Contracts
A Massachusetts commercial tenant wants to assign their lease to a new business owner. The lease requires landlord consent. The landlord's refusal to consent:
AIs always enforceable
BMust be reasonable—Massachusetts courts may impose a reasonableness standard✓ Correct
CEntitles the tenant to terminate the lease
DIs only valid if the landlord provides written reasons within 30 days
Explanation
Massachusetts courts may require that a landlord's refusal to consent to a lease assignment be reasonable when the lease requires landlord consent but does not specify that consent may be withheld in the landlord's sole discretion.
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