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Areas Of Practice

Construction Law
Business Litigation
Disability Rights
Multi-Family Housing; Landlord-Tenant
Personal Injury
Start Up Law
Commercial Transactions
Privacy

Construction Law

Sancus Law provides comprehensive advice and counsel and prosecution and defense of claims regarding residential and commercial construction throughout California. Advice and counsel often entails best approaches to contract delivery methods, risk allocation, dispute resolution and avoidance, and preparation of construction contracts and documents. Our claim expertise encompasses bidding disputes, breaches of contract, defective design or construction, delays and acceleration, licensing, and insurance issues. We have years of experience regarding prosecution and defense of claims, including under alternate dispute resolution such as arbitration and mediation. 

Representative matters:

Advised and prepared transactional documentation for leasing, financing, development, and construction of 17-unit luxury ground-up condominium project in San Francisco
Prepared construction documents for casino and hotel development in Lake Tahoe, California
Litigated California’s largest dollar value disgorgement claim under Contractors State Licensing Board
Obtained multiple regulatory variances from the State of California regarding commercial construction products
Represented one of the nation’s largest REITs in obtaining regulatory approvals for the construction of over 40,000 square feet of coastal bluff protection from the California Coastal Commission; separately litigated and defended commercial claims between commercial apartment building owners
Litigated on behalf of oil refinery client against commercial claims by prime contractor
Represented national specialty engineering design firm against extra work, delay, efficiency, and construction claims regarding a 260,000 sq. ft. science and cleanroom laboratory
Litigated commercial claims against owner of large condominium project
Represented national design firm in preparation of construction contracts and documents for national retailer
Represented international design firm regarding intellectual property, privacy and employment matters
Represented developer in preparation of design and construction contracts for LEED commercial building
Represented general contractor in preparation of construction contract documents for commercial renovation of a 22-story downtown San Francisco office building
Represented international building equipment manufacturer in successful bid protest for a large public project
Defended class action litigation for national building component manufacturer and defeated class certification
Prepared construction contract documents for oil and gas pipeline construction
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Business Litigation

Sancus Law provides comprehensive advice and counsel and prosecution and defense of claims regarding business to business disputes, including involving founder buy-outs, breaches of contract and fiduciary duty, and regulatory compliance.

Representative matters:

Represented business regarding enforcement of San Francisco regulations concerning health and safety and obtained full redress from commercial tenant
Represented founder in buy-out and obtained significant payment based on expert valuations
Represented national manufacturer in regulatory issues and obtaining variances through California agency
Represented business in successor liability claim; Claimant dropped claim with no conditions or payment after response and negotiation
Represented business and surviving spouse against debtor claims under corporate debts and personal guarantees
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Disability Rights

Disability rights is broad and encompasses many areas of the law. Sancus Law has expertise regarding disability access and reasonable accommodation and modification requests under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and under Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”). More recently, Sancus Law also has experience representing tenants that have been wronged by their landlord by failing to grant them a reasonable accommodation under FEHA and a jurisdiction’s obligation to grant reasonable modification of policies under the ADA.

Representative matters:

Defended businesses and multi-family housing owners regarding disability access claims
Represented a tenant against a San Francisco landlord on a singular issue of whether the tenant had a right to have a chair lift installed at his apartment. This case resulted in the landlord paying Sancus Law’s client $795,500 for damages that the tenant suffered because landlord refused to provide tenant a reasonable accommodation as landlord was legally required to do
Represented international building equipment manufacturer in local government matters and commission hearings related to building code and American with Disabilities Act issues
Represented owner in Americans with Disabilities litigation involving high-rise residential building
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Start-Up Law

Sancus Law provides advice and counsel regarding licensing and other start-up transactions, and partners with top boutique intellectual property firms for specialized IP services. 

Representative matters:

Helping numerous early-stage start-ups with formation, operations, general corporate, fundraising, tuning business models, management of outside counsel, forming partnerships and distribution channels, and bringing products to market

Multi-Family Housing; Landlord-Tenant

The legal relationship between a landlord and tenant is grounded in both contract and property law and is governed predominantly through statute. Sancus Law has expertise representing residential landlords defending claims by tenants, as well as representing commercial landlords and commercial tenants regarding disputes between them arising out of the lease. More recently, Sancus Law also has experience representing tenants that have been wronged by their landlord by failing to grant them a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and the Department’s obligation to grant reasonable modification of policies under Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Representative matters:

Defended hundreds of landlord-tenant cases on behalf of landlord in apartment complexes ranging from two units to over 1,100 units throughout California. Have succeeded in obtaining sanctions awards in over a hundred cases with a dismissal
Defended hundreds of mold exposure cases with no case proceeding to trial that resulted in a net payment to tenant
Defended hundreds of habitability claims with no case proceeding to trial that resulted in a net payment to tenant
Represented a tenant against a San Francisco landlord on a singular issue of whether the tenant had a right to have a chair lift installed at his apartment. This case resulted in the landlord paying Sancus Law’s client $795,500 for damages that the tenant suffered because landlord refused to provide tenant a reasonable accommodation as landlord was legally required to do
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Personal Injury

Personal injuries to individuals make up a large portion of civil litigation in the United States, and California is no exception. Sancus Law has comprehensive experience defending personal injury actions involving catastrophic injuries and in addition,  Sancus Law has also prosecuted personal injury actions, some involving only the claim of emotional distress when the tortious actions of individuals or businesses are grievous.  Sancus Law, with its breadth of personal injury litigation experience, is able to handle any plaintiffs’ personal injury matter.

Representative matters:

Defended hundreds of toxic exposure tort claims, including involving chemicals and mold
Defended premises liability claims
Personal counsel to insured regarding catastrophic fire burn injuries of claimant
Prosecuted emotional distress claims on behalf of individuals based on disability rights violations and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims
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Commercial Transactions

  • Technology license agreements, including SaaS services and software licensing.
  • Due diligence and support for M&A and fundraising.
  • Joint development agreements, including foreign outsource contractor agreements.
  • Advice and counsel on a company’s dealings with suppliers, customers and other business partners.
  • Strategic relationships with third-party service providers.
  • Infrastructure, inbound/outbound, and partnership agreements, IT projects, IT outsourcing arrangements.

Representative matters:

BAA authorizations for both covered entity and business associates in the context of commercial transactions for the provisioning of telehealth services
Drafted and negotiated HIPAA Business Associate Agreements
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Privacy

  • Assessment, revision and development of privacy policies and programs.
  • Advice and counsel on addressing strategies and steps for compliance with the CCPA.
  • Review and analysis for contractual privacy and data protection programs, development of organizational playbooks.
  • DSAR Responses.

Representative matters:

Drafted and negotiated HIPAA
BAA authorizations for both covered entity and business associates in the context of commercial transactions for the provisioning of telehealth services
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