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California Expands Residential Tenant Protections to Certain Small Commercial Tenants

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On September 30, 2024, Governor Newsom approved California Senate Bill No. 1103, which extends certain rights previously reserved for residential tenants to “qualified commercial tenants,” which includes any tenant that is...more

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The UK Renters' Rights Bill 2024: What You Need to Know

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The Renters' Rights Bill 2024 proposes to introduce important changes to the UK rental market affecting both the build-to-rent and purpose-built student accommodation ("PBSA") sectors alike....more

K&L Gates LLP

Commercial Leases—First Semester 2024 Case Laws Digest

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Commercial lease law is constantly evolving, with court rulings providing particularly interesting insights into the negotiation and management of commercial leases. Our selection of some of the High Court’s major decisions...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

New Tenant Protections for Small Businesses and Nonprofits in California

Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, California commercial property owners will have to contend with new (and expanded) tenant protections for any small business or nonprofit that is a “qualified commercial tenant” under SB 1103. More...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Langfristige Gewerberaummietverträge – ein Labyrinth aus Formvorschriften

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Was unterscheidet gesetzliche und gewillkürte Schriftform, elektronische Form, Textform und telekommunikative Übermittlung? Das gesetzliche Schriftformerfordernis für langfristige Gewerberaummietverträge wird von vielen...more

Hogan Lovells

UK Residential Assured Shorthold Tenancy evictions: how to stay on the right side of the law

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The announcement of the upcoming Renters’ Rights Bill has left many landlords keen to bring assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs) to an end before the changes become law. Reports have emerged of some landlords, perhaps in too...more

Cozen O'Connor

Broad Street Brief: City, CCP Launch Municipal Employment College

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Last week, Mayor Cherelle Parker joined the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) to launch the new City College for Municipal Employment, which will train students specifically for local government jobs. The program aims...more

Nossaman LLP

Developing Areas of Leasing and Environmental Social Governance

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The field of real estate law and commercial leasing is established and well-tested. For this reason, most landlords and tenants that enter into negotiations with their legal team and real estate brokers are very familiar with...more

Lowndes

Drafting Hunting Leases: Key Considerations for Landlords

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As the fall hunting season approaches, Florida landowners may contemplate leasing their land to an individual or group for hunting purposes. For many owners, drafting such a specialized lease may be daunting, as they have to...more

A&O Shearman

Navigating the uncertainties: the impact of the Renters' Rights Bill on institutional investors in the English private rental...

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Few would disagree that elements of the English rental sector are ripe for a reshape. The Renters' Rights Bill (the Bill) aims to equip vulnerable tenants paying for substandard accommodation with protection against the...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Landlord: Look Out and Take Notice

Lawyers love obscure rules about giving three-day notices—the kind that California landlords hate. The decision in City of Alameda v. Sheehan, published September 13, 2024, teaches that there is a wrong way to issue a notice...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Update: Draft Legislation on Landlord Tax Liabilities Provides Relief for Residential Tenants

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Since the publication of our blog, Tenants Beware: The Risks of Landlord Tax Liabilities, draft legislation released by the Department of Finance on August 12, 2024, has proposed a change to the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Multifamily Update-Rent Control Portal, Eviction Reforms, Shelf and Conversion Condos, BEPS, Vacancy Control, Just Cause...

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On the multifamily front, transactions are picking up. The benefits of the interest rate cut by the Fed are offset somewhat by the increasingly complex legal and regulatory environment impacting multifamily properties,...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Speculative Suites Are On the Rise: 5 Lease Provisions Landlords Should Consider

In today’s office leasing market and with recent construction challenges, landlords are seeing a competitive market advantage in developing and offering speculative suites to attract tenants. In recent years, many companies...more

Hogan Lovells

The Renters Rights Bill – What’s new?

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The previous government put forward a huge agenda for leasehold reform. While they managed to pass the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 before parliament was dissolved – which introduced a ban on new leasehold houses...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

How Detailed Site Plans and Letters of Intent Can Streamline Your Lease Negotiations

As leases get more complicated and less standardized, and with properties rarely conforming from one to another, there are two documents that can hasten the successful negotiation process and achieve a document that can best...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Leasing Agreements in Quebec: True Lease or Financing Lease in the Context of an Insolvency?

One of the main advantages for a debtor to seek protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) or the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) is the stay of proceedings that prevents creditors faced with a...more

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DOJ Challenges Use of Certain Pricing Algorithms

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On August 23, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued real estate software company RealPage alleging the company’s software reduces competition between landlords, resulting in inflated rents and less favorable lease terms...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

DOJ Takes Aim at AI-Powered Rent Prices

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit against real estate software company RealPage on August 23, 2024. The lawsuit alleges that RealPage’s algorithmic pricing...more

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Navigating the Pitfalls of Exclusive Use Clauses

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In the July/August 2024 issue of the American Bar Association’s Probate & Property Magazine, attorneys Alvin Miester III and Jonathan B. Cerise prepared an excellent article titled “Protecting Against Competition: Exclusive...more

Stoel Rives LLP

What Landlords Should Know When Restaurant Tenants Go Under

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As anyone who has watched FX’s The Bear knows, running a restaurant is hard work. When restaurants occupying leased commercial space fail, commercial landlords need a gameplan to protect their interests. Some key...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

DOJ Rages Against the Machine: The Feds and Several States Accuse RealPage of Helping Landlords Collude and Monopolizing...

After more than a year of scrutiny and commenting on lawsuits brought by others, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) finally entered the algorithmic price-fixing fray in its own right. On August 23, 2024, DOJ, along with eight...more

Kerr Russell

Price Collusion in the Crosshairs

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There has been a spate of legislation and lawsuits targeting the use of software that gives visibility to competitors’ prices. This allows firms to adjust their prices, either undercutting the competition or setting a de...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Crédit-bail au Québec : Imposteur ou véritable contrat de location en cas d’insolvabilité?

L’un des principaux avantages pour un débiteur de se placer sous la protection de la Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies (« LACC ») ou de la Loi sur la faillite et l’insolvabilité (« LFI ») consiste en...more

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The DOJ's Lawsuit Against RealPage: Unpacking the Allegations and Implications for the Rental Market

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against real estate software company RealPage, alleging that its algorithmic pricing system has contributed to widespread...more

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