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On March 31, 2022, the California legislature approved Assembly Bill (AB) 2179, extending the state's eviction moratorium through June 30, 2022 for ...

I do not typically use my own active cases as examples here at the Fair Housing Defense blog, but a similar issue has come up in two of them (one on the east coast and one on the west coast) that I thought merited a post.

The Florida Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust has publicly noticed a rulemaking workshop to discuss proposed revisions to the administrative rules governing sovereign submerged land leases.

I recently wrote a blog post here regarding some of the considerations involved for landlords and tenants in commercial leasing. The complex issues pertaining to commercial leasing can sometimes turn into disputes...

Cannabis continues to be one of the fastest-growing industries, with exponential growth predicted over the next decade. Commercial real estate transactions in this space still face...

In November 2018, Amazon announced it was locating a portion of its "HQ2" development in Long Island City, Queens.

As you may know, late last year, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2343, which changes the long-standing notice requirements that apply before a landlord can pursue an unlawful ...

On January 28, 2025, the New York Appellate Division, First Department refused to enforce a contractual provision that required a tenant-shareholder to pay a co-op's attorneys' fees...

As we continue to navigate the ever-evolving legal landscape, we at Cullen and Dykman regularly provide timely insights on crucial developments.

The United States continues to feel the impacts of shelter in place orders and governmentally-mandated closures since March.

Leases of real estate will no longer require acknowledgment, witness, or seals, regardless of the term or period of the lease.

The commercial lease agreement between The St. Luke's Hospital Center, as landlord, and WestSide Radiology Associates, as tenant, prohibited WestSide

Most real estate purchase and sale agreements involve the acquisition of residential real estate, often housing (apartment style units, townhomes, single family homes, etc.), for the purpose of serving as a primary...

I saw a new batch of statistics which contained data on the number of fair housing complaints filed as well as the protected classes involved.

One of the more important non-monetary lease provisions included in a restaurant lease is the "Permitted Use" provision. The permitted use provision, as it sounds, sets forth the type of business...

California property owners dealing with long-term occupants who never had a lease or paid rent may be able to use a 30-day notice to terminate what's known as a "tenancy at will" under Civil Code section 789. This legal distinction becomes particularly important in situations involving unmarried domestic partners, adult children, or other permissive occupants following breakups, deaths, or property transfers, though the application depends heavily on specific circumstances and proper legal procedures.

Commercial leases often contain provisions that only allow tenant action upon "landlord consent." "Consent" may relate to any number of issues.

Landlords and tenants pay much time and attention to the basic economic terms of a lease as well as to other highly contested provisions, such as assignment and subletting and defaults and remedies.