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Colorado court rules “Fees on Fees” recoverable in contractual disputes, breaking new ground on attorney fee awards

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On Aug. 6, the Colorado Court of Appeals recently addressed a question that had never been definitively answered in the state: whether a prevailing party can recover attorney fees incurred to enforce a contractual...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Ohio Court Case Highlights the Importance of Clarity in Real Estate Agreements

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

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Information Sharing in the Trump Administration

As January 20, 2025, approaches, antitrust practitioners and the business communities are searching for clues whether the incoming Trump Administration and its antitrust officials will continue the Biden Administration’s...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Enforcing a Tenant Option to Purchase Under “Changed Circumstances”

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

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Drawn-out negotiations over purchase agreement result in extensive litigation

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A recent case weighed the extent to which a purchaser was able to negotiate terms when exercising a purchase of property under an option in a lease. The litigation began when, after the tenant/buyer exercised its purchase...more

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Los Angeles Eviction Moratorium Upheld by Ninth Circuit; Uncertainty Continues

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A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Aug. 25, 2021, upheld the City of Los Angeles' current residential eviction moratorium – first enacted by the City Council in 2020 as an emergency...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Sears (MOAC v. Transform): Landlord May Rest (Adequately) Assured of ‘Similar’ Financial Condition and Operating Performance, But...

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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Mistakes in notices: useful guidance from the Court of Appeal

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Earlier this month the Court of Appeal decided the case of Captain Nigel Crighton Pease v Jeffrey William Carter and Louise Mary Carter. The case concerned whether statutory notices of proceedings for possession, served under...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Return of Yellowstone: The New York State Legislature Revives the Yellowstone Injunction

For more than 50 years, a commercial tenant threatened with eviction could count on obtaining a Yellowstone injunction tolling the tenant’s time to cure alleged lease defaults while challenging the legitimacy of those...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Landlord Loses Additional Rent Dispute Based on Lease Language

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Another new commercial lease case, another instance of drafting being the deciding factor.  We’ve looked at cases where drafting affected guaranties, exculpatory clauses, remedies, and how to calculate renewal rent.  To be...more

Genova Burns LLC

Yellowstone No More?: New York Highest Court Approves Waiver of Commercial Tenant Right to Seek Declaratory Judgment

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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

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Recent Decision Narrows Commercial Tenants’ Recourse to Yellowstone Injunctions

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

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When Do Defects Prevent Practical Completion?

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Practical completion represents the physical completion of works on construction projects. Despite its importance, it is not a legal term of art, and whether or not practical completion has been achieved requires...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Can a Holdover Commercial Tenant Hold On to a Right of First Refusal?

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

Troutman Pepper Locke

New York Court Of Appeals Holds That Direct Consent By Landlord Is Not Necessary For Contractor To Enforce A Lien Against The...

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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

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Could an eviction lawsuit result in a tenant paying less rent?

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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

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

A Guaranty May Be Enforceable Even If Collection Of The Underlying Debt Is Barred

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

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Second Department Finds Commercial Tenants Can Waive Their Right to a Yellowstone Injunction

On January 31, 2018, the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed, in a 3-1 decision, the Kings County Supreme Court Commercial Division’s decision, denying 159 MP Corp. and 240 Bedford Ave Realty Holding Corp.’s...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Lease guaranty’s demand requirement trips up landlord

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All too often commercial parties sign contracts without paying much attention to the “boilerplate” provisions.  And all too often that causes a problem for one of the parties.  ...more

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