With most office workers able to work from home, the pandemic hasn’t hit office tenants—and thus their landlords—as hard as it’s hit tenants in the retail, restaurant, and hospitality sectors. But with employees productive at home, office tenants are reconsidering their...
In their eagerness to get the lease signed, brokers may be inclined to make statements about what the document says (or doesn’t say) to allay the concerns of one of the parties. So, what happens if the landlord or tenant takes the broker at its word and signs the lease, only to discover...
Liquidated damages clauses can be a convenient way to incentivize performance and avoid disputes over the price tag of breaches. One common use of such clauses is to require the tenant to pay predetermined rent increases in the event it violates a covenant not to open a competing business within...
On June 2, Commercial Lease Law Insider received the First Place Award for Best Business Newsletter, presented by the Specialized Information Publisher’s Association at its annual conference.
The judges based their decision on 2019 issues in which our editor explained...
While each lease is different, COVID-19 generally doesn’t excuse tenants’ duty to pay rent. But, in times of pandemic, having the lease on your side may not count for much. The simple fact is that for many landlords, strict enforcement of lease rent obligations is not a realistic...
Courts have made it very clear that a landlord who allows a tenant to sell counterfeit goods on its property can be liable for “contributory infringement.” Not satisfied with prosecuting small-fry retailers, Louis Vuitton, Coach, and the makers of Ray Bans and Omega...
So much retail business is done online that it’s common for tenants that are pulling in profits that way to use their brick-and-mortar spaces for purposes related to the business, but not to actually sell products. For example, a tenant with a successful website might turn its store into a...
More than 300 mass shootings have taken place in the U.S. since 2000. More often than not, these incidents take place on commercial property and lead to legal action against the landlords and tenants at the site.
