With the collaboration of our Firms, we have summarized the status and different options regarding Rebus Sic Stantibus.

With the collaboration of our Firms, we have summarized the status and different options regarding Rebus Sic Stantibus.

With the collaboration of our Firms, we have summarized the status and different options regarding Rebus Sic Stantibus.

Since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S., it has been a recurring theme to turn on the news and see that yet another big-name retailer is rumored to be on the brink of filing, or has already filed, for bankruptcy.

Owners of shopping centers and other retail spaces are again increasingly looking to novel uses, including distribution and warehouse uses, sometimes called “fulfillment centers”, to fill growing vacancies.

In the social and economic fallout from COVID, businesses are assessing how best to address their commercial relationships, especially where potentially insurmountable barriers to performance loom large.

On May 11, 2020, the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce, issued a resolution with the purpose of determining the criteria that facilitate compliance with the regulations on protection of free competition.

The pandemic leads us to a situation typical of science fiction literature. No one had foreseen that this year we would find ourselves in a panorama of restricted freedoms and alteration of our family and economic relationships such as that imposed by this scourge.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 or “COVID-19” continues to dominate national and international discussion. News outlets in Boston, New York, London, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, and every other city and town in the world continue to post and print stories related to spread of the virus.

There continues to be a lot of discussion throughout the commercial real estate industry about competition from online retailers and the holes created by failing and downsizing businesses that have traditionally focused on brick and mortar stores.

The holidays are a hectic time for a lot of different reasons. This post will feature a summary of some key findings in the analysis of the 2019 holiday season done by Adobe Analytics.

It is a little-known fact that, in 1994, Blockbuster video was the first store to display pre-paid gift cards for sale. Unlike VHS rentals, the gift card industry has only grown in popularity.

Unconscious biases are thoughts and actions formed by our brains creating shortcuts to process the countless pieces of information we encounter daily and are informed by media, news, societal norms, and our experience. Our biases may not even be self-serving.