John Giardinelli

Attorney at law | Tyler Law LLP

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John Giardinelli

Legal

December 15, 2025

New C.A.R. Forms for 2026: Key Updates REALTORS® Must Know

With another year winding down, the California Association of REALTORS® (“C.A.R.”) is releasing updates and revisions to its standard forms as well as issuing new forms for use in 2026. This article will highlight some of the important changes being made to existing forms and will also discuss some of the new forms being released. This article is organized in two sections, with the first section focusing on the forms and revisions released in December 2025 and the second section focusing on the forms and revisions that were released in September 2025. While the September forms have obviously been circulated and are available for use already, there are still some noteworthy changes worth discussing.

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Legal

September 16, 2025

Are Your Commission Payments at Risk?

A new joint Advisory from the DRE and DFPI is raising urgent questions about how escrow disburses real estate commissions—and whether common practices could now put brokers and agents at legal risk. If you rely on Commission Disbursement Authorizations (CDAs), this is a must-read breakdown of what changed, what is unclear, and what could put your payments in jeopardy.

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Legal

August 25, 2025

Update on CRMLS and NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy Changes

As many readers likely know, NAR updated its CCP policy in March of this year by creating the “Multiple Listing Options for Sellers” that allows for “Delayed Marketing” of a property on the MLS in certain circumstances (the “New policy”). This article will discuss CRMLSs position on the new policy changes and what REALTORS® can expect when using CRMLS on behalf of their clients.

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Legal

April 25, 2025

Artificial Intelligence and Real Estate: Ask the Right Questions

Turn on the news or scroll through your favorite social media app and you are sure to come across someone’s opinions about Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). For every article, hot-take, or social media post, you get a different perspective on what it is, how it will impact the world, and how it will impact your daily life.

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Legal

March 21, 2025

CaIifornia Association of REALTORS® Winter Business Meetings Update

California Association of REALTORS® (“C.A.R.”) wrapped up the Winter Business Meetings held at Indian Wells. This article will summarize some of those meetings and underscore some of the highlights to provide key updates regarding various hot-button issues in the real estate industry in 2025.

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Legal

January 30, 2025

New Laws 2025 Special Edition: Mandatory Buyer Broker Agreements

There is a significant new law that merits discussion: AB 2992. 2024 will likely be remembered as the year that the buyer-broker and buyer relationship fundamentally changed due to the Sitzer/Burnett settlement

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