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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Court Denies lululemon’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees Under Fee Shifting Provision

As reported here last summer, Judge Salinger denied lululemon’s motion to dismiss a summary process action brought by lululemon’s landlord, CWB Retail. Later in the litigation, CWB voluntarily dismissed the action with...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Mounting A Successful COVID-19 Force Majeure Argument

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As the economic effects of COVID-19 rage on, litigants are seeking to excuse contractual performance by invoking force majeure clauses. To date, there is a limited universe of applicable decisions, and the rulings reaffirm...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Vermont Court Rules That Commercial Landlord Cannot Be Liable for Injury to Retail Tenant’s Invitee Involving Tenant’s Operations...

In Mowrey v. Eagle Rutland, LLC, et al., Vt. Super. Ct., Docket No. 284-5-18 Rdcv (Aug. 5, 2020), the court held that a non-possessory, arms-length commercial landlord that leased the premises to a supermarket could not be...more

Lewitt Hackman

Court Confirms Landlord’s Right To Seek Damages In Unlawful Detainer Action And Separate Civil Action

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The Court of Appeal just confirmed that a landlord is not barred from recovering rent owed by a tenant in a civil action for breach of contract, even after obtaining a judgment for unlawful detainer against the tenant, so...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Growing Medical Marijuana, Problematic in Bankruptcy, and Out

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Frank Arenas is licensed in Colorado to grow and dispense medical marijuana. He and his wife own a building, half of which is used for the cultivation and the other half of which is leased to a marijuana dispensary. These...more

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