Paul Peter Nicolai Aug 29, 20231 minLandlord And Tenant – Email Notice For OptionA commercial tenant asked for a declaratory judgment that it had provided proper notice of its option not to renew its lease. The trial...
Paul Peter Nicolai Aug 22, 20232 minSupreme Court Says Appeal From a Denial of a Motion to Compel Arbitration Stops Trial ProceedingsThe US Supreme Court has decided that an appeal of a denial of a motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)...
Paul Peter Nicolai Aug 1, 20234 minSupreme Court Adopts Heightened Undue Hardship Standard in Title VII Religious AccommodationEmployers must modify their practices when evaluating requests for religious accommodations under Title VII. Undue hardship is no longer...
Paul Peter Nicolai Jul 25, 20231 minLease Not Frustrated by Pandemic ShutdownA trial court ruling favoring a commercial landlord was affirmed because shutdown orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic did not give...