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Maryland Rent Control, DC Lease Assignment Tax, and Increased Indemnity Deed of Trust Threshold

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Rent control laws continue to evolve in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. The rent control law enacted last year in Montgomery County will become effective once regulations are adopted. Our recent Alert discussed these...more

Hogan Lovells

UK landlord and tenant: what does the upcoming election mean for leasehold reform?

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As Rishi Sunak was deluged with rain announcing a general election on 4 July, those in the property world were wondering what this means for the flood of leasehold reform going through parliament. Here’s what you need to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Status of California Rent Control Reform

It seems like year-after-year, attempts are made to reform or repeal California’s rent control regulations, namely the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Civ. Code §§ 1954.50 et seq.) (Costa-Hawkins Act). 2024 has proven to be...more

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Rent is Due: Strategies for Landlords with Financially Unstable Tenants

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Even landlords who conduct in-depth analyses of tenant credit and financial health will experience some tenants who become financially unstable during the term of the lease. In an environment where replacing tenants can be...more

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Pinning Down the Lease Commencement Date

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If you’re venturing into the world of commercial real estate, whether as a tenant or a landlord, there’s a plethora of terms you’ll come across. Among these is the seemingly simple idea of the “Lease Commencement Date.” While...more

Buchalter

A Coda to the Covid Pandemic: Do Local and State Closure Laws Provide Cover for Tenant Nonpayment of Rent?

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In what may turn out to be a lesson on the limits of the application of equitable doctrines supporting rent relief in the face of good lease drafting, a California court of appeal panel in San Diego has taken a narrow view on...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

The Biden Administration Announces New Actions Related to Rental Affordability

On Jan. 25, 2023, the Biden administration announced new federal actions impacting renters and housing market participants throughout the nation. In connection with this announcement, the Biden administration released its...more

Miller Starr Regalia

Strict Compliance With Statutory Conditions: Another Challenge For California Landlords In The Eviction Process

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The long moratorium on most evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the de facto shutdown of the court system for civil matters, caused most California landlords to defer unlawful detainer and related...more

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Finding For Landlord, New York Appellate Court Continues COVID Dispute Trend

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Since the start of the COVID-19 health crisis, we have been approached by both landlord and tenant clients asking how COVID affects their leasehold obligations. While we have generally encouraged our clients to approach these...more

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COVID-19 – New Higher Regional Court rulings on the obligation to pay rent during the first lockdown

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In February 2021, three Higher Regional Courts had to deal with the question of whether and on what legal basis the rents agreed in individual cases are to be temporarily reduced due to the official closure orders during the...more

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Getting Paid in Bankruptcy – Part III, Landlords, Leases, and Licenses

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In this series, we look at how various payment rights are treated in bankruptcy. A summary like this could not possibly address every right that might arise in any given bankruptcy case. We have omitted several of the...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

COVID-19 Lease Provisions

In the wake of COVID-19, commercial landlords are facing unprecedented challenges as they strive to mitigate new risks while maintaining the rapport they have built in their professional communities and with their tenants. ...more

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Leases, Bankruptcy, and Coronavirus: Force Majeure Edition

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Many businesses in bankruptcy or heading that way – particularly retail establishments – face an uncertain future as states and cities impose closures and phased re-openings. If you lease your office, storefront, or...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Real Estate Industry Alerts Tracker - June 2020 Issue #2

New York Senator Schumer Pushes for Rent Relief Package - Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act, as part of the HEROES Act. Majority Leader...more

Morgan Lewis

Leasing Considerations for Tenants and Landlords During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Tenants and landlords should consider whether certain provisions such as force majeure, frustration of purpose, and/or impracticability of performance can protect them under current leases—and whether to include such...more

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Key provisions of The Polish Law on Special Measures for COVID-19 and Crisis Prevention from the real estate perspective

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On 28 March 2020, the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament (Sejm) enacted an amendment to the Law on Special Measures for COVID-19 and Crisis Prevention (hereinafter referred to as the Amendment). With reference to the real...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Negotiating Leases and LOIs During the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

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Delivery and Rent Commencement - As companies struggle to adjust to the quickly changing business landscape during the novel coronavirus pandemic, those office tenants that continue letter of intent (LOI) and lease...more

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PA – Tenants May Face Uphill Battle To Invoke Force Majeure Protections

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Government mandates aside, tenants to a lease governed by Pennsylvania law may face an “uphill battle” to invoke force majeure protections — used to allocate risk that is considered beyond a party’s control — whether or not...more

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You can’t just wash your hands of it… A landlord and tenant’s guide to COVID-19 in the UK

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As hand gels and toilet paper fly off the shelves and children across the world cross their fingers for school closures, the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus has taken over the news. ...more

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Oregon Adopts First In The Nation Rent Control Law

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With the Governor's signature on Senate Bill 608 on February 28, Oregon became the first state with a statewide rent control law. The new law took effect March 1 and is applicable only to residential tenancies. The new law...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

My Tenants are in Default, and I Want Them Out! Now What? A Brief Overview of the Eviction Process

There almost always comes a time when a landlord has had all it can take from a problem tenant and decides it’s time to pull the trigger to start the eviction process. Most often, the tenant has built up a hefty balance in...more

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