Lis pendens is an official notice to the public that a lawsuit has been filed and a property has a claim against it.

In a December 2018 post, Money and Dirt covered a California Supreme Court case — Dr. Leevil, LLC v. Westlake Health Care Center — in which the Court held: “an owner that acquires title to property ...

A notice of lis pendens is a legal document you might not be familiar with but may occasionally see referenced in a news report. “Lis pendens” is Latin for “pending lawsuit.” (The law still uses Latin ...

A recorded lis pendens notifies prospective purchasers, encumbrancers, and transferees that there is litigation pending that affects the property. To curb abuses of the lis pendens process, the ...

If you practice real estate law in Pennsylvania, it is not too uncommon for you to receive a frantic call from a client indicating a deal to purchase real estate is falling apart through no fault of ...