ArticleIt´s Settled: Homeowners Are CoveredUnited StatesReal Estate and ConstructionTwomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo
ArticleKey Lease Terms To Consider For A Tenant Favorable LeaseNegotiating a commercial lease requires careful attention to critical provisions that can significantly impact a tenant's financial obligations and operational flexibility. Understanding the nuances of lease terms, rent structures, possession requirements, landlord responsibilities, and maintenance allocations is fundamental to protecting tenant interests.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionMasuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.
ArticleLandlords: Tips When Taking A Lease Guaranty From A Foreign CompanyWhen a landlord leases to a U.S. company affiliated with a foreign company, whether a parent company or sister company, the landlord's being able to collect on a lease guaranty ...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionEpps & Coulson
ArticleLease Provisions That Make Retail Centers Ideal For Healthcare TenantsIn recent years, there has been a steady migration of healthcare providers becoming tenants in retail shopping centers. These healthcare tenants are operating...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionHolland & Knight
ArticleLeasing Practice Point - ExclusivitiesThe pressures of today’s economy have elevated several formerly mundane areas of leasing practice to the forefront. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionMcGuireWoods LLP
ArticleLos Angeles Sets New 1% To 4% Cap On RSO Rent Increases: What Landlords Should KnowOn Nov. 12, 2025, the Los Angeles City Council moved to address the city's ongoing housing-affordability crisis by voting to limit annual rent increases for Rent Stabilization Ordinance...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionBarnes & Thornburg LLP
ArticleLos Angeles To Finally Allow Short-Term Rentals Under New OrdinanceAfter more than three years of fact-finding and amidst intense lobbying from many constituencies, the Los Angeles City Council ...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionHolland & Knight
ArticleMassachusetts Appeals Court Invalidates Mechanic's Liens Against Condo Common AreasA Massachusetts Appeals Court decision last month portends far-ranging implications for the construction industry. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionDuane Morris LLP
ArticleMaster Leasing: A New Approach To LA's Homelessness CrisisThe City of Los Angeles City Council on Feb. 23, 2024, unanimously approved the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority's (LAHSA) Master Leasing Program...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionHolland & Knight
ArticleMultifamily August 2025 AlertWe start our August Alert with some potentially very good news. The RENTAL Act, a bill to reform TOPA, passed its first vote by the DC Council on July 28, 2025. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionBallard Spahr LLP
ArticleMunicipalities Help To Breathe New Life Into Vacant Or Underutilized Shopping Mall SitesIn recent months, several media outlets have reported on potential redevelopment concepts and initiatives for the Colonial Park Mall site in Lower Paxton Township and the Harrisburg Mall site in Swatara Township...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionMcNees Wallace & Nurick
ArticleNationally Ranked Law Firm Expands; Continues Positive Impact On Denver Real Estate MarketReinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. (Reinhart), a top-200 law firm with a 38-year commitment to serving Denver's commercial real estate community, recently expanded its Denver office...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionReinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren SC
ArticleNew ADA Compliance Disclosures Required For California Commercial LandlordsCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 16, 2016, signed into law AB 2093, which amends California Civil Code Section 1983 and expands disclosures regarding certain Americans With Disabilities Act matters.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionHolland & Knight
ArticleNew CA Law Requires Disclosing Known ADA Violations During Lease NegotiationsCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law – effective immediately – legislation to encourage tenants and landlords to acknowledge and address any accessibility...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionSeyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticleNew California Law Eliminates Pre-Trial Delays In Commercial Eviction CasesA new law that takes effect January 1, 2026, closes a procedural loophole long exploited by commercial tenants to delay trial dates in California unlawful detainer cases seeking eviction.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionBallard Spahr LLP
ArticleNew Jersey's First Hospital-Based Supportive Housing Opened Via Pioneering State Partnership ProgramOn July 10, 2023, St. Joseph's Health and the New Jersey Housing Mortgage and Finance Agency (NJHMFA) celebrated the opening of Barclay Place in Paterson, NJ. Barclay Place is a 56-unit housing...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionStevens & Lee
ArticleNew York Extends Commercial Eviction And Foreclosure Moratorium And Reopens Movie TheatersOn October 20, 2020, Governor Cuomo extended through January 1, 2021 the New York Executive Order prohibiting the initiation of a proceeding or enforcement of an eviction of any commercial tenant for nonpayment of rent or a foreclosure.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionFrankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
ArticleNotice Requirements And Tenant Protections In Residential Rental Property ForeclosuresThe economic downturn has resulted in a record number of foreclosures. Residential rental properties clearly have not been immune from foreclosure actions. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionReinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren SC
ArticlePlaintiff Not a Beneficiary Under Lease AgreementUnited StatesReal Estate and ConstructionSecrest Wardle Lynch Hampton Truex & Morley