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In This Issue
Diversity & Inclusion: EG&H Attorney Interviewed
December Calendar
Get Social on Facebook & LinkedIn
Default IDR Procedure Changes
Billing Disclosure Form Update
2015 Davis-Stirling Booklet Online
Diversity & Inclusion: Pejman Kharrazian Interviewed
Pejman Kharrazian, an Iranian-American attorney with EG&H, was featured in a recent issue of San Diego Lawyer, The Journal of the San Diego County Bar Association. The issue focused on diversity and inclusion. Learn more about Pejman and his interview with San Diego Lawyer here. 
December Speaking Engagements and Appearances

Don't miss the opportunity to mix and mingle with us at one of our many December speaking engagements and appearances.

Get Social with Us!
EG&H on Facebook and LinkedIn
From speaking engagements, professional successes and participation at industry events, to the charitable good works of our attorneys and staff, you're sure to find something you'll LIKE!     
Attention Community Association Managers
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November/December 2014
The laws, they are-a-changing!  We've heard your questions about the soon-to-be-effective changes to the statutory default IDR procedure and the updates to the billing disclosure form contained in Civil Code section 4528. This issue features important information on these topics.

We'd also like to express our appreciation to the more than 600 attendees who spent the day with us at our San Diego Legal Symposium 2014. We look forward to seeing you again next year. 

In the October 2014 issue of E-NEWS from EG&H, we described changes to the informal dispute resolution statutes in the Davis-Stirling Act. We also provided educational practice tips for a community association to adopt its own IDR procedure. However, many associations rely upon the default IDR procedure of Civil Code section 5915. Community associations that rely on the default procedure may include the new wording in disclosures sent now, but must use it for disclosures sent on or after January 1, 2015.   

For the new wording of Civil Code section 5915, effective January 1, 2015, read "IDR: Changes to Statutory Default Procedure." 
     

The billing disclosure form contained in Civil Code section 4528 is also changing, effective January 1, 2015. In this brief summary of the changes, you'll find the updated form and suggestions for itemizing documents.  

For the updated form contained in Civil Code section 5915, effective January 1, 2015, read "Billing Disclosures: Update to Form Effective January 1, 2015." 

Now available for download from our website in text-searchable PDF format is our booklet, "2015 Edition: Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act."

This booklet contains the 2015 Davis-Stirling Act, effective January 1, 2015, including the amendments added during the 2014 legislative session.

Print versions of this booklet are provided to attendees of our 2014 Legal Symposia.  Plus, our 2015 Community Association Law Resource Book is at the printer and will be available soon!
About Us
 
Epsten Grinnell & Howell is a leading Southern California law firm whose practice is dedicated to the complex field of community association law. For more than 29 years, the attorneys of Epsten Grinnell & Howell have provided common interest developments with counsel, legal strategies, rapid assessment recovery, construction defect and other civil litigation assistance, interpretation of fair housing issues, and alternative dispute resolution. We serve associations throughout San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Los Angeles counties. Our attorneys have recovered more than $250 million for clients in complex construction defect litigation cases, including community associations, condominium towers and commercial buildings.
 
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