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New Year, New Laws - Get Ready!

Jan 18, 2018

HNY!  As if it’s not enough to be staring down those ridiculously ambitious New Year’s resolutions that you made in a hungover/bloated post-holiday-season state, this report outlines more challenges that have arisen recently in the world of commercial property leasing, for you to adjust to in the New Year.  To borrow from yoga terminology, “in your practice”, you might wish to “be mindful” of certain 2018 legislative developments impacting commercial property leases.

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