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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

If You Wanted Heat, You Should Have Put It In The Lease

A D.C. hospital operator's effort to get its HVAC system upgraded has backfired in nightmarish fashion for the operator. Hospital operator DCA leased its Northeast D.C. premises from Capitol Hill Group starting in late...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Litigating Commercial Lease Terminations, Part 1 of 2: Landlord's Perspective

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Commercial leases are a critical source of income and financial stability for property owners, but the current evolving economic environment presents many risks. One of the primary concerns is when a tenant falls behind on...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Massachusetts Judge Orders Plaintiff to Pay Attorneys’ Fees Because Plaintiff Had No Evidentiary Basis to Believe Facts Alleged in...

Judge Krupp, sitting in the Massachusetts Business Litigation Session, awarded a defendant more than $240,000 in attorneys’ fees, expenses, and interest under G.L. c. 231, § 6F, the Massachusetts statute authorizing fee...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Commercial Leases, Arbitration, and Attorney Fee Awards

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

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Attorney Fee Recovery by Third Parties Dragged into Commercial Lease Disputes

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

Holland & Knight LLP

Precise Drafting of a Lease is Crucial and Can be the Deciding Factor in Litigation

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No party enters into a lease hoping one day to end up in litigation. The parties desire a smooth, amicable landlord-tenant relationship. However, the potential for disagreements, and ultimately litigation, over a lease is...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Appellate Court Notes

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Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions - AC 40855 Stone v. Coast Swappers, LLC (entitlement to attorney’s fees awarded under CUTPA) - The Appellate Court holds that there is no general presumption of an entitlement to...more

Cole Schotz

New Jersey Commercial Landlord Finds Loophole in Lease to Avoid Tenant Exclusivity Restrictions

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On October 21, 2015, the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed a trial court ruling that a South Jersey landlord did not violate a coffee-related exclusivity provision in its lease with Starbucks when it subsequently rented...more

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