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Tenants Beware: Rent Acceleration Clauses Found Enforceable in Recent Massachusetts SJC Decision

By Annabelle Hentz, Law Clerk The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recently upheld a Superior Court’s ruling that rent acceleration…

10 months ago

Tenants of Condominium Units Beware: Condo Trust’s Grant of Parking Rights to Abutter Ruled Not Interference with Lease Rights

The landlord in this recent Massachusetts Appeals Court case owns a commercial condominium unit in a mixed-use condominium complex with…

8 years ago

Another Reason a Residential Landlord May Not Want to Ask for a Security Deposit

Some seasoned landlord/tenant practitioners and even judges advise residential landlords to forego requesting security deposits from their tenants. Massachusetts law…

8 years ago