A recent decision from the Massachusetts Business Litigation Session highlights the enforceability of independent rent obligations in commercial leases. In Waltham Centerpoint I Investment Group, LLC v. Generation Bio Co., the court upheld a lease provision requiring rent payments regardless of alleged landlord breaches and issued a rare injunction compelling the tenant to continue paying rent during ongoing litigation.
Derek Domian explores this ruling and its implications for commercial lease disputes and tenant obligations in the Massachusetts Bar Association's Complex Commercial Litigation Section Review.