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Law Firms Renegotiating Leases to Reflect 'New Normal'
February 01, 2021
As their commercial leases approach expiration and renewal, law firms are renegotiating the future of in-office legal work. For many, the "new normal" will feature an efficient floor plan that deemphasizes personal offices while paradoxically accommodating a growing attorney headcount.
The NY Court of Appeals Provides Important Guidance for Lease Surrender Agreements
January 01, 2021
At a time when the COVID-19 crisis is causing an unprecedented number of lease defaults, a recent NY Court of Appeals decision provides both guidance and warnings to attorneys asked to negotiate and litigate leasehold surrender agreements.
The NY Court of Appeals Provides Important Guidance for Lease Surrender Agreements
January 01, 2021
At a time when the COVID-19 crisis is causing an unprecedented number of lease defaults, the recent Court of Appeals decision, The Trustees of Columbia University v D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc., provides both guidance and warnings to attorneys asked to negotiate and litigate leasehold surrender agreements.
Extra-Judicial Evictions of Commercial Tenants During COVID-19
January 01, 2021
This article addresses and updates the law on the self-help remedy that enables commercial landlords to regain possession of leased premises from tenants in material breach of one or more lease covenants.
2020 Provides Roadmap for Success in 2021
January 01, 2021
If commercial real estate is going to have a successful 2021, it will require the ability to seek out unexpected advantages.
Bankruptcy Court Responses to COVID-19 Relief Orders
January 01, 2021
The economic impact of COVID-19-related shutdown orders, and the governmental directives, raise questions of how bankruptcy courts will respond.
'Frustration' and 'Impossibility': Viable Defenses Amid the Pandemic?
January 01, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying economic fallout continue to unfold, commercial tenants have increasingly come to rely on the common law doctrines of impossibility of performance and frustration of purpose as defenses to the nonpayment of rent.
Four Class Actions Allege Rent Overcharge Chicanery
December 01, 2020
On Oct. 29, 2020, a Manhattan real-estate firm filed four separate class-action lawsuits highlighting three different maneuvers landlords used to evade the requirements of a tax-abatement program.
Finding Common Ground In Lease Provisions During COVID-19
December 01, 2020
This article seeks to examine key current issues, and offers practical advice to landlords and tenants seeking common ground to address the ongoing financial toll of the pandemic.
Settling COVID-19-Related Commercial Lease Disputes
December 01, 2020
This article examines how shutdown actions might be approached and resolved by settlement by applying a series of contract performance doctrines that inevitably arise during these types of situations.

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