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Gap Can’t Get No Satisfaction

by Jo Ann Woodsum | Apr 20, 2021

Gap lost another of its Covid lawsuits, where Gap claimed no rent was owed under its lease for its stores in NY due to the pandemic.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on September 23 extending the commercial eviction moratorium to the end of March 2021.

Are governmental regulations requiring “shelter-in-place” considered a force majeure event which would excuse the payment of rent?