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Let’s assume you own 105 acres in Greene County, Pennsylvania. In 2020, you signed an oil and gas lease with ABC Exploration. During the negotiations, you agreed that only those post-production costs which actually...more
In this lease termination case (Pruett v. River Land Holdings, LLC, No. 03-22-00478-CV, 2024 WL 1745652, at *1 [Tex. App.—Austin Apr. 24, 2024, no pet.]), the Austin Court of Appeals was tasked with examining a cessation of...more
The owners of a warehouse leased it to a commercial tenant to operate a photography studio. The lease required the tenant to procure insurance for the owners and to indemnify them for the negligent acts of the tenant’s...more
A recent Ohio Court of Appeals decision highlights the importance of clear, precise and complete language in residential as well as commercial leases (and other real estate documents)....more
Commercial leases sometimes contain an option allowing the tenant to purchase the property. If the option is properly exercised, an enforceable purchase and sale obligation is created, which can be enforced by the courts...more
As a litigator, whenever I am presented with a new contract dispute, one of the first things that I do is check whether the contract contains an arbitration clause or attorney fee clause. More consistently than any others,...more
Commercial leases often contain attorney fee provisions allowing a party who prevails in litigation to recover attorney fees from the losing party. Can those attorney fee provisions apply to third parties — outsiders to...more
A recent decision from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the District Court) in the bankruptcy cases of Sears Holdings Corp. may loom large in a day and age when shopping mall operators...more
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When entering into a lease agreement, parties rarely contemplate that the property may be subject to a future eminent domain proceeding. As a result, many times the condemnation provision in the lease is given little...more
A recent decision of the New York Court of Appeals – the State’s highest Court – has thrown a wrench in a common litigation process used by commercial tenants – the so-called Yellowstone injunction. The 4-3 decision in 159 MP...more
Last week, in 159 MP Corp. v. Redbridge Bedford, the Court of Appeals upheld a recent decision of the Second Department that limits the rights of commercial tenants to obtain Yellowstone injunctions....more
In California, a holdover tenant (a tenant who remains in possession after the expiration of the written lease) has fewer rights than a tenant operating under a lease....more
Ferrara v. Peaches Café LLC, 2018 NY Lexis 3244 (November 20, 2018) - COR Ridge Road Company, LLC (“COR”), as landlord, entered into a 10 year lease with Peaches Café, LLC (“Peaches”). ...more
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Typically, once a landlord files a lawsuit for eviction, the tenant is required to pay rent into the court’s registry if it seeks to remain in possession of the property during the lawsuit. However, if the tenant disputes...more
In Cedar-Fieldstone Marketplace, LP v. T.S. Fitness, Inc., the Massachusetts Appeals Court considered whether a release of a landlord’s claims against a tenant for unpaid rent precluded the landlord from bringing a collection...more
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In Franchise & High Properties, LLC v. Happy’s Franchise, LLC, a 2015 decision issued by the Court of Appeals in Michigan, the franchisor, Happy’s Pizza Franchise, LLC, signed a five-year lease for the commercial space to be...more