When COVID-19 hit in 2020, governments across the United States—federal, state, and local—issued sweeping emergency orders. Many of these orders had significant and sometimes devastating impacts on residential and commercial landlords. These impacts ranged from bans...
Landlord Liability Alert: When Violence Occurs in a Rental Unit Violent incidents between tenants and third parties can pose major legal, safety, and reputational risks to landlords. A recent case from Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal, Smith v. State of...