If you really want to be released from your lease obligations and those of your assignee, you need to get a landlord release at the time of assignment.
An assignor tenant’s lease obligations survive an otherwise permitted...more
1/27/2022
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While the recent Bankruptcy Code amendments allow small business debtors to extend their deferral of lease obligations beyond the first 60 days of the bankruptcy case, the amendments raise and leave unanswered important...more
1/27/2021
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A recent Chuck E. Cheese decision rejects the debtor’s/tenant’s request to avoid paying rent based upon state law equity arguments.
CEC’s leases expressly do not permit rent relief even if force majeure is triggered....more
Lease terminations may result in fraudulent transfer claims.
Lease terminations should document that the tenant is receiving reasonably equivalent value in exchange for rent forgiveness, relinquishing the premises and...more