by Brian Huddleston | May 17, 2020 | Firm News, Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
Huddleston Law Offices is pleased to announce that Brian Huddleston just won a successful appeal in a long fought real estate foreclosure case involving the application of 12 O.S.2011, ? 2025 and 12 O.S.2011, ? 2017. The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals issued an...
by Brian Huddleston | Apr 10, 2020 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
Late yesterday, the IRS issued Notice 2020-23, extending a variety of deadlines, including 1031 deadlines. Although the Notice is confusing, because it is not written like the typical Disaster Relief Notices, this Notice extends any 45-day or 180-day deadline that...
by Brian Huddleston | Apr 10, 2020 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
The CARES Act includes a number of provisions affecting properties with federally backed loans (e.g., Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, HUD, Section 8, VA and USDA). Specifically, a moratorium is in place preventing evictions of residential tenants. The key provisions...
by Brian Huddleston | Apr 9, 2020 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) into law on March 27th. That Act included relief in the form of $349 billion for loans to small businesses through the Payroll Protection Program (“PPP”) administered...
by Brian Huddleston | Mar 25, 2020 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
What is the defense of impossibility? The doctrine of impossibility is an affirmative defense that excuses certain breaches of contract. (?Affirmative defense? means a defense raised by the defendant in answering a complaint alleging breach of contract). Generally,...
by Brian Huddleston | Mar 25, 2020 | Real Estate Law
As tenants and landlords brace for partial closings, lease disputes and funding issues in the midst of the pandemic, many are calling their real estate attorneys to discuss possible protections like force majeure and business interruption insurance. Huddleston Law...
