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Arbitration Clauses and Class Action Waivers in Residential Leases: Are They Enforceable?

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Landlords and property managers are increasingly adding arbitration clauses with class action waivers to their residential leases. These lease provisions can protect landlords from the significant time and costs associated...more

Kerr Russell

Price Collusion in the Crosshairs

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There has been a spate of legislation and lawsuits targeting the use of software that gives visibility to competitors’ prices. This allows firms to adjust their prices, either undercutting the competition or setting a de...more

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The DOJ's Lawsuit Against RealPage: Unpacking the Allegations and Implications for the Rental Market

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against real estate software company RealPage, alleging that its algorithmic pricing system has contributed to widespread...more

K&L Gates LLP

Overriding Interest Summer 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of Overriding Interest. Inside this issue: - New Joiners - Articles of Interest - Events - Case Reports...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Landlords Agree to $3 Million Settlement in California Housing Discrimination Case

Property manager Vasona Management, Inc., a (Manager) recently attempted to impose blanket prohibitions on children’s activities at nearly 50 California apartment complexes. The State of California Civil Rights Department...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB, FTC Seek Public Comment on Tenant Background Checks

On February 28, 2023, the FTC and the CFPB issued a joint request for information (“RFI”) seeking public comment on background checks used to screen potential tenants for rental housing...more

Hogan Lovells

UK government consults on the collective right to buy and manage mixed use buildings

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Views are being sought by the UK government on proposals by the Law Commission to extend the collective right to buy (“collective enfranchisement”) and manage mixed use blocks. Key changes include extending enfranchisement...more

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The new ‘estate’ of play: Supreme Court limits the management functions of Right to Manage companies.

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The Supreme Court has held that Right to Manage Companies acquire the right to manage the premises/flat itself and any physical property over which leaseholders have exclusive rights, but do not acquire rights to manage wider...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Stopping Leaks, Running Plumbing Fixtures and the Spread of COVID-19: OSHA Guidance for In-Home Repairs

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As Americans spend more time at home due to stay-at-home orders resulting in partial or full closures of offices and businesses, homeowners and renters are sure to notice things in need of repair. To that end, landlords,...more

Goodwin

Envisioning the New Normal: Real Estate + Technology: Part 6: Multifamily

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This article is the sixth in a multi-part series examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on select real estate sectors and the considerations around how technologies will shape future operations and accelerate means to...more

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Landlords & Property Managers - Developing Best Practices During COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic has raised new questions and challenges for commercial landlords and property managers. It is no longer business as usual. The goal for a landlord or property manager during these trying times should be...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

COVID-19 Recommendations for Real Estate

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State and federal laws are changing every day with respect to the novel coronavirus called COVID-19. As the laws related to your business change, we will continually keep you updated. Here are some guidelines to follow as we...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Coronavirus/COVID-19: Considerations for Landlords and Property Managers

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COVID-2019 is a new strain of coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of 2019 and continues to spread around the globe. The COVID-2019 outbreak has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO)...more

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The evolution of Property Management Agreements in the Build to Rent sector

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Property Management Agreements (“PMAs”) have been around for years and typically follow the same format. However, the growth of the Build to Rent (“BTR”) sector has caused a re-think of the “usual” terms to ensure it reflects...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Changes Coming for Colorado Landlords and Tenants

Colorado’s 2019 legislative session ended with numerous changes impacting the rights and obligations of residential landlords and tenants. Some of these changes are discussed below....more

Bowditch & Dewey

Attracting the “Right” Tenants with Office Space Amenities

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For the past few years, commercial landlords have concluded that increased office amenities attract commercial tenants because those tenant companies, in turn, need to appeal to a newer, younger millennial generation that...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

San Francisco Gross Receipts Tax – Frequently Asked Questions from the Real Estate Industry

The extended due date to file 2015 San Francisco Gross Receipt Tax (“GRT”) returns is April 29, 2016. In anticipation of preparing these returns, below are frequently asked questions (“FAQ”) posed by commercial real estate...more

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