Landlord Tenant Law

Vacancy Increase Counts in Determining Rent Deregulation Threshold
LINC Program Violates Urstadt Law
Fraud Justifies Rent Overcharge Award
Fair Housing Act Claim Not Barred By Statute of Limitations

The U.S. Small Business Administration updated its standard operating procedures to prohibit providing loans to both marijuana- and hemp-related businesses and businesses deriving any gross revenue from sales to marijuana-related businesses (MRBs) including those providing lighting, hydroponic equipment or testing services.

Contract Satisfies Statute of Frauds
Contract Vendee Failed to Perform
Questions of Fact Preclude Dismissal of Constructive Trust Claim
Questions of Fact About Scope of Mortgage

Bifurcation Is Not the Answer
Zoning Board's Variance Not Extinguished Despite Lack of Standing
Delay Tactics Cost Tenant $24 Million

When a tax-exempt property's use by a lessee involves an element of private profit. Is the tax-exempt status lost?

When entering into or acquiring leases for locations, a retail or restaurant business must consider broader business concerns in negotiating the leases' assignment provisions. Those provisions can inadvertently create major obstacles in the ultimate conveyance or financing of the business.

Sets Standard that Potentially Relieves Municipalities from Liability for Denying Religious Uses

The broad and somewhat vague definition of religious exercise in The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) has invited much litigation over what constitutes a substantial burden and even what constitutes religious exercise.

She's Not a Third-Party Beneficiary