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Fair Notice Drafting: Indemnity Clauses that Stand Up in Texas Courts

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Imagine a customer slips and falls inside a tenant’s leased space. The injured party alleges that the fall was caused by water leaking from the building’s sprinkler system. Although no fault has been determined, the claim...more

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What Landlords and Tenants Need to Know This Hurricane Season - June 2025

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Hurricane season is officially underway, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting an above-normal season. Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, and the agency is estimating...more

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Unique Considerations When Opening or Reopening a Business in the LA Fire Zones

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The 2025 Eaton and Palisades fires caused vast destruction, but in the wake of such destruction there may be unique opportunities for people looking to open or reopen a business in the zones impacted by such fires. Opening a...more

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When Disaster Strikes: Navigating Damage Provisions In Commercial Leases

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Commercial leases are full of provisions that can each have a significant impact on a tenant’s business operations. When negotiating, it may be tempting to focus more on provisions that seem the most critical, and less on...more

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Mitigating Losses When Disaster Strikes: How Casualty Provisions Help Protect Tenants and Landlords

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It has now been just over a month since multiple wildfires erupted throughout the Greater Los Angeles area, bringing widespread devastation to the highly populated area in an event that could end up being the costliest...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Litigating Commercial Lease Terminations, Part 2 of 2: Tenant's Perspective

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Falling behind on rent or otherwise defaulting on lease obligations can lead to serious consequences for commercial tenants, including the landlord instituting legal proceedings for eviction and monetary damages. However,...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

What Every Party Needs to Know About Insurance Before Signing a Lease

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On this episode of Terra Firma: Conversations on Commercial Real Estate, attorneys Stacey Tyler and Stephen Tanico discuss the intersection of insurance and real estate law with Lynda A. Bennett, chair of Lowenstein's...more

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Briefcase Quarterly Update: Key Real Estate Cases - December 2021

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Briefcase: Quarterly Real Estate Update - Cases and News including: ..London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas and others ..Terence James Macey v Pizza Express (Restaurants) Ltd ..Kensquare Ltd v Boakye...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Rulings Disagree: Is Loss of Use of a Leasehold 'Property Damage'?

Is a party’s loss of use of a leasehold or other interest in real property considered “property damage” within the meaning of a comprehensive general liability (CGL) policy? Two recent cases go in different directions on this...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Trends - Issue 18, 2020

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

White and Williams LLP

Commercial Tenant’s Subrogating Insurer Barred by Lease Terms from Pursuing Landlord

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In Travelers Indem. Co. of Am. v. Schwarz Props., L.L.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18176, the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina considered whether the lease between a commercial tenant and...more

Miller Starr Regalia

“If A Tree Falls In The Forest . . .”: If A Tenant Has Yet To Be Evicted, Do They Still Possess The Premises?

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[author: Jana Contreras] “If a tree falls in the forest with no ears to hear does it make a sound?” While the answer to that riddle still remains elusive to many, a recent California court of appeal decision did succeed in...more

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Indiana Court of Appeals Holds That Lease Terms Bar Landlord’s Carrier From Subrogating Against Commercial Tenant

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In Youell v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 2018 Ind. App. LEXIS 497 (2018), the Court of Appeals of Indiana considered whether a landlord’s carrier could bring a subrogation claim against a commercial tenant for fire-related damages...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Loss of Use can be “Property Damage” under Insurance Policies

General liability insurance policies normally cover “property damage.” Physical injury to, or outright destruction of, property almost always fits within policy coverage. But what about situations when the property is not...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Commercial Landlord Not Liable to Holdover Tenant for Damages on the Leased Premises

When a commercial lease tenant experiences the joy of a sewer line backup, which causes raw sewage to flow from all of the sinks on the premises and contaminates the tenant’s business equipment, it is not shocking for the...more

White and Williams LLP

Connecticut Supreme Court Holds That Landlord’s Insurer Can Pursue Equitable Subrogation If Lease Requires Tenant Have Insurance...

In Amica Mutual Insurance Company v. Muldowney, 328 Conn. 428 (2018), the Connecticut Supreme Court considered whether a landlord’s insurance carrier could subrogate against the landlord’s tenants for property damage when the...more

Gray Reed

Commercial Leases Underwater from Harvey

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Because of Hurricane Harvey, oil and gas production company Gonzales Energy and its owner Paunscho are treading water. Rising hurricane flood waters destroyed his files, water-logged his computers and ruined office equipment...more

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Appellate Court Notes

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AC35802 - Estate of Haburey v. Winchester - Widow was allowed to claim spousal benefits for deceased employee who worked at municipal sewage treatment facility. Commissioner could have properly found that exposure to...more

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