Episodes

Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
CRE Legal Minute Retail Leasing Series: Introduction to Triple Net Leasing
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Take a crash course with Phillips Lytle attorney Joe Heins as he offers an in-depth explanation of triple net leases and how they factor into real estate lease agreements. What is a triple net lease? How do Landlord and Tenant perspectives on triple net leases differ? What are the landmines in triple net leases that have the potential to sink your next deal? Join us and find out!

Thursday Jul 31, 2025
Thursday Jul 31, 2025
Retail leases can be extremely particular in the various parameters that a landlord puts on Tenant operations in their own leased premises. Unlike other types of leases, how and when a tenant operates in a retail context can have a huge impact on the economics of the deal. In this episode, Phillips Lytle attorney Joe Heins explains many of those impacts and provides insight on how parties can use their lease to avoid pitfalls in the future.

Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Join Phillips Lytle attorney Joe Heins as he provides a valuable breakdown on how retail lease provisions concerning percentage rent and gross sales kickouts can play a significant role in your next deal. Retail leases are unique in that Tenant sales provisions can play an outsized role in not only the initial lease document, but also throughout the entire lease term. Both retail tenants and landlords must be aware of the opportunities and challenges that result from these clauses, so this episode is a must listen!

Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Retail leases often contain specific provisions that restrict how the Tenant and Landlord can use their respective spaces - namely, exclusive use provisions and radius restrictions. This episode explores some of the key considerations both parties need to think about when negotiating exclusives, and provides tips on how to strike the balance between getting the deal done now and protecting yourself in the future. Phillips Lytle attorney Joe Heins also dives into the world of radius restrictions, offering background and insights as to how they can not only benefit a tenant, but a landlord as well.

Friday Jun 13, 2025
Introducing the CRE Legal Minute
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Friday Jun 13, 2025
The business of commercial real estate is complex and ever-evolving, and the CRE legal industry is no different. Phillips Lytle Special Counsel Joe Heins brings his legal and business expertise to this informative podcast series breaking down the many legal issues that impact the world of commercial real estate. Whether you're a developer looking to structure your next project, a landlord navigating a complicated lease agreement or a business owner who needs to better understand the legal process to close your next deal, the CRE Legal Minute podcast will be your go-to resource for key insights into the world of commercial real estate with an eye on getting deals done.

Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
President Trump signed several Executive Orders focused on immigration during his first week in office. The implications and impact these orders will have on immigration are far-reaching and the latest episode of our immigration podcast series addresses some of the most notable aspects of the Executive Orders signed by President Trump.

Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Asked & Answered: Remote Work and its Impact on Immigration
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
With remote work a common practice across multiple industries, employers have had to adapt to the challenges presented by moving a portion, and in some cases all, of a workforce to a remote setting. Filling roles through immigration is one key change employers must adapt to as remote positions and established definitions for work-related visas don't always align. Phillips Lytle Partners Danielle Rizzo and Zabrina Reich discuss how business immigration cases have changed in this evolving environment and the considerations businesses must take into account to bring candidates to their organizations.

Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Key Considerations for Navigating Business Divorce
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Breaking up a business can be a messy process if a business and the business owners are not prepared. In this episode of PL Radio, Phillips Lytle Partner John Schmidt Jr. is joined by Bart McGloin, CPA, CFE and Partner at Dopkins & Company LLC for a discussion on the important aspects of business divorce an owner must be prepared for. John and Bart share their experience from years of working business divorce cases together, offering valuable insights on several topics that often arise through the process of a business divorce or dissolution.