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Like music, real estate isn’t just one thing. It’s a combination of many rights. This article discusses the bundle of rights that comprise real estate, how the United States Supreme Court’s June 23, 2021 ruling Cedar Point...more
As I explained in greater detail here, on May 5, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia determined in Alabama Association of Realtors, et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human...more
On August 3, 2021, the Centers for Disease and Control issued an Order that temporarily halts evictions on the basis of failure to pay rent and is in effect through October 3, 2021. At its core, the Order was promulgated to...more
On September 4, 2020, the CDC issued a broad order temporarily halting evictions nationwide, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as its basis. 85 Fed. Reg. 55,292 (Sept. 4, 2020). The CDC determined that such a moratorium was...more
A Federal District Judge in the District of Columbia has vacated the CDC’s national residential eviction moratorium. While some other courts have also upheld challenges to the CDC’s moratorium, the rulings have typically been...more
On May 5, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (“DC Court”) vacated a nationwide eviction moratorium order issued by the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) to help mitigate the spread of...more
On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, Judge Dabney Friedrich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the residential eviction moratorium was unlawful as it was beyond the authority of the United States Centers...more
Relief from the CDC Moratorium may be on its way for landlords and property owners. On May 5, 2021, Judge Dabney Friedrich of the DC District Court set aside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) moratorium...more
On February 25, 2021, the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Texas (“Texas Court”) granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in Lauren Terkel et al. v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...more
On February 27, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”), the United States Department of Health and Human Services (the “HHS”), and the United States of America (collectively the “Government”)...more
In Terkel v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 6:20-cv-00564 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 25, 2021) and Skyworks, Ltd. v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 5:20-cv-2407 (N.D. Ohio Mar. 10, 2021), groups of...more
As the COVID summer of 2020 drew to a close, the Centers for Disease Control issued a nationwide moratorium on evicting tenants from residential properties, in an effort to promote public health and stem the tide of the...more
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
A federal court in Texas has ruled that the federal government has no constitutional power to prohibit real estate foreclosures and evictions pursuant to coronavirus legislation and regulation, calling into question whether...more
In the ruling, U.S. District Judge John Barker ruled in favor of the landlords and property managers who brought the lawsuit, ruling that the CDC's eviction moratorium exceeded the federal government's constitutional...more
In Washington: The House of Representatives was set to pass its $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package (H.R. 1319), late Friday night over solid Republican opposition. The passage is a key step toward giving President Joe...more
A recently filed lawsuit places renewed scrutiny on the constitutionality of the nationwide residential eviction freeze put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) in response to the ongoing...more
This 18th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us return to what, even in these early days of the pandemic, must be considered as some of the hottest topics. Thus, we discuss new...more