Driven by elevated interest rates, tightening credit markets, and sustained demand for logistics and manufacturing capacity, industrial operators have increasingly turned to sale-leasebacks to monetize owned real estate, improve balance sheets and free up capital for core operations — all without surrendering operational control of mission-critical facilities.
In commercial real estate transactions, delivery of the original promissory note is typically a closing requirement, but originals can be misplaced, lost in transit, or separated from the loan file. A missing note is not fatal to enforcement —it simply changes the plaintiff’s burden.
When a construction dispute arises, one question almost always comes to the forefront: who ultimately bears the financial risk if something goes wrong? For owners, contractors, and subcontractors alike, the answer often turns on a single contractual provision: indemnification. This article examines the principal types of indemnification clauses, the duties they create and how courts interpret them.
Businesses and investors are increasingly including AI-specific representations and warranties in commercial contracts and agreements, reassessing longstanding data strategies and sharpening their focus on protecting the rights in data that parties provide to one another.
On Dec. 5, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a set of amendments to the New York Uniform Commercial Code which create a new article, Article 12, covering a broad range of digital assets, with various associated changes to other UCC provisions.
Part One of a Two-Part ArticleToday’s commercial real estate market is in distress and has been, across a variety of asset classes, for several years. The reasons are well known. The options for the loan in distress are somewhat well known. They are becoming less mysterious day by day. These more traditional options will be described in the first installment of this article below.
Commercial insurance policyholders require nuanced approaches to protect their assets both before and after suffering a loss due to catastrophic weather. With loss severity and increased frequency of catastrophic events being a stark reality, businesses must take a closer look at all the ways they can safeguard their rights.
A New York City court ruled that landlords don’t have a process under the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law to serve certain commercial tenants with the 14-day rent demands needed to begin repossessing a property.
Law firm leasing activity slowed in the third quarter of 2025, but boosted by continuing activity in non-major markets, year-to-date leasing in the sector was up 12% when compared with the same period in 2024, a signal that 2025 may come in as “one of the strongest years ever,” a new Cushman & Wakefield report finds.
The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act made a number of significant changes to the tax law. Among these was the expansion of rules governing the upfront expensing of certain depreciable property. While the changes are largely favorable to taxpayers, there are several potential traps for the unwary.
