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This article was authored by Mark D. Brookstein and Sophie M. Michael (Summer Law Clerk).

This article was authored by David N. Michael and Sophie M. Michael (Summer Law Clerk).

A rent-ready credit is a legal provision commonly included in a multifamily real estate purchase agreement that allows a buyer to recover turnover costs at closing. The credit is used to cover the costs needed to make vacant units ready for occupancy.

“What goes up might take us upside down. Life ain’t a merry-go-round; it’s a roller coaster.” – Bon Jovi

After months of uncertainty over what aspect of employer DEI (or diversity, equity and inclusion) policies could be discriminatory, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued informal guidance outlining the agencies’ positions. This joint document comes two months after President Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI policies and days after the EEOC’s announcement of its investigation into the diversity practices of 20 of the country’s largest law firms.

The new administration is making headlines with its intense focus on immigration-related matters. Recent Executive Orders have notably expanded the ability of the Department of Homeland Security and its affiliated agencies to investigate, apprehend and detain illegal aliens in the United States – including enhanced authorization for state and local law enforcement to perform the functions of federal immigration officers in the United States. Is your workplace prepared if the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) conducts a raid?