10/22/2007 - Another important appellate victory for San Francisco property owners.  In a newly published opinion, Division Three of the First District Court of Appeal held that a tenant’s lawsuit over an attempted eviction arises from the exercise of the right to petition, and therefore triggers the anti-SLAPP statute. Click here

10/22/2007 - Zacks Utrecht & Leadbetter, “super group of attorneys” as described by Rosario Perry, wins another difficult case on behalf of San Francisco Landlord.  From Mission Dispatch. Click here

8/27/07 - Nonprofits Could Be Off the Hook  - Told You So... A State Bar task force is following arguments our named Shareholder, Paul Utrecht, used before the Supreme Court in 2006. From The Recorder – Click here

6/6/07 - Major Court of Appeal victory for property owners. Tenderloin Housing Clinic trial injunction reversed. Ellis Act right to go out of business reaffirmed. Click here - Congratulations to Andrew Zacks and James Kraus on briefing, and to Paul Utrecht for oral argument.

4/25/06 - Read the Petition for Review in Pieri v City and County of San Francisco - Click here

2/2/06 - Part of SF Rent Ordinance overturned in appeal - From the San Francisco Chronicle - Click here
Read the Courts opinion in Johnson v CCSF - Click here

1/25/06 - Tenant Buyout Provision Appears Safe, For Now - From the Daily Journal. Click here
Law, Precedent Argued in Renter Case - From The Recorder. Click here

1/19/06 - Unintended Evictions - An attempted solution to rental evictions may actually force more people out of rent-controlled apartments in an already tight San Francisco housing market - From the SF Weekly. Click here

1/12/06 - Nonprofit Law Groups Could Win Reprieve - From The Recorder. Click here

1/9/06 - Nonprofit Law Firms Can't Ignore Rules - On Tuesday, the California Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that will decide whether nonprofit corporations engaging in the practice of law are subject to oversight by the State Bar of California... From The Recorder. Click here

12/12/05 - The Superior Court of the State of California granted in its entirety a Special Motion to Strike in Drouet v. Broustis. Click here

Daro v. Superior Court: California Court of Appeal issues Order to Show Cause as to why a writ of mandate should not be granted overturning the decision of a trial judge stopping an Ellis Act eviction on Francisco Street in San Francisco. Click here

4/27/05 - Court sides with landlords on eviction payouts - From the San Francisco Examiner - Click here
Read the Order Granting Petition for Writ of Mandate

10/28/04 - State court rules for residential hotel owners - Owners of residential hotels in San Francisco have a right to convert them to nonrental housing or demolish them, despite a city ordinance that requires replacement of the lost housing... More Read the Court's opinion

S.F. Property Law Overturned
From The Daily Journal - A San Francisco ordinance designed to limit tenancies in common violates the California Constitution's privacy guarantee, a state appeal court ruled Tuesday.
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The Court of Appeal ordered the opinion in Tom v. CCSF published on July 13, 2004 - Click Here to read the opinion

Read the California Supreme Court opinion in Drouet v. Superior Court - Click Here