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 | 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...
by Brian Huddleston | Mar 25, 2020 | Legislation & Case Notes
Oklahomans convicted of nonviolent felony crimes are eligible for expungements without a pardon from the governor. Okla. Stat. Tit. 22, Sections, 18 (A)(12), authorizes expungements of criminal records under the following circumstances: The person was convicted of a...
by Brian Huddleston | Mar 18, 2020 | Firm News
Without exception legal services are essential to protect the rule of law and to help Oklahoma citizens and businesses in times of crisis. If you have legal issues and questions you can have a consultation and still not expose yourself to the virus. I can do...
by Brian Huddleston | Mar 18, 2020 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
The commercial real estate leasing industry is notable in the extent to which business terms and legal obligations are memorialized in great detail in written contracts. The exclusive use of written agreements is driven by the subject of the contracts, i.e.,...
by Brian Huddleston | Jan 25, 2020 | Real Estate Law
Bed bug bites are caused primarily by two species of insects of the Cimex type: Cimex lectularius (the common bed bug) and Cimex hemipterus, primarily in the tropics. Bed bugs? increased presence across the United States in recent decades can be attributed largely to...
by Brian Huddleston | Oct 5, 2019 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
The Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 expired on December 31, 2014. Now it is back and it is permanent. The law limits the rights of new owners of foreclosed properties from evicting tenants after a foreclosure, and was passed as a result of widespread...
by Brian Huddleston | Mar 5, 2019 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
Generally, every employee hired in Oklahoma or who is injured in Oklahoma is covered by the workers? compensation laws of the state. Independent contractors are not employees and are therefore not covered. The issue of whether a person or entity is an employee...
