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Eviction Essentials and Lease Management

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In this episode of Litigators Lounge, hosts Anders Sleight and Niall McMillan discuss the current challenges in the commercial real estate market. They explore essential steps for landlords and property managers to protect...more

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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

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Lease Guarantees: What Landlords Should Know When Negotiating

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While landlords prefer tenants with the strongest financial positions to sign leases, they may sometimes accept a “shell” entity — created solely to operate the business at the leased premises — provided that an upper-tier...more

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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

FAQs for Commercial Landlords When a Tenant Files Chapter 11

When a tenant under an unexpired lease of nonresidential real property files a case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, both tenant and landlord acquire rights and obligations that may contravene the terms of the lease...more

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Courts Leave Landlords in the Lurch on Guaranty Law

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Recently, two important court decisions ruled that a New York City local law known as the Guaranty Law, which rendered unenforceable certain guaranties of commercial lease obligations, was unconstitutional. One month later,...more

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March Decisions Bring Mixed Results for Parties to New York COVID-19 Commercial Lease Disputes

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Two recent cases from New York state court came out on opposite ends of the landlord-tenant and landlord-guarantor divides over COVID-19-related commercial lease disputes. On the pro-landlord end of the spectrum, in Mept 757...more

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NYC Lease Guarantors Gain Temporary Personal Liability Protections During COVID-19

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On May 26, 2020, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law Int. No. 1932-A, amending the New York City Administrative Code to prohibit enforcement of personal liability against natural persons for certain commercial...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

A Lease and a Lease Guaranty Involve Different Rights and Remedies

Sister blog The LLC Jungle recently posted about an opinion from California’s Sixth District Court of Appeal — Orozco v. WPV San Jose, LLC — describing the legal difference between an LLC tenant, and the LLC’s owner who...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Contribution Rights Among Co-Guarantors: Liability Must Be Proportional

In reviewing notable guaranty cases from 2017 while preparing this year’s updates and edits for CEB’s top-notch treatise, California Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, and Foreclosure Litigation, we came across an opinion that...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

A Guaranty May Be Enforceable Even If Collection Of The Underlying Debt Is Barred

In Cedar-Fieldstone Marketplace, LP v. T.S. Fitness, Inc., the Massachusetts Appeals Court considered whether a release of a landlord’s claims against a tenant for unpaid rent precluded the landlord from bringing a collection...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Litigation Insights Newsletter - Fall 2016

Social media is everywhere, and while it gives businesses an unprecedented opportunity to reach a record number of consumers at a minimal cost, it can prove to be a double edged sword when disgruntled employees or customers,...more

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Foundation: December 2015 • Vol. II, Issue 3

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As we now find ourselves in the midst of Q4 with the holiday season rapidly approaching, it is safe to say that 2015 was a rather dynamic year across the board. The real estate market being no exception, we expect great...more

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