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Ohio Supreme Court Clarifies Seller Disclosure Obligations in Ashmus v. Coughlin

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In Ashmus v. Coughlin, 2025-Ohio-2412, the Ohio Supreme Court provided important guidance on the scope of a seller’s disclosure obligations under Ohio Revised Code 5302.30, particularly when it comes to “material defects” in...more

Segal McCambridge

Third DCA Reaffirms the Longstanding Playbook on Contract Damages

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Must damages be based on the cost of repair at the time of the breach? What is the time of breach? A recent Florida appellate case might have the answer to these questions. Bandklayder Development, LLC v. Sabga introduces key...more

Bennett Jones LLP

A Landlord’s Response and Duty to Mitigate Following a Tenant’s Repudiation of Lease

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Lessons from Centurion Apartment Properties v Piquancy Enterprises - In November 2024, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) released its decision in Centurion Apartment Properties (Scott Road 1) Inc v Piquancy...more

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NPRI Plaintiff Survives Affirmative Defenses

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Boren Descendants et al v. Fasken Oil and Ranch, LTD, offers something to talk about beyond interpretation of the fixed-or-floating NPRI question.  At issue was this reservation, expressed as a double fraction, in a 1933...more

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DOGE Issues Directive Regarding GSA Leases

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Introduction - The U.S. federal government, through the United States General Services Administration (GSA), is the largest tenant in the country, currently leasing approximately 150 million square feet of office space and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Contracts Clause Rears Its Powerful Head for a Landlord

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In a recent case, 513 West 26th Realty LLC v. George Billis Galleries Inc., a New York Supreme Court addressed whether the COVID-era personal guaranty relief statute (the Guaranty Law) violated the Contracts Clause of the...more

DarrowEverett LLP

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

Freiberger Haber LLP

Affidavit Fails To Establish That A Material Undisputed Fact Was Not A Fact At All, Says The First Department

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In Katsorhis v. 718 W. Beech St, LLC, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 00211 (1st Dept. Jan. 15, 2025) (here), the Appellate Division, Second Department considered a fraud claim that the lower court sustained on the grounds that defendant...more

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Sale of Industrial Facility/Environmental Assessment: Connecticut Court Addresses Whether Seller was Reasonable in Terminating...

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The Superior Court of Connecticut (“Court”) in a December 20th Memorandum of Trial Decision (“Memorandum”) addressed an issue arising out of the proposed sale of an industrial facility. See Candor Capital LLC v. Leeder Realty...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry

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Michael Heller’s, Matthew Spero’s and Lawrence Han’s Winter issue of the Title Reporter was published in the Real Estate Finance Journal. This article discusses the following court rulings and other title insurance-related...more

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