Law360 Highlights Seyfarth’s Win in $30M Rent Dispute

Seyfarth’s successful representation of landlord TREA 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue Trust in a high-stakes pandemic-era rent dispute was featured in Law360’s January 29 article, “Crowell & Moring Loses DC Appeal In $30M COVID Rent Dispute.”

Partner Rebecca Woods and counsel Seth Fortin helped the landlord secure a major victory in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which upheld a lower court ruling in TREA’s favor. The court rejected Crowell & Moring LLP’s effort to recover more than $30 million in rent, finding that pandemic-related restrictions did not excuse rent payments under the lease. 

Read more about this significant victory here.