Adaptive Reuse: From Desks to Doorways
REFRESH Real Estate Leasing Tips for Nonprofits
The use of a commercial lease to rip off minority owners in a closely held business
Key Lease Work Letter Issues When the Landlord Is Doing the Work
Healthcare Practice Lease Negotiations: Avoid Missing Out on Potential Opportunities
Business Better Podcast Episode: Distressed Office Buildings: A Look at Workout and Enforcement
Nonprofit Tenants and Lease Agreements: Best Practices and Pitfalls to Avoid
Can Office to Residential Conversions Help Revitalize Downtown? (Audio)
An Overview of P3s, CIDs and Smart Cities With Malaika Rivers - TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
Creative Reuse: The Opportunities and Challenges of Converting Office Space to Residential
How Commercial Property Owners Can Collect Unpaid Rent from Commercial Tenants
Landlord and Tenant Lease Risk Reduction for the Cannabis Industry
Build Out Or Buy? Financing Real Estate Transactions in Healthcare Practices
Goran Musinovic on Healthcare Real Estate Compliance
Troutman Pepper COVID-19 Legal Issues Podcast Series: COVID-19 Commercial Leasing Trends (Part Two)
The Risk of Personal Injury Claims from COVID-19 and What to Do About It
Law Brief®: David Pfeffer and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Future of Offices
Commercial/Retail Therapy: Assessing the Pandemic’s Impact on Real Estate
Law Brief®: Debra Bodian Bernstein and Richard Schoenstein Discuss Commercial Lease Defaults During COVID-19
South Carolina Abandoned Building Incentives at Risk of Going Away
During the underwriting process, carriers should review affirmative coverages not only to ensure consistency with applicable exclusions but also to make sure that the coverages themselves are internally consistent. Failure to...more
The California Supreme Court weighed in on the validity of commercial lease co-tenancy provisions with its recent opinion in JJD-HOV Elk Grove, LLC v. Jo-Ann Stores, LLC. A commercial lease co-tenancy clause conditions a...more
The recent case of 1785192 Ontario Inc. v. Ontario H Limited Partnership, 2024 ONCA 775 (Ontario H Limited Partnership) demonstrates that a purchaser who fails to tender the full purchase price required under an...more
For commercial landlords, ensuring that tenants return the leased premises in the agreed-upon condition is crucial to protecting their property and income. One effective way to enforce this is by making a tenant's failure to...more
Yesterday, the Court of Appeals of Virginia issued an important decision regarding two often troubling elements under Virginia law regarding proving a claim of adverse possession....more
The transition to online shopping, interest rate increases, labor costs, maturing debt and rising inflation have collectively taken a significant toll on the retail industry, contributing to store closures and a growing...more
Many times, remedies for the breach of a contract other than monetary damages are necessary to make a plaintiff whole...more
Introduction - Dans deux affaires récentes, la Cour supérieure de justice de l’Ontario (la « Cour ») a rendu des décisions qui s’éloignent de la position voulant que l’exécution en nature soit un redressement «...more
Introduction - In two recent cases, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Court) endorsed a shift away from the view of specific performance as an “extraordinary” remedy in the context of commercial real estate disputes. In...more
The Bullet Point is a biweekly update of recent, unique, and impactful cases in state and federal courts in the area of commercial litigation. We’re pleased to expand the Bullet Point from its previous coverage of Ohio case...more
The struggles of commercial tenants due to the COVID-19 pandemic are as widespread as they will be long-lasting. From closures to strict regulations that have greatly disrupted normal operations, businesses are facing...more
COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on businesses of all kinds. But organizations in the real estate sector—both commercial and residential—have been hit particularly hard. The fallout from the pandemic has sparked numerous...more
Two more federal court judges in the Northern District of Ohio have weighed in on whether insurance carriers in the cases pending before them must cover claims for damages caused by the COVID19 pandemic. In both cases, the...more
The coronavirus pandemic raises the specter of potential class action exposure for commercial property insurers. The combination of staggering losses to America’s small businesses and the perceived deep pockets of insurers...more
At Fifth and Church streets in uptown Charlotte, a group of investors opened the aptly named restaurant, 5Church. Other locations and restaurant brands followed, the fifth of which – Sophia’s Lounge – landed next door to the...more
Disruptions from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will have a lasting impact on industries worldwide. Commercial real estate landlords and tenants are being forced to make difficult decisions to adapt to these sudden...more
I was especially drawn to the case I’m about to introduce involving LLC member withdrawal, owing to the Jacobs v Cartalemi case that I litigated to a successful conclusion about two years ago, also involving member...more
An insured sought coverage under its commercial property insurance policy for property damage incurred after construction work was performed in an adjoining building. ...more
A breach of contract that deprives the innocent party of "substantially the whole benefit of the contract" gives the innocent party the option to terminate the contract and discharge the parties from future obligations, the...more
A recent LLC Jungle blog post covered the impact of “conversion” from a different form of entity to an LLC — generally, the entity’s rights and liabilities remain the same. But what about a more sophisticated transaction...more
The Massachusetts reference process is a creature of statute designed to provide an expeditious method to resolve disputes over the amount of loss covered by a property insurance policy. While a reference panel cannot decide...more
- AC34886 - State v. Bush - AC35418 - State v. LaFleur - AC36275 - North Star Contracting Corp. v. Albright This case dealt with who is the proper party to bring a shareholder derivative action. A...more