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A Fair Housing Defense blog reader asked me to further explain the housing discrimination question that was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court back in January.

You may want to use caution in drafting a Letter of Intent because a court may find it binding even if that was not your intent.

An earlier blog written by Marcelina Policicchio explained the benefits afforded to a married couple owning a property in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a tenancy by the entirety.

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to enact landmark legislation that promotes conservation, recreation, historical preservation and cultural resources across the country.

A lease with a purchase option is a traditional lease with a purchase option that gives the tenant the exclusive right to buy the property at the price typically set up front.

Continuing a phenomenal 30-year run for Lenny's Group LLC in an increasingly crowded fast-casual gourmet market, Pryor Cashman recently announced Lenny's new deal to open an 18th location at 1332 Third Avenue in New York City.

Commercial tenants face unique challenges when negotiating lease agreements, with minimal statutory protections and high expectations for legal sophistication.

A bill (AB 298) currently awaiting the signature of the Nevada Governor would impose new limits on the terms of consumer vehicle leases and require new disclosures.

A recent decision by the New York Appellate Division, Third Department, has unsettled the legal foundation of the state’s Section 8 housing voucher program, signaling that New York state...

Last March, Governor Cuomo protected residential tenants and homeowners suffering from COVID-19 economic hardship by prohibiting the filing and enforcement of evictions against residential...

On August 19, 2014, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed a trial court’s decision not to reduce accelerated damages awarded to a landlord to present value, thereby strengthening the landlord’s position with respect to acceleration clauses in an already landlord-friendly state.

As a Minnesota property owner, you have certain constitutional and statutory rights when a local, county, or state government proposes to take your private property for a public purpose.

A majority of jurisdictions have found that defective or faulty workmanship can constitute an "occurrence" under standard form CGL insurance policies.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting shelter-in-place orders have resulted in an influx of inquiries from tenants seeking relief from payment obligations under their leases

A California Court of Appeal has invalidated San Francisco's Empty Homes Tax, ruling that the Ellis Act—which protects property owners' right to exit the rental market—also shields them from being forced to enter it through vacancy taxation. This landmark decision raises critical questions about the viability of similar residential vacancy taxes that other California municipalities have enacted or are considering as housing policy tools.

Selecting a site for a brewery or brewpub is an important step for a brewer.

Today the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that Initiative Petition 25-21, which would have repealed the statewide ban on rent control and capped annual residential rent increases at 5% or CPI, whichever is lower, is constitutionally barred from the November 2026 ballot. The Mintz team, led by Elissa Flynn-Poppey and Edmund Daley, represented a coalition of Massachusetts voters seeking to block the Petition from the ballot.