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  • May 26, 2025
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Tenant Can’t Prove Oral Agreement to Modify Lease Term

    A tenant notified its landlord that it was experiencing financial difficulties and needed to terminate its two-year office lease six months early. Email and phone conversations ensued, but no written agreement was reached. So, when the tenant stopped paying rent and vacated the building with sev...

  • May 25, 2025
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Landlord Terminated Lease Before Tenant Filed for Bankruptcy

    A landlord demanded that a consulting firm tenant pay $389,984 in rent arrears. After receiving only a partial payment of $83,333, the landlord sent the tenant a lease default notice in July and a termination notice in August. Despite these actions, the tenant neither paid the balance nor surrendered the premises. So, the landlord took his claim to court. 

  • Mar 24, 2025
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Tenant Must Pay $197,356 for Turning Tobacco Store into a ‘Head Shop’

    A few months into a lease, the landlord discovered that the tenant was advertising cannabidiol (CBD) and kratom for sale at the store and warned it to cease and desist or face immediate eviction. The tenant ignored the warning and began selling “Prohibited Products” as well, including bongs, pip...

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  • Mar 22, 2025
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Lease Doesn’t Give Tenant 10-Day Grace Period to Pay Rent

  • Mar 21, 2025
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Limited Right to Re-Enter for Repairs Not Enough to Prove Premises Liability

  • Feb 24, 2025
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Landlord Not Responsible for Damaging Tenant’s Anti-Theft System

  • Feb 23, 2025
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Landlord May Accelerate Abandoning Tenant’s Rent Without Mitigating Damages

  • Jan 27, 2025
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Strip Mall Restaurant Tenant’s Refusal to Move Storage Trailer Is a Material Breach

  • Jan 26, 2025
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Tenant Must Pay Tax Escalation as Additional Rent Even Without Written Demand

  • Dec 31, 2024
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Landlord’s Decision to Demolish Building at Lease End Doesn’t Relieve Tenant of Duty to Repair

  • Dec 31, 2024
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Tenant Must Pony Up Unpaid COVID-19 Rent

  • Nov 26, 2024
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Court Pierces Corporate Veil to Hold Tenant Liable for LLC’s Rent

  • Nov 26, 2024
    By Glenn S. Demby

    Out-of-Possession Landlord Not Liable for Injury to Tenant’s Worker

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