It’s not only real estate appraisals and business valuations that lead to lawsuits alleging professional negligence and violations of practice standards. Personal property appraisers receive their fair share of claims too – often with interesting stories. In this new case, ACF FinCo I LP, which describes itself as an asset-based Read more…
The Real Deal in New York recently published a story about Cushman & Wakefield, the national real estate firm, having three separate class action lawsuits in which commercial appraisers are asserting claims for unpaid overtime and other damages because the firm (or its subsidiaries) allegedly followed a practice of classifying Read more…
Appellate decision issued in the long-standing fight between the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission about “customary and reasonable” appraisal fees.
This Valuation Legal Brief – California covers the latest legal matters concerning real estate valuation services in California. California Assembly passes bill (AB 1850) with exemption for contractor appraisers from AB 5! Good news for California appraisers! The California Assembly has voted (76-0) in favor of a bill that will provide an Read more…
This month, I’m presenting special virtual offerings of my regular 2 and 3-hour live CE classes focused on appraiser legal subjects. Due to state CE approval requirements, these classes are for CE credit in California only. LIA Administrators & Insurance Services (www.liability.com) is the sponsor and registered provider – which enables me to Read more…
This webinar occurred June 11, 2020. Later that day, the California Assembly voted in favor of AB 1850 that includes an exemption for contractor appraisers from the “ABC test” in AB 5. I’ll be hosting another free webinar for California appraisers from the Christensen Law Firm on June 11, 2020 Read more…
This webinar already has occurred. Links to the slides used in the presentation are below. Thank you, Peter Christensen Free video webinar: “Legal and Risk Issues 2.0 for Real Estate Appraisers Stemming from the COVID-19 Crisis.” Scheduled for April 10, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific. For those who cannot watch live, a Read more…
This webinar already has occurred. *** Free video webinar “Legal and Risk Issues for Appraisers Stemming from the COVID-19 Crisis.” Scheduled for March 24, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific. Please note that the webinar also will be recorded. A few hours after the live presentation, the recording links and materials will Read more…
Postponed, new date will be rescheduled when COVID-19 matters settle down. Another free webinar for California and Washington appraisers is coming from the Christensen Law Firm. This one is “Engagement Agreements for Litigation Assignments, Just for California and Washington Appraisers.” It’s part 2 of my series on creating great engagement agreements. Participants Read more…
Believe it or not, cases are still being litigated in relation to events during the mortgage meltdown years. After nearly seven years of litigation, a settlement has been reached in the borrower class action filed in 2013 regarding appraisals managed by defendant LandSafe Appraisal Services between January 1, 2003 and Read more…