Topical and timely, In re Hitz, 2020 WL 2924523 [Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2020] presents as a useful quarantine-era case that interprets the scope of a force majeure clause in a restaurant lease. The debtor filed for bankruptcy protection in mid-March 2020 after failing to pay rent for that month. The creditor moved to modify the …
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Commercial Tenant Fails to Give Proper Notice of Intent to Extend Lease – IL Case Note
Although it’s an unpublished opinion, Sher-Jo, Inc. v. Town and Country Center, Inc., 2017 IL App (5th) 160095-U still serves as a cautionary tale for tenants that fail to hew to lease notice requirements. The tenant plaintiff under the commercial lease was obligated to serve the defendant landlord with written notice by registered mail of …