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Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms helping to make sense of insurance, employment, tax, securities, M&A, risk management, and every other consideration touched by this crisis. Follow the channel for a daily email brief of the latest and best updates. less -
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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

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Federal Leasing 2023: The Year in Review

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This is the first edition of Holland & Knight's Federal Real Estate Leasing Year in Review. For years, our GSA Leasing & Federal Real Estate Team has worked with LexisNexis to provide updated versions of the Federal...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Court Rejects Commercial Tenant’s Argument for Relief From Rent Due to “Temporary Frustration of Purpose” During Pandemic

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Earlier this year, Money and Dirt covered a then recent case, West Pueblo Partners, LLC v. Stone Brewing Co., LLC, which was one of the first California cases dealing with the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the legal...more

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Briefcase - Quarterly Real Estate Update - September 2022

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In this September quarter edition, we cover: ..Oceanfill v Nuffield Health and Cannons Group - Restructuring lease liabilities; what’s the plan for guarantors? ..Dell and another v 89 Holland Park (Management) Ltd – ...more

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Leasing - liability for rent during the pandemic

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Roger Cohen of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner asks: is the tenant of commercial premises in England liable to pay rent whilst the premises were closed for the pandemic? Or has the tenant a defence to such a claim, thereby...more

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Frustration and rent abatement in commercial leases - Hong Kong Court rules on the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic

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More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, anecdotal reports are that there have been many disputes between landlords and tenants about how the pandemic might affect the tenant’s payment obligations. Tenants reportedly...more

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“Ki(c)k“ boxing between tenants and landlords on rent payment obligations during Covid-related business closures continues even...

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This week, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) issued its eagerly awaited judgment on rent payment obligations during COVID-related business closures. The judgment eases, at least in part, landlords and tenants’ uncertainty...more

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Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Halting Federal Landlord Vaccine Mandate

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U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker of the Southern District of Georgia on Dec. 7, 2021, issued a preliminary injunction, halting the government's enforcement of the vaccine mandate on all federal landlords and their...more

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New Vaccine Mandates Go into Effect for GSA Landlords

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Over the past two weeks, the long-expected vaccine mandate for government contractors and landlords has been issued and is being implemented at a rapid pace. First, on Sept. 9, 2021, President Joe Biden issued an Executive...more

Hogan Lovells

UK COVID-19 rent arrears: a further court case clarifying the position on commercial rent arrears

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A further judgment has been handed down in respect of COVID-19 rent arrears.  Implied terms, failure of consideration and set-off, were all cited as reasons why the tenant ought not to pay its rent during periods of...more

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Briefcase: Quarterly Real Estate Update - Cases and News - September 2021

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Briefcase: Quarterly Real Estate Update - Cases and News including: ..The Royal Parks Limited and the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport v Bluebird Boats Limited ..Monsolar IQ Ltd v Woden Park...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

See You in September August 2021 - There Was No 'Gap' in the Lease Language: COVID Is Not a Casualty

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On June 29, 2021, in The Gap, Inc. v. 170 Broadway Retail Owner, LLC, the New York Appellate Division, First Department, overturned an earlier decision by the New York Supreme Court and issued a decisive victory to commercial...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

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First Step in Successfully Fending off a Yellowstone Application: Be Sure To Give Valid Notice of Default

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Several weeks back, we reported on an apparent uptick in commercial lease disputes over the last 18 months in this new COVID era.  It only follows that there would be a corresponding uptick in Yellowstone applications from...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Be Sure to Address COVID Deferred Rent in a Lease Transfer Transaction

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Tenants who are now involved in a sublease of space or an assignment of a lease that includes a COVID deferred rent payment obligation need to consider and clarify their responsibility for that future stream of payments....more

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Sublandlord Considerations When Subleasing Space

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The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the number of companies that are switching to full-time telework or hybrid work arrangements, often resulting in reduced space needs. To minimize monetary exposure for unused premises, some...more

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Briefcase Quarterly Update: Key Real Estate Cases - July 2021

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Briefcase: Quarterly update on key real estate cases including: Pandemic Clause Included in Business Lease Renewal - ..A shopping centre lease renewal decision contains useful guidance on how the court will assess...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

How the Pandemic Has Changed Real Estate Contracts

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While we hope the virus will soon be a thing of the past, some contractual provisions and issues are sure to become part of real estate professionals’ new normal. As a result of lessons learned from the pandemic, most real...more

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How The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Altered Commercial Leasing Forever

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Lately, each day has brought more signs that pandemic restrictions are being loosened and the opportunity for a “return to normal” is growing. But for commercial real estate landlords and tenants, will there be a new normal?...more

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UK COVID-19 rent arrears: Courts provide clarity in a series of important cases

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It has been a busy couple of weeks in the UK with judgments in two important cases concerning COVID-19 rent arrears: Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft mbh v TFS Stores Limited (TFS) ...more

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COVID-19-Related Lease Modifications Raise New Issues of Liability for Unpaid Rent

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As pandemic-related shutdowns battered the retail and restaurant industry, many tenants avoided defaulting on their leases by negotiating a lease workout. These agreements often provided tenants some much-needed rent relief...more

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Troutman Pepper COVID-19 Legal Issues Podcast Series: COVID-19 Commercial Leasing Trends (Part Two)

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Please join Troutman Pepper for the second installment of its COVID-19 Commercial Leasing Trends Podcast series on legal and business issues confronted by companies in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moderated by Troutman...more

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Practical Guidance for Retail Landlords on Tenant COVID-19 Closures

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During these winter months, many retail tenants have opted to close their doors to the public rather than remain open with limited occupancy and other operating restrictions due to COVID-19. Below are some practical...more

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Look for More Landlord Protections in Retail Deferral Agreements and Extensions

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In April and May of 2020, the unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the related mandatory closures and restrictions on operations began to be felt by retail tenants across the United States. As a...more

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Best in Law: Six Business Lessons Learned from 2020

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It Was a Year Like No Other, and BB&K Business Attorney Nancy Park Shared Some Takeaways - By now, we’ve all seen plenty of retrospectives summarizing 2020, and can agree it was an epic year like no other. The COVID-19...more

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