With the courts current closure and the California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Stay at Home Order, issued on March 19, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many parties are left thinking that their case is on hold until further notice. However, this is not necessarily true. …
During these unprecedented times as the bustling world around us comes to a screeching halt what does this mean for the legal system? In response to the spread of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”), California Governor Issues a Stay at Home Order to California’s nearly 40…
On March 27, 2020, Governor Newsome signed Executive Order N-37-20[1], which provided a moratorium on evictions until May 31, 2020. But what does that mean? The order provides two protections: (1) it conditionally extends the time to respond to an existing eviction petition[2] for 60…
Force Majeure is a French term meaning “superior strength,” and is the concept that something of superior strength caused one party to a contract to be unable to perform the terms of the agreement. With the entire state being shut down due to COVID-19, hundreds…
