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Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Obligation of Tenant Shut Down By COVID Order To Pay Rent

Nearly four years after the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, issues concerning the legal consequences of executive and legislative orders shutting down business operations are still working their way through appellate courts...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Covid-19 Pandemic And Related Closures Do Not Excuse Commercial Tenant’s Failure To Pay Rent

One of the questions in real estate law arising out of the pandemic is what impact the pandemic and related closure orders would have on commercial leases, and in particular a tenant’s obligation to pay rent. Many, if not...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Enforceability of Commercial Lease Co-Tenancy Provisions

A commercial lease co-tenancy clause conditions a retail tenant’s opening for business or continuing operations at the designated property upon another tenant opening for business or continuing operations at the same...more

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Maximizing the Value of Distressed CCRC Bonds

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Whether CCRC residency agreements are treated as leases or contracts under state law could impact the recovery of CCRC bonds in the event of the insolvency of the CCRC owner. Some states treat CCRC residency agreements as...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Commercial Leases, Arbitration, and Attorney Fee Awards

As a litigator, whenever I am presented with a new contract dispute, one of the first things that I do is check whether the contract contains an arbitration clause or attorney fee clause. More consistently than any others,...more

Dentons

Department of Justice Appeals Texas Decision Striking Down CDC Eviction Order and Issues Statement

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As discussed in a prior blog post, U.S. District Judge John Barker issued a February 25 decision, ruling that the CDC's Order temporarily halting certain evictions was unconstitutional, as it exceeded the federal government's...more

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Attention NY Building Owners: The Rent Overcharge Provision Of The Housing Stability And Tenant Protection Act Of 2019 Only...

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In the midst of the global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, some New York building owners are breathing a collective sigh of relief after securing a hard-fought victory in the New York Court of Appeals. On April 2, 2020, the...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Landlord Loses Additional Rent Dispute Based on Lease Language

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Another new commercial lease case, another instance of drafting being the deciding factor.  We’ve looked at cases where drafting affected guaranties, exculpatory clauses, remedies, and how to calculate renewal rent.  To be...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

IL Appellate Court Rules: New Landlord May Not be Entitled to Unpaid Rent

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Illinois Appellate Court ruled in favor of a commercial tenant after the new landlord attempted to collect accrued unpaid rent owed to the previous landlord, who had assigned the lease to the new...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Properly Perfected Assignment of Rents Not Property of Bankruptcy Estate

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In a significant ruling impacting commercial real estate lenders in Michigan, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an absolute assignment of rents that had been fully perfected (by demanding payment from tenants to...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Appellate Notes: Recent Decisions of the Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Courts - January 2013

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In This Issue: -AC31211 - Aguinaldo v. Warner -AC33771 - Thompson Gardens West Condominium Assn., Inc. v. Masto -AC33850 - Unifund CCR Partners v. Schaeppi -AC33400 - Samnard Associates, LLC...more

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