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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California SB-1103: What Landlords Need to Know About New Rights for Small Business Tenants

California’s Commercial Tenant Protection Act (SB-1103) took effect on January 1, 2025. Conceived as a transparency and displacement prevention measure for small businesses, the new law creates tenant protections for small...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Mitigating Lease Risk: Key Tools for Landlords with Smaller Tenants

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While not all landlords prefer—or are able—to lease their commercial properties exclusively to large, creditworthy “national” tenants, these tenants are attractive due to their strong financial stability. However, what about...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Avoiding Pitfalls Around New Calif. Commercial Lease Law

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Litigation attorney Anne Beehler and real estate attorney Andrew Starrels co-authored a Law360 article examining the Commercial Tenant Protection Act (S.B. 1103) in California that grants new rights to qualified commercial...more

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California's Commercial Tenant Protection Act Shifts Burdens, Costs to Landlords

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Commercial Tenant Protection Act (SB 1103) into law on September 30, 2024, in what supporters billed as first-in-the-nation commercial tenant protections to safeguard the smallest...more

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California Expands Residential Tenant Protections to Certain Small Commercial Tenants

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On September 30, 2024, Governor Newsom approved California Senate Bill No. 1103, which extends certain rights previously reserved for residential tenants to “qualified commercial tenants,” which includes any tenant that is...more

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New Tenant Protections for Small Businesses and Nonprofits in California

Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, California commercial property owners will have to contend with new (and expanded) tenant protections for any small business or nonprofit that is a “qualified commercial tenant” under SB 1103. More...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Commercial Tenant Evictions and What You Need to Know in Seattle

Mayor Bruce Harrell officially ended the City of Seattle Civil Emergency Proclamation on October 31, 2022, which affects the requirement for landlords to negotiate payment plans with commercial tenants that qualify as a small...more

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Sunset of Certain Bankruptcy Code Changes

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As we previously reported, the Bankruptcy Code saw many changes in 2020 and 2021. Some of the changes that were enacted under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ("CAA") will soon end....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New York State Passes Legislation To Extend Eviction And Foreclosure Relief For Small Business Commercial Properties

On March 9, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York State COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021 (S471A/A3207) (the “Act”). After a full year of commercial tenants and commercial...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Massachusetts Governor Extends Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures

Previously set to expire August 18, 2020, Governor Baker has extended Chapter 65 of the Acts of 2020, An Act Providing for a Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 Emergency (the “Act”), by 60 days...more

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Massachusetts Pauses Residential and Commercial Evictions and Residential Foreclosures During the COVID-19 State of Emergency

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As the Covid-19 global emergency continues, so does its economic impact.  The Massachusetts legislature and Governor Baker have enacted numerous initiatives aimed at, among other things, Massachusetts’ economic stability and...more

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New Rent Reduction Laws Proposed in New York May Be Better for Landlords, But May Still Be Challenged

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As discussed in prior updates, lawmakers in New York previously introduced bills that would, if enacted, temporarily suspend rent payments for certain residential and small business commercial tenants unable to pay rent due...more

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“Quiet Enjoyment” May Not Work, But New York Law and Leases May Provide Other Avenues for Relief for Commercial Tenants

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As set forth in our prior update, commercial tenants in New York may not be able to establish a breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment because of the ongoing pandemic, subject to specific lease language....more

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COVID-19: UK Introduces Non-payment Protections for Commercial Tenants: The UK government has announced that commercial tenants...

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An amendment to the emergency Coronavirus Bill means that no business will be forced out of its premises if it misses a rent payment in the next three months. The government will continue to monitor the situation, as...more

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