Key Lease Work Letter Issues When the Tenant Is Doing the Work
SDNY Chooses “Time Approach” to Calculating Lease Termination Damages Collectible Against a Bankrupt Estate
CFPB’s Involvement in Tenant Screening - FCRA Focus Podcast
When Can Oregon Landlords Terminate Residential Tenancy Without Cause?
Practicing on the Front Lines of Landlord-Tenant Regulations and Housing Law
It’s Lit? Insight into the Increase in Cannabis-Related Litigation in California
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 319: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Landlords, Owners, and Possessors of Land
Law Brief®: Robert Wolf, Alexander Tiktin and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Continuing Foreclosure/Eviction Moratorium
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 149: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Landlords, Owners, and Possessors of Land
COVID-19 in the Workplace - PPP Update, COVID Plans from the Biden Transition Team, Higher Education Relief Package Provision, COVID WARN Act Developments
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 265: Listen and Learn -- Constructive Eviction
Navigating the New Normal: Risk Management and Legal Considerations for Real Estate Companies
Reopening Commercial Buildings: COVID-19 Issues Podcast
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 93: Listen and Learn -- Constructive Eviction
Commercial Leases - Navigating a New Normal
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Lease Negotiations – Interview with Jeff Moerdler, Member, Mintz Levin
KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER BRITISH LAW - 1. Introduction - Historically, there has been significant investment by overseas individuals and corporations in real estate in England and Wales and in...more
In contrast to recent years, when there has been plenty for real estate tax lawyers to feast on, this Autumn Statement was fairly quiet. Full expensing - After a prolonged period of time-limited, enhanced reliefs,...more
Post-pandemic, with some level of remote work here to stay, the global real estate industry is tracking an unprecedented reassessment of the office asset class. To paraphrase Mark Twain, have the rumors of the “death of the...more
English lawyers often take pride in the certainty afforded to commercial parties who chose English law to govern their contracts. In many respects, this faith is well placed. But is it becoming increasingly hard to predict...more
Key Points - - An arbitration scheme for commercial landlords and tenants was introduced during March 2022 under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 with the aim of resolving disputes over outstanding rent arrears...more
We look at the new rent arrears ringfencing and binding arbitration regime for commercial tenants and their landlords. Continued economic uncertainty means large tenants and their stakeholders should be mindful of the UK’s...more
Gabb v. Farrokhzad - Landlord's Unreasonable Refusal to Consent to an Assignment of a Lease - ..Mr Gabb owned a flat in Kensington and had a difficult relationship with his landlord, Mr Farrokzhad. Following some...more
Summary - On 9 November 2021, the UK business secretary announced new laws, and a code of practice (Code of Practice), to resolve the remaining commercial rent debts accrued due to the pandemic. The Government’s intention is...more
Welcome to the latest edition of MoFoReal, our newsletter highlighting recent activities and other developments in MoFo’s European Real Estate team. We hope you enjoy it and would really appreciate your feedback and...more
Briefcase: Quarterly update on key real estate cases including: Pandemic Clause Included in Business Lease Renewal - ..A shopping centre lease renewal decision contains useful guidance on how the court will assess...more
In S. Franses Limited v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Limited [2021] the High Court had to determine a number of issues including, importantly, what rent would be payable by the tenant under the terms of its renewal leases of...more
SUMMARY - The commercial rent moratorium was due to come to an end on 30 June 2021 - Many businesses, particularly travel and hospitality are still struggling to operate, and with the extension of the lockdown period also now...more
The real estate industry, and particularly the hospitality and retail sector, has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Occupiers in those sectors have put a lot of pressure on the government to continue to provide further...more
In a not unexpected move with restrictions on the general public expected to remain well into the New Year the Government has extended the protections for commercial tenants and the restrictions on filing statutory demands...more
The High Court has ruled in the recent case of Capitol Park Leeds PLC v Global Radio Services Limited [2020] that a tenant’s attempt to exercise the break in a lease, which was conditional on the tenant giving “vacant...more
This table summarises landlords’ main options in the event of tenant default, and sets out some advantages, disadvantages and practical tips for each remedy (factoring in current Covid measures/restrictions as at 1 October...more
Most commercial leases require the tenant to pay its rent quarterly, and invariably include a provision allowing the landlord to forfeit if that rent has been unpaid for a period of time, e.g. 7, 14 or 21 days. Outside of...more
RE: A COMPANY (INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN PRESENTATION OF PETITION) - The court considered an application for an injunction in light of the new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2020 (“CIGB”), which was published on 20...more
On 25th March 2020 the UK government passed the Coronavirus Act 2020 (the “Act”) granting emergency powers to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Act includes some limited protection for commercial tenants. There is some...more
Wishing you a Happy Leap Day for tomorrow! Traditionally the day for women to issue marriage proposals, 29 February may also have an unexpected consequence for buyers and sellers of commercial properties when they work out...more
When a landlord is carrying out works it is usually impossible to avoid some level of disturbance to tenants. On that basis, previous case law has made clear that a landlord carrying out works will need to take “all...more
In Bella Italia Restaurants Limited v Stane Park Limited, Bella Italia had entered into a conditional agreement for lease with its prospective landlord, the Trustees of the Churchmanor Pension Scheme....more
The High Court in London has recently given judgment in one of the first UK cases to grapple with the commercial ramifications of the UK's departure from the European Union....more
The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (“MEES Regulations“) introduced the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (“MEES“), which aim to encourage landlords to improve the energy...more