Landlord Tenant Law

Failure to Disclose Gas Tanks Does Not Constitute Contract Breach
Divestiture Agreement
Unrecorded Mortgage
CEMA Suffices

A Yellowstone injunction proceeding is a proceeding in New York court in which a commercial tenant seeks to enjoin the landlord from evicting the tenant for an alleged breach of the lease. This temporary relief preserves the tenant's ability to cure should the court determine that the tenant is in breach, and thus avoid forfeiting its substantial investment in the leasehold.

With an effective rent-acceleration clause and good-guy guaranty, there is a little-used legal procedure that could allow the landlord to quickly pursue the guarantor for lost back and future rents: a motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint.

Discussion and analysis of several rulings.

Analysis of two key cases.

In-depth analysis of three major rulings.

What to Do with Personal Property After a Tenant Vacates

Part Four of a Five-Part Series

The wreckage of a failed retail business often includes the tenant's personal property that remains in the leased space. Critical to evaluating what to do with this personal property is understanding the nature of that property and determining who has rights to it.

Discussion of a case in which a trial court sided with the property owner/defendant where the tenant sought to terminate the lease early, but could not because it was not in compliance with one of the requirements for early termination.