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This article appeared last week in my Sports, Business & the Law column in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Here is the link to the...

Moorhead Law Group, LLC recently was involved with a commercial property that was left to family members as part of an inheritance. ...

Utilities, trash, and utility interruptions are three relatively straightforward topics, but they are important to understand because of...

The permitted use section in a lease will state the specific things for which tenant can use the premises. An office landlord likely...

Three recent sports law matters help prove an important point affecting all athletes: if the athlete does not cooperate in the sport’s...

This blog post was written by our friends Field Sport Concepts, Ltd. and Field Sport's staff member Macy Anne Carman. Please take a...

The length of the lease term is a business decision that needs to be negotiated with the landlord, reviewed with the broker, and analyzed...

The National Ski & Snowboard Retailers Association recently published this article by Jamie Moorhead. For more information, please see...

A good purchase and sale contract is like a road map for the real estate transaction. It will articulate the business terms clearly and...

This article appeared last week in my Sports, Business & the Law column in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Here is the link to the...

An assignment and sublease provision rarely has an immediate impact on a tenant at the time it signs its lease. As a result, tenants...

I spoke at the Outdoor Retailer Summer and Winter Markets in Salt Lake City in 2010 and 2013 and know about the unique store concerns...

In a lease, 'additional rent' generally is defined as any amount due to landlord by tenant over and above base rent. Depending on the...

This article appeared today in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in my Sports, Business & the Law column. Here is the link to the article...

There are three main types of rent in leases: base rent, additional rent, and percentage rent. Additional rent and percentage rent are...

I have had the opportunity over the past several years to visit a few classic Southern hunting plantations. With a suburban Chicago...

This is a post derived from an article that the firm recently submitted to the National Ski & Snowboard Retailers Association for...

Per Square Foot Basis In leases, the rented space is measured on a square foot basis, and the rent is calculated on...

“You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you find you get what you need” -Rolling Stones Say What You Will about...

In any type of real estate lease – retail, office, restaurant, industrial, or any other kind – the business principals of the tenant...