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LOS ANGELES - (AP) The city attorney sued Deutsche Bank on Wednesday, claiming the giant international lender illegally evicted tenants from foreclosed properties and left dozens of homes and apartments to rot, many in low-income neighborhoods. The suit...

By Michael W. Skojec A recent federal lawsuit brought by a Maryland equal housing advocacy group should serve as a warning to owners of apartment complexes in counties across the State of Maryland that they, too, may soon be secretly investigated...

In the two and one-half years since the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act took effect, Congress, federal courts, the California Legislature, and local governments have all endeavored to provide additional clarity on the issue with mixed results...

By Richard D. Vetstein, ESQ FNMA v. Nunez : Tenant Foreclosure Act Applied Retroactively On September 6, 2011, in Federal National Mortgage Association v. Nunez (embedded below), the Supreme Judicial Court considered for the first time the 13-month...

B y Bert M. Goodman In a much anticipated decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Tech One Associates v. Board of Property Assessment, Appeals and Review of Allegheny County, 32 WAP 2010 (April 25, 2012) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com...

By Matthew Sackel* *Matthew Sackel is an attorney in the Litigation Department in Shutts and Bowen's West Palm Beach Office. He practices commercial litigation with a focus on real estate litigation and commercial landlord tenant law. Excerpt...

Real Cases in Real Estate is a weekly update on real estate law, with legal principles illustrated and explained by lawsuits from around the country. The topics are wide-ranging for appeal to a broad spectrum of readers including lawyers, homeowners...

By Richard D. Vetstein, ESQ I just settled a very troubling landlord-tenant case which demonstrates everything which is wrong and unfair with Massachusetts landlord-tenant and eviction law from the landlord perspective. This horror story is played...

By Richard D. Vetstein, ESQ Massachusetts Summary Process Evictions: An Unlevel Playing Field For Landlords In Massachusetts, evictions are called "summary process." According to the rules governing eviction cases , summary process...

The Illinois General Assembly has recently amended the Landlord and Tenant Act to add a new requirement for landlords: when a unit changes over to a new tenant the locks must be changed or rekeyed. This applies to dwelling units only. The Act is...

Editor Burnett, W. Alexander Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009, Public Law 111-22 Introduction On May 20, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (the "PTFA" or the "Act"...

By Richard D. Vetstein, ESQ Major Impact To College Rental Market: Landlords Cannot Rent To 4 or More Unrelated Adults In One Unit Without Lodging License In a decision which will significantly impact landlords renting apartments to students...

By Richard D. Vetstein, ESQ Commercial Landlord Must Wait Out 12 Year Lease Term To Recover For Tenant's Early Termination In a decision which underscores the importance of careful commercial lease drafting, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has...

By Andrea Lee Negroni, Esq. BuckleySandler LLP alnegroni@buckleysandler.com Real Cases in Real Estate is a weekly update on real estate law, with legal principles illustrated and explained by lawsuits from around the country. The topics are...