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Commercial Real Estate Leases: Current Issues and Best Practices

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Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
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Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 7 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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William Amann
Andrew Crabtree
Ashley Cline
Ally Hack
Richard Sandor Jr
With William J. Amann from Amann Burnett, PLLC + 4 others

Thu, Jun 18, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 102038

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Overview

Your 2026 Lease Drafting and Negotiation Playbook

Commercial real estate leasing is under pressure from every direction - economic volatility, underperforming assets, rapid technological change, evolving regulation, and rising litigation risk. Are your leases built to withstand today's market?
Learn how to draft commercial leases that protect your clients and seize new opportunities in an increasingly high-risk environment. Register today!

  • Identify the lease provisions driving the most disputes right now.
  • Leverage AI tools for quicker, more accurate lease drafting and issue-spotting.
  • Walk away with negotiation tips and sample language for high-growth commercial sectors.
  • Manage CAM and cost-shifting disputes in distressed and underperforming properties.
  • Anticipate how commercial leases are treated when tenants enter bankruptcy.

*Any mention of specific products in this program is intended as part of a general overview and does not constitute NBI's endorsement or recommendation of any specific product or provider. This program is not sponsored by any technology or electronics provider.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Top 5 Negotiated and Litigated Provisions in Commercial Leases Right Now
  2. AI and Technology in Commercial Leasing
  3. Hot Growth Areas in Commercial Leasing: Negotiation Flashpoints and Sample Clause Language
  4. Government Regulation Reshaping Commercial Leasing
  5. Underperforming Commercial Properties: When Leases Are Strained
  6. Commercial Lease Issues in Bankruptcy
  7. Drafting Leases for Economic Uncertainty: Landlord vs. Tenant Pressure Points
  8. Legal Ethics

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Product ID 102038

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 7 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Top 5 Negotiated and Litigated Provisions in Commercial Leases Right Now

  2. AI and Technology in Commercial Leasing

    1. Use of AI in Underwriting, Market Analytics, Tenant Screening
    2. How AI Influences Property Valuations and Lease Renewals
    3. Use of AI in Lease Drafting and Review
    4. Tenant-Driven Technology Demands and Data Risk in Commercial Leases
    5. Electronic Contracts and E-Signatures
  3. Hot Growth Areas in Commercial Leasing: Negotiation Flashpoints and Sample Clause Language

    1. Industrial and Logistics Leasing (Warehouses and Distribution Centers)
    2. Data Centers and High-Infrastructure Tenants
    3. Healthcare and Life Sciences Facilities
    4. Office Leasing in Recovery and Tech/AI Markets
    5. Mixed-Use and Experience-Driven Retail
  4. Government Regulation Reshaping Commercial Leasing

    1. Evolving Tenant Protections - Especially for Small Businesses and Legacy Tenants
    2. Zoning and Land Use Controls
    3. Regulation of Short-Term Rentals/Occupancy
    4. Cannabis and Other Heavily Regulated Uses
  5. Underperforming Commercial Properties: When Leases Are Strained

    1. Rent Concessions and Lease Restructuring
    2. Co-Working, Flex Space, and Shared Occupancy
    3. Conversion and Adaptive Reuse Risk
    4. Use Clause Creep and Operational Drift
    5. CAM and Cost-Shifting Disputes in Distressed Assets
    6. Selective Enforcement and Waiver Risk
  6. Commercial Lease Issues in Bankruptcy

  7. Drafting Leases for Economic Uncertainty: Landlord vs. Tenant Pressure Points

    1. Risk Allocation Tied to Macroeconomic Volatility
    2. Force Majeure and Business Interruption Clauses Tailored for Economic Disruptions and Nonperformance
    3. Exit Rights, Assignment, Sublease, and Early Termination Flexibility - or Control
  8. Legal Ethics

    1. Conflicts of Interest in Commercial Leasing Practice
    2. Disclosure, Silence, and Misrepresentation
    3. Ethical Rules Implicated by One-Sided and Unenforceable Provisions
    4. Duties to Unrepresented Parties in Leasing Transactions
    5. Attorneys' Fees in Leasing Work

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Real estate professionals and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

William J Amann
William J.
Amann
Amann Burnett, PLLC
Andrew L Crabtree
Andrew L.
Crabtree
Law Offices of Andrew L. Crabtree, P.C.
Ashley Cline
Ashley
Cline
Winstead PC
Ally Hack
Ally
Hack
Warshaw Burstein, LLP
Richard J Sandor Jr
Richard J.
Sandor Jr
Anderson Kill P.C.
Speaker bio
William J Amann

