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2026-08-06T00:00:00-04:00
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Title insurance, and what the exceptions mean
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/title-insurance/
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The policy is defined by what it excludes. The exceptions page is the one to read.
Title endorsements worth requesting
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/title-insurance-endorsements/
2026-08-05T00:00:00-04:00
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Coverage beyond the basic policy, and what each addresses.
Making a title insurance claim
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/title-insurance-claims/
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The policy is a contract with notice conditions and a duty to defend.
Curing title defects
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/title-curative-work/
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The routine problems found in a search, and how each is fixed.
Reading a title commitment
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/title-commitments-and-exceptions/
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Schedule B is the part that matters, and it is the part most buyers skip.
Subpoenas to non-parties
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/third-party-subpoenas/
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Getting documents from people who are not in the case, without making them an opponent.
Diligence on agents and intermediaries
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/third-party-due-diligence-anti-corruption/
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Third parties are the source of most corruption exposure, and the controls are well established.
Third-party beneficiaries
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/third-party-beneficiaries/
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Someone who never signed can sometimes sue on the contract, if the parties meant them to benefit.
The business judgment rule, and how claims get past it
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/the-business-judgment-rule/
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It protects the process, not the outcome. That is why viable claims are about who was in the room rather than about the decision.
Text messages as evidence
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/text-messages-in-litigation/
2026-07-22T00:00:00-04:00
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Collection, authentication and the phone that was replaced.
Online terms and enforceability
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/terms-of-service-enforceability/
2026-07-21T00:00:00-04:00
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Whether the user agreed, which decides arbitration and everything else.
Termination rights and break fees
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/termination-rights-and-fees/
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2026-07-20T00:00:00-04:00
Walking away from a signed deal, and what it costs to do so.
Tenant improvement allowances and construction in leases
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/tenant-improvement-allowances/
2026-07-16T00:00:00-04:00
2026-07-16T00:00:00-04:00
Who builds, who pays, and when the money actually arrives.
Temporary restraining orders
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/temporary-restraining-orders/
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Emergency relief, sometimes without the other side present.
Tax increment financing
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/tax-increment-financing-plans/
2026-07-14T00:00:00-04:00
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Capturing growth in tax revenue to fund development.
Deal structure and tax
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/tax-considerations-in-a-sale/
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Why a buyer wants assets and a seller wants stock, and the elections in between.
Target, subject or witness
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/target-subject-witness/
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Three words that determine everything about how an investigation should be handled.
Target letters and what to do about them
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/target-letters-and-status/
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A formal notice that the government believes you committed a crime, and the beginning of a decision tree.
Regulatory takings
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/takings-regulatory/
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When regulation goes too far, and the tests that measure how far.
Regulatory takings and inverse condemnation
https://esshakilegal.com/insights/2026/takings-and-inverse-condemnation/
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Government need not seize property to owe compensation. Regulation can go too far.