Many of our clients are asked to personally guarantee a lease for their business location. This is not an unreasonable request, especially when the client is a first time tenant and has no rental history. From the landlord’s perspective, the goal is to protect the landlord in the event...

Medical and dental practices are considered “covered entities” under HIPAA and therefore have a duty to protect and secure their patient’s protected health information (“PHI”). A key component of this duty is to protect and secure PHI from potential access by a landlord. Leases for medical or dental practice...

Too often documents are signed without the parties really understanding what they are signing. These documents are often considered “contracts” that obligate those signing them to things they did not realize or intend. No matter how simple the document may appear to be, it is always best to have...

We often see our clients engage in various contracts like internet optimization with out of state vendors. Technology has made it easy to conduct business remotely, allowing clients to shop around and find good deals and rates for products and services. It is so easy to trust when, over...

Many new tenants do not want to waste time and resources on drafting and signing a letter of intent with a landlord when they know all the same terms can be negotiated in a lease. However, if you take the time negotiate a few important terms early, as outlined...