Key Lease Work Letter Issues When the Tenant Is Doing the Work
SDNY Chooses “Time Approach” to Calculating Lease Termination Damages Collectible Against a Bankrupt Estate
CFPB’s Involvement in Tenant Screening - FCRA Focus Podcast
When Can Oregon Landlords Terminate Residential Tenancy Without Cause?
Practicing on the Front Lines of Landlord-Tenant Regulations and Housing Law
It’s Lit? Insight into the Increase in Cannabis-Related Litigation in California
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 319: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Landlords, Owners, and Possessors of Land
Law Brief®: Robert Wolf, Alexander Tiktin and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Continuing Foreclosure/Eviction Moratorium
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 149: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Landlords, Owners, and Possessors of Land
COVID-19 in the Workplace - PPP Update, COVID Plans from the Biden Transition Team, Higher Education Relief Package Provision, COVID WARN Act Developments
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 265: Listen and Learn -- Constructive Eviction
Navigating the New Normal: Risk Management and Legal Considerations for Real Estate Companies
Reopening Commercial Buildings: COVID-19 Issues Podcast
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 93: Listen and Learn -- Constructive Eviction
Commercial Leases - Navigating a New Normal
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Lease Negotiations – Interview with Jeff Moerdler, Member, Mintz Levin
The City of Rockville and Montgomery County are addressing affordable housing with differing approaches. Both jurisdictions took action on rent control this summer, with plans for future legislation or applicable regulations...more
In 2023, Providence had the largest year over year residential rent increase compared to every other major U.S. city. Rising rental rates are not isolated to the Ocean State. Median residential rent prices increased in cities...more
New rent control legislation in Montgomery County (Rent Stabilization Bill (15-23)), signed into law by the County Executive on July 24, 2023 after a marathon legislative session, caps annual increases of base rent for...more
As a follow-up to our recent alerts, the Prince George’s County Council in Maryland held a public hearing Tuesday, April 25, and approved CB-51-2023, An Emergency Act Concerning Landlord Retaliation for Rent Stabilization...more
Effective November 1, 2021 the Emergency Order that extended the CDC Eviction Moratorium in Allegheny County expired. The Emergency Order was in place since July, and impacted only residential landlord tenant actions in which...more
Five months and counting—that's how much time municipalities and businesses have spent continually adapting to the consequences of COVID-19....more
The world-wide declared pandemic... is impacting daily life, both personally and professionally. Real estate transactions are being delayed, projections altered and consumer-oriented businesses impacted. While small...more
On January 21, 2020, the Oakland City Council unanimously passed the Fair Chance Housing Ordinance (“FCHO”), which will restrict landlords in their ability to reject a potential tenant because of prior criminal history. It...more
As expected, California’s legislature passed AB 1482 this week, which imposes statewide rent control, restricting the ability of landlords to terminate certain tenancies without just cause, and further restricting the ability...more
A violinist has control over the myriad of small decisions which add up to create a musical expression. But there are also things that the violinist doesn’t control. For instance, humidity can affect how the string and violin...more
Government announced in April 2019 that it would be abolishing section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 which gives Landlords the right to reclaim possession through no fault of the Tenants - so called ‘no fault’ repossessions...more
New York state has enacted the Housing Stability and Tenant Projection Act of 2019, providing for sweeping changes to rent and landlord/tenant laws with the stated purpose of protecting tenants while imposing new obligations...more
SC20088 - Arciniega v. Feliciano - One slate of petitioning candidates for a town committee election sued to have several signatures on the competing slate declared invalid. The competing slate intervened and filed a...more
Local governments may not rely on zoning rules to prohibit renters in multi-family housing developments. Many local governments (and residents) prefer property owners living in their communities rather than tenants. This...more
In early June, the City of Chicago passed the "Keep Chicago Renting" ordinance (SO2012-5127), which requires that the owner of foreclosed properties offer existing tenants renewal of their lease or pay expenses to the tenant...more
California enacted a number of pieces of legislation over the last year or so of great importance to insolvency professionals. These include bills impacting mortgage foreclosures, sales of tax-defaulted property, wage...more