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
Subro in Seconds | VLOG 2
Lease Negotiations – Interview with Jeff Moerdler, Member, Mintz Levin
In evaluating the feasibility and profitability of a potential investment, it’s crucial for a prudent buyer to conduct a comprehensive review of all property leases. Such an examination allows the buyer to verify the...more
In our upcoming series of blog posts, we will look at several key negotiating points for tenants in triple net healthcare leases. We will also offer suggestions for certain lease provisions that will protect tenants from...more
In the New York commercial leasing world, and in almost every privately-owned restaurant lease, the well-known “Good Guy Guaranty” is abundantly common. However, a decision by a judge in the Supreme Court for New York County,...more
In Westminster Am. Ins. Co. a/s/o Androulla M. Toffalli v. Bond, No. 538 EDA 2023, 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 626, 2023 PA Super 272, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (Appellate Court) recently discussed the impact of silence on...more
If you’re venturing into the world of commercial real estate, whether as a tenant or a landlord, there’s a plethora of terms you’ll come across. Among these is the seemingly simple idea of the “Lease Commencement Date.” While...more
A common route for property owners to effect divestiture of their real estate assets to de-risk their investments and to improve liquidity is to sell down part of the asset and form a joint venture with the buyer....more
What sort of things go through a commercial landlord's mind when receiving a notice from its tenant that the tenant wants consent to assign its lease? The answer is, all sorts of things. The landlord may want the space...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
The long moratorium on most evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the de facto shutdown of the court system for civil matters, caused most California landlords to defer unlawful detainer and related...more
Justice Ignazio ("Nace") John Ruvolo once observed that the "Illegality of contracts constitutes a vast, confusing and rather mysterious area of the law." McIntosh v. Mills, 121 Cal. App. 4th 333, 344 (2004). One confusing...more
In a recent decision, the Second District Court of Appeal indirectly addressed an issue that comes up from time to time in landlord-tenant litigation: whether the landlord must produce in discovery documents relating to other...more
Summary - ..Johnson –v- Spooner & Another – “Subject to contract” label not always conclusive. ..Milestar Limited –v- (1) Narendra Gandesha & (2) Homerton Holdings Limited – Can a tenant’s cross-claim defeat a...more
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal (Poon CHJC, Barma, and Au JJA) has imposed upon a statutory corporation an obligation to consider whether it should take measures to enforce a lease against a tenant, following an application by...more
In our new COVID world, many leases are being restructured. Some are in response to tenant defaults and are appropriately considered lease “work-outs”. Many others will likely need to be amended to adjust to a post-COVID...more
The last year has been a challenging time and it begs the question, from the landlord’s perspective, what have we learned? One thing for sure is that the average lease, a document that seems (for most landlords) to be like...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (Public Law 116-260) (the Act) contains an important change in bankruptcy law beneficial to landlords of nonresidential properties. Among several amendments to the Bankruptcy Code...more
In the wake of COVID-19, commercial landlords are facing unprecedented challenges as they strive to mitigate new risks while maintaining the rapport they have built in their professional communities and with their tenants. ...more
Unlike the Great Recession in 2008, landlords and tenants responding to the negative economic impact of the COVID-19 health crisis appear to be focusing more on rent relief as opposed to strict interpretation and enforcement....more
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health crisis, landlords and tenants alike found themselves in a most precarious position: state and municipal governments across the country restricted access to offices and...more
On May 26, 2020, New York City enacted a law that renders personal guaranties unenforceable for commercial tenants impacted by COVID-19. Section 22-1005 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York states that a...more
From the start of the unprecedented closure of the New York State Courts to new, “non-essential” filings until yesterday, commercial tenants had no remedy against a landlord seeking to terminate a lease as a result of a...more
Nevada recently joined the rapidly-increasing list of states suspending or barring eviction and foreclosure actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. By both executive directives and judiciary orders, almost all foreclosure and...more
In this challenging and rapidly changing environment, real estate players are dealing with the effects of COVID-19 on real property operations in real time. As they make decisions at an accelerated pace, they should bear in...more
Are you a commercial tenant? Has the coronavirus pandemic prompted you to consider temporarily closing your physical location? Does your lease have a “continuous operations” provision?...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