When Can Oregon Landlords Terminate Residential Tenancy Without Cause?
Practicing on the Front Lines of Landlord-Tenant Regulations and Housing Law
Law Brief®: Robert Wolf, Alexander Tiktin and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Continuing Foreclosure/Eviction Moratorium
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 265: Listen and Learn -- Constructive Eviction
Navigating the New Normal: Risk Management and Legal Considerations for Real Estate Companies
How an Am Law 200 Firm is Working Towards Solutions to 2020’s Challenges with Jeremy Sacks: On Record PR
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 93: Listen and Learn -- Constructive Eviction
New York Commercial Eviction and Mortgage Foreclosure Moratorium Extended - On January 27, 2021, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.92. The order extended the Governor’s initial COVID-19 disaster declaration...more
Federal COVID-19 Relief Bill Passes - On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (the “Act”), which includes numerous additional relief: ...more
CDC To Halt Evictions Through Year-End Using Quarantine Rules In an effort to prevent COVID-19 from spreading, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to use its quarantine authority to halt the...more
California Eviction Moratorium to End on September 1, 2020 - On August 13, 2020, the Judicial Council of California voted to lift the moratorium on evictions and foreclosure filings on September 1st – approximately two...more
New York Extends Foreclosure Moratorium - On August 5, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.55, which, among other things, extends the ban on certain foreclosure proceedings....more
The global COVID-19 outbreak has encouraged widespread orders to protect renters and owners of commercial and residential real property. In this 50 state-by-state survey we offer a summary of cities and states that have...more
New Jersey Mall Sues Tenant for Breaching Lease Provision to Remain Open - A prominent tenant in a major New Jersey shopping mall was sued by its landlord for refusing to re-open its space after New Jersey lifted its...more
Connecticut Governor Lamont Issues Executive Order Extending Certain Protections for Residential Renters During the Pandemic On April 10, 2020, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7X, which provided certain...more
SDNY Rules Against New York Landlords - A group of Westchester County landlords sued Governor Cuomo in federal court, claiming that he overstepped his authority in issuing an executive order granting a 60-day moratorium on...more
On June 30, 2020, shortly before the ban was due to expire, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis again extended Executive Order 20-94, which restricts certain real estate evictions, this time through Aug. 1, 2020. Executive Order...more
On June 8, 2020, Mayor Bowser signed the Coronavirus Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (the Act), which the Council of the District of Columbia had unanimously approved on May 19, 2020. The Act is...more
$484 Billion Interim Emergency Funding Bill - Congress and the Trump Administration have announced a deal on the $484 billion “interim emergency” relief package (the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement...more
On Monday, April 6, 2020, in an Emergency Meeting to address issues arising from the COVID-19 Crisis, the Judicial Council enacted emergency rules that protect tenants and borrowers by temporarily preventing California courts...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Condition Precedent: trial court properly rejected motion to dismiss for failure to satisfy condition precedent of pre-litigation non-binding arbitration, required by Chapter 718, Florida Statutes,...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Deficiency/Subject Matter Jurisdiction: approving the 3d DCA’s opinion that an assignee of a foreclosure judgment can maintain a separate action for deficiency under Florida Statutes, Section...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Unclean Hands: defense of unclean hands insufficient where borrower alleges bank’s loan officer inflated borrower’s income and assets to qualify for loan where borrower signed off on...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Eviction/Summary Judgment: Error to grant summary judgment where plaintiff failed to refute multiple affirmative defenses including an assertion that the eviction would cause an inequitable...more