Account

Sign in to access your account and subscription

Casualty: A Tenant's Perspective

This article examines a tenant's perspective with regard to those topics, and offers certain insights into how a tenant should draft its lease in order to protect itself in the event of a casualty situation.

17 minute read September 02, 2014 at 12:00 AM
By
Glenn Browne
Casualty: A Tenant's Perspective

When a fire or other casualty damages a tenant's premises, especially when the premises is part of a larger retail facility like an enclosed regional mall, the rights outlined in the tenant's lease will dictate how the casualty is handled, including, without limitation, determining what obligations the landlord and the tenant have in the reconstruction of the premises, how long a landlord and a tenant will have to perform their work in order to rebuild the premises, any rent abatement that will occur and any termination rights that either the landlord or the tenant will have based upon the casualty.

This premium content is locked for LawJournalNewsletters subscribers only

ENJOY UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THE SINGLE SOURCE OF OBJECTIVE LEGAL ANALYSIS, PRACTICAL INSIGHTS, AND NEWS IN LawJournalNewsletters

  • Stay current on the latest information, rulings, regulations, and trends
  • Includes practical, must-have information on copyrights, royalties, AI, and more
  • Tap into expert guidance from top entertainment lawyers and experts

Already have an account? Sign In Now

For enterprise-wide or corporate access, please contact Customer Service at [email protected] or call 1-877-256-2473.

NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2026 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.

Continue Reading

Most firms are aiming their newest tools at the work they already do — pouring their most powerful technology into running the same tasks a little faster. But when everyone automates the same tasks at once, no one pulls ahead. That reaches the future a little faster while leaving a firm’s largest opportunity untouched — and that opportunity isn’t doing more of the existing work, but transforming how the high-value work gets done.

June 01, 2026

Artificial intelligence is rapidly embedding itself into legal workflows, but much of the conversation treats all use cases as if they carry the same level of risk, even if they do not. The more useful question is not whether AI works, but where it can be safely applied and where it cannot.

June 01, 2026