Department of Justice (DOJ), Commercial Leases

Small Business Subcontracting Plans: Do Lessors Need Them, and What Do They Do?

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/29/2024

First-time landlords to the government are often overwhelmed by the number of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and General Services Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) clauses included in government leases. The compliance...more

Securitizing Marijuana Dispensary Properties in the Sessions Era

Dechert LLP on 9/7/2018

In 2013, the Obama administration issued the Cole Memorandum, which called a truce between federal prosecutors and marijuana businesses operating legitimately under state law. After regime change in Washington, however, it...more

Don’t Make a Federal Case Out of It

Burns & Levinson LLP on 6/6/2018

Crimson Galeria Limited Partnership et al (the Plaintiffs) vs. Healthy Pharms, Inc. et al (the Defendants), in Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-11696-ADB (the Complaint), which is currently pending in the United States District Court...more

Wrapping Paper Series Updates

Perkins Coie on 10/20/2015

2015 - The Price of Customer Loyalty: Rewards Programs and Sales and Use Tax Issues - 09.21.2015 - Retailers and other businesses use loyalty and rewards programs to draw in customers throughout the year. However,...more

Medical Marijuana and Commercial Real Estate in California and Beyond

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 9/9/2015

BB&K attorney Seena Samimi discussed in a Lawline presentation how conflicting medical marijuana laws impact commercial real estate owners, and what they should know in leasing to dispensaries. Real estate impacts...more

FTC Narrows Scope of HSR Reporting Exemption for Certain Acquisitions

Bracewell LLP on 7/24/2015

On July 20, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released revisions to its interpretation of the rule, 16 C.F.R. §802.5, that exempts certain acquisitions of “investment rental property assets” from reportability under...more