There almost always is a section at the end of a lease labeled ‘Miscellaneous’ into which shorter provisions that do not warrant their...

In my nineteen years of experience handling about 700 leases, there has only been one instance in which the holdover provision was...

The default section in a lease lists the set of conditions upon which a landlord may terminate a lease or tenant’s right to possession,...

A security deposit is the landlord’s attempt to mitigate the risk of a tenant that cannot, or will not, honor its lease obligations. A...

Not all retail tenants can get a landlord to agree to a co-tenancy provision, but this still should be part of the tenant’s discussion...

The indemnification, release, casualty, condemnation sections are highly technical and are somewhat dependent on the law of the state...

There are a variety of maintenance and repair items with respect to leased premises and the building or shopping center that need to be...

Jamie Moorhead was recently appointed by Mayor Lansing to the Zoning Board of Appeals for the City of Lake Forest, Illinois. The...

The Moorhead Law Group, LLC is pleased to announce that Midwest Real Estate News has selected the firm as one of the “Best of the Best”...

Just when retailers thought the challenge of the Great Recession was finally behind them, another challenge - lurking for years – is...