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  Why Commercial Fraud Claims Sometimes Fail, and the Importance of Due Diligence

  If a court decision called you “sophisticated,” it was probably not intended as a compliment, but instead signaled the death knell of your fraud claim.

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  Management Fees: Make Sure Your Lease Is Clear

  By Missy McCoy

  There is no uniform approach relating to management fee provisions in leases, and courts will recognize inequities in the charging and payment of management fees when lease terms are ambiguous or a landlord or tenant fails to comply with the terms of its lease.

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  A Guide to Becoming an Opportunity Zone Sponsor

  By Kelsi Maree Borland

  There is a frenzy of excitement about the prospect of opportunity zone investments, but a number of investors are also considering becoming sponsors of the new fund model. While organizing a fund may seem simple, especially for experienced real estate sponsors, the opportunity zone model is actually complex.

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  Common-Area Risk Abatement: Who is Responsible?

  By Janice G. Inman

  When customers, employees and others invited to or simply passing by a leased commercial property are injured, and want compensation, who will be on the hook for the costs of bodily injury and property damage — the landlord, the tenant, the maintenance and security contractor hired by them, or some combination of these?

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