Lis pendens — useful or useless? Though intended to protect the interests of parties involved in a legal dispute, the presence of a lis pendens can create a minefield for those seeking to obtain title insurance even after a lis pendens has been terminated or dissolved. As such, the current legal landscape surrounding lis pendens leaves a hole open for undeserving, or even malicious, litigants to file a claim against real property and severely burden property owners attempting to sell their property.
