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The Lease Year: Let's Keep It Simple
January 30, 2013
The date that a lease begins is an extremely important lease issue. To help reduce the possibility of successful lease audits, wise practitioners utilize something called the "Lease Year."
In the Spotlight: Renewing a Lease
January 30, 2013
The market has seen significant activity in lease renewals. This article examines the steps to be taken and the key issues to keep in mind if you represent either a landlord or tenant looking at a lease renewal as an option.
The New ACORD Certificates of Insurance
January 30, 2013
The Certificate and Evidence of Insurance forms that ACORD made effective in late 2009/early 2010 have raised alarm among insurance certificate holders and their attorneys. Here's why.
Sunbeam Eclipsed
January 29, 2013
A recent decision of the Seventh Circuit, <i>Sunbeam Prods. v. Chi. Am. Mfg., LLC</i>, has been viewed by many, including the authors of this article, as signaling a potential trend in favor of non-debtor licensees of intellectual property.
Real Estate Considerations in Divorce
December 27, 2012
While every divorce has its own unique issues and challenges, most separating couples face the same problems relating to the disposition of the former marital home. If real property issues are not thoroughly considered during divorce proceedings, financial and emotional problems could linger for years after the divorce is final. This article highlights several important issues that everyone who is going through a divorce or who is recently divorced should consider with regard to the disposition of marital real property, and offers some tips on how to address them.
Real Estate Issues In the Cellular Industry
December 26, 2012
Wireless devices allow the user to remain connected to the world without being tied down to a particular place. However, this freedom to roam is wholly dependent on technology that, in order to function effectively, relies on numerous parcels of real property at locations around the world. This article describes the real estate interests that underlie the operation of the cellular communications industry.
Landlord's Right of Relocation
December 26, 2012
This article addresses issues that should be raised by the tenant based upon the landlord's relocation right, as well as certain strategic requirements that the tenant should insist upon before allowing the landlord to have a relocation right in the lease.
The Landlord's Lien under the Uniform Commercial Code
December 26, 2012
While used less frequently than security deposits and personal guarantees, granting the landlord a security interest in its personal property can enhance a tenant's credit. This device may be more effective when conferred by certain types of tenants than by others, but nevertheless, it may provide the landlord with a potent default remedy, particularly in a fragile market.
In the Marketplace
December 21, 2012
Highlights of the latest equipment leasing news from around the country.
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- Removing Restrictive Covenants In New YorkIn Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?Read More ›
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