369576.1)
5.	"Full Credit Bid Bars Lender's Misrepresentation Claim Against Appraiser"
	Dated June 16, 1999 (prepared by James L. Goldman, PNM Doc No. 369751.1)
6.	"Fair Value Hearing Not Requeired For Nonjudicial Foreclosure of Multiple California Deeds of Trust"
	Dated August 16, 1999 (prepared by Philip G. Nichols, PNM Doc No. 375889.6)
7.	"No-Fault Indemnity May Require Express Statement in California"
	Dated August 20, 1999 (prepared by David L. Packer, PNM Doc No. 376197.5)
8.	"Partnership Enforceable in California Without Written Agreement"
	Dated September 8, 1999 (prepared by Michael E. Scheinberg, PNM Doc No. 377850.5)
9.	"Foreclosure by Borrower's Affiliate to Wipe Out Junior Lien Held to be a Sham"
	Dated September 27, 1999 (prepared by Bijal V. Vakil, PNM Doc No. 378663.14)
10.	"Recourse Loan Payments in Exchange for Workout Promise are not Damages"
	Dated October 5, 1999 (prepared by Stephanie C. Silvers, PNM Doc No. 379578.7)
11.	"New California Law Allows Single-Member LLCs"
	Dated October 15, 1999 (prepared by Jonathan H. Bauman, PNM Doc No. 381250.12)
12.	"Structuring of Personal Property Sale Results in California Anti-Deficiency Bar"
	Dated November 2, 1999 (prepared by John H. Irons, PNM Doc No. 383363.3)
13.	"Court Clarifies that General Partner's Breach of Fiduciary Duty Involved its Purchase and Foreclosure of Partnership Debt"
	Dated December 15, 1999 (prepared by Donald M. Davis, PNM Doc No. 384045.9)