Landlords are receiving a deluge of requests to provide rent relief to commercial tenants whose operations have either been closed or substantially restricted as a result of state and local governments’ COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and related restrictions.

Reading this sentence of the Court of Rome (section V of 04/05/2020, n. 6847) one touches with one's hand an example of avoidable quarrel between condominiums, a phenomenon that, according to a reliable statistic, has reached considerable proportions.

On May 26, 2020, the New York City Council passed two laws, intended to provide relief to certain commercial tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic. This advisory summarizes these laws, their implications, and their potential vulnerability to legal challenge.

The word nobility not only denotes a state of social stratification or the recognition that inequality derives from a divine design. It also draws an ethical meaning that has been lacking in human beings, globally. It evokes righteousness, consideration, acceptance and dignity.

One of the most obvious effects of the state of alarm generated by COVID-19 has been the renegotiation of current rents, and specifically the forgiveness or reduction agreed between the property and the lessee of the amounts to be paid.

There are many foreign companies that receive services from workers residing in Spain. These workers must pay their income tax in Spain but can apply the exemption for the work income obtained if three requirements are met.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted additional, limited relief to those most impacted by COVID-19 for certain patent and trademark-related fees and deadlines. This relief is far more limited than the previous relief and aims primarily to assist individuals and small businesses. 

This is the question made by several Portuguese in these crazy times. But the truth is that if we don't leave our houses, afraid of dying, we will surely die of hunger, because the economic consequences are already being felt and we still don't know what will truly happen.

A round-table video with the participation of some of our Firms, that complements our Bankrupcty whitepaper.

A round-table video with the participation of some of our Firms, that complements our Bankrupcty whitepaper.

A round-table video with the participation of some of our Firms, that complements our Bankrupcty whitepaper.

A round-table video with the participation of some of our Firms, that complements our Bankrupcty whitepaper.

A round-table video with the participation of some of our Firms, that complements our Bankrupcty whitepaper.