William J. Amann

Amann Burnett, PLLC
William Amann

is a partner with Amann Burnett, PLLC, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors' rights, commercial litigation, and real estate and commercial litigation. Mr. Amann regularly represents national and regional creditors in bankruptcy courts and the state courts in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He has recently been admitted to the Southern District Federal Court for New York, representing a Massachusetts business in a contract dispute. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Amann served as legal counsel to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for the District of New Hampshire. In addition, he has considerable experience in the areas of commercial turnarounds, debt restructuring, equitable subordination, debt recharacterization, asset sales, title insurance, real estate conveyancing, land use, receiverships, premises liability, employment law, evictions and probate administration. Mr. Amann served on the Board of Directors for the City of Manchester's Public Library Literacy Fund for two years, starting in 2009. He is an editor for the American Bankruptcy Institute and an annual editor for the New Hampshire Bar Association's Supreme Court At-a-Glance article series. Mr. Amann regularly speaks before professional and trade groups on the topics of bankruptcy, creditors' rights and real estate. Prior to practicing law, he was employed by Fidelity Investments as a trade resolution specialist, and by Ford Motor Credit Company as an account executive and branch legal liaison. Mr. Amann is a former police officer. He earned his B.A. degree from Saint Anselm College and his J.D. degree from Massachusetts School of Law.

Speaker bio
Andrew L Crabtree

Andrew L. Crabtree

Law Offices of Andrew L. Crabtree, P.C.
Andrew Crabtree

is the principal of the Law Offices of Andrew L. Crabtree, P.C., where his firm focuses on transactional and litigated real estate, landlord-tenant, construction and general commercial business matters. He has a broad background in residential condominium development and sales in commercial leasing; and represents commercial owners, developers, purchasers and tenants, including a national franchise chain in commercial leasing and landlord and tenant matters. Mr. Crabtree represents businesses and individuals in federal and state trial courts, as well as in arbitrations and before administrative tribunals involving commercial disputes, constitutional claims, partnership and shareholder disputes, breach of contract claims, business torts, unfair competition, employment claims, trade secrets and intellectual property cases. He also represents contractors, owners, developers, design professionals, municipalities and state agencies relating to public and private construction and development projects, mechanics' liens, commercial lease disputes and landlord-tenant matters. Mr. Crabtree is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and Suffolk County Bar Association. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany and his J.D. degree from Fordham University Law School.

Speaker bio
Ashley Cline

Ashley Cline

Winstead PC
Ashley Cline

is of counsel at Winstead PC. A member of the real estate development and investments practice group, she focuses her practice on real estate and general business transactions, including the leasing, acquisition, financing, development, operation, and disposition of real estate. Ms. Cline primarily represents office, industrial, medical, and retail clients in connection with a wide variety of leasing and development matters, as well as ground leases and master lease agreements. Ms. Cline represents landlords in numerous lease transactions regularly involving more than 500,000 square feet of space. She also represents a broad spectrum of office, industrial, medical, and retail tenants in connection with their leasing needs. Ms. Cline currently represents the ownership of one of Dallas' premier retail developments, as well as the ownership of marquee mixed-use buildings in the Uptown Dallas area. She earned her B.A .degree from University of Texas at Austin and her J.D. degree from Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law. 

Speaker bio
Ally Hack

Ally Hack

Warshaw Burstein, LLP
Ally Hack

is a partner at Warshaw Burstein, LLP. He has extensive experience in state and federal commercial litigation, especially with matters involving real estate assets. Mr. Hack brings to bear expertise in disputes involving all aspects of the real estate industry, from landlord and tenant, to net-lessor and net-lessee, to buyer and seller, to contract vendor and vendee, to condominiums and cooperatives, to name but a few. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from University of New Mexico and his J.D. degree from Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Speaker bio
Richard J Sandor Jr

Richard J. Sandor Jr

Anderson Kill P.C.
Richard Sandor Jr

is a shareholder Anderson Kill P.C. His practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions, real estate financing and commercial lending (including bonds, commercial loans, construction loans, swaps, and lines of credit), construction law, corporate law, green technology projects (including solar and battery storage developments), IDA bond financing ,and straight lease transactions and leasing. He also represents banks, companies, organizations, and businesses on a variety of corporate transactions, such as formation, commercial sales, joint ventures, and other corporate matters. He has almost 30 years of experience with complex real estate and lending transactions. This experience enables him to identify legal risk factors and issues, while implementing legal protections where necessary or advisable. He representative clients include lending institutions, private lenders, hospitals, real estate developers, contractors, architects, family funds, companies, and individuals. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of Colorado and his J.D. degree from Albany Law School where he was also an Edgar A. Sandman Fellow. 

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