As novel coronavirus has become a global pandemic, it has caused a ripple effect to businesses worldwide. This Roundtable, hosted by lawyers who confront these issues regularly, explores the contractual issues, in both real estate and generally, and whether parties can invoke force majeure clauses, impossibility, and frustration of purpose.
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By Cara Mittleman Kelly – April 6, 2021 | The highly influential U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issues pivotal decision for COVID-19 commercial lease disputes.
By Gina Abbadessa – February 25, 2021 | A Massachusetts judge rules that emergency orders frustrated the purpose of a lease for a café.
By Nicholas Shapiro – March 3, 2021 | A footnote in a recent decision from the Massachusetts Appeals Court reminds the bar of the racist roots of the term “grandfather” protection.
By Ali Dehghan – February 25, 2021 | An injunction and a declaratory judgment were granted, protecting a restaurant from eviction for nonpayment of rent.
Audio and Video | On-Demand CLE
Governmental Emergency Powers and the Constitutional Implications Arising from Pandemic Orders [CC]
Audio and Video | On-Demand CLE
COVID-19 Impact on Cannabis: Industry Insights and Expectations[CC]
In the wake of the Superstorm Sandy, the 2017 hurricanes, and the California wildfires, landowners damaged by the disasters are faced with a confusing array of potential recovery options. This program is designed to assist small and general practice attorneys whose clients are harmed by these disasters. (1 hour, 5 min.)
This discussion explores the collision of the cannabis industry and the real estate industry, including leasing, zoning, financing, personal injury and property liability, insurance (business/title insurance etc.) issues and other legal issues, along with other considerations for practitioners who may be thinking about becoming "cannabis counsel."
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20
Events | Webinar
National Institute on E-Discovery 2021
ETHICS 60 min
Join our renowned e-discovery judges, litigators, and in-house counsel as they examine the continually evolving state of electronic discovery in litigation.
May
11
Events | Webinar
ESI Collection 101: Navigating the Challenges of Emerging Data Sources [CC]
CLE 60 min
This program will use a hypothetical lawsuit where a team of engineers have been using three forms of emerging data sources for communication, which will need to be preserved, collected, reviewed and…
May
17
Events | Webinar
Give the Jury What It Wants! [CC]
CLE 60 min
Understanding the quirks of the human decision-making processes and tailoring a case to those will not magically win an otherwise frivolous case, but it may help nudge the jury in a close one.
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