Law firm Crowell & Moring cannot force its landlord to refund $30 million in rent that the firm paid during the pandemic, a judge ruled. Crowell sued its landlord last year, asserting it was owed refunds for payments between April 2020 and May 2021 https://t.co/5QVmhlDfYo https://t.co/i1lI3ZItq1
Crowell & Morning can't make its landlord in D.C. pay back $30 million in rent it paid during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when the office building stood empty and most of the firm's attorneys worked from home, a D.C. judge ruled. https://t.co/CzbLbRBj45
Law firm Crowell & Moring cannot force its Washington, D.C., landlord to refund $30 million in rent that the firm paid when most of its lawyers worked from home during the pandemic, a judge said https://t.co/5QVmhlCI8Q @MikeScarcella https://t.co/dmmk8E5sMQ
A D.C. judge has ruled that the law firm Crowell & Moring cannot force its Washington, D.C., landlord to refund $30 million in rent paid during the COVID-19 pandemic. The firm had argued that it was entitled to refunds for rent payments made between April 2020 and May 2021, a period when most of its lawyers were working from home. The decision underscores the challenges businesses face in recouping pandemic-related expenses.