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Tara and her husband Bill go on vacation and hate their hotel.  Tara gets onto Yelp and writes the following: “This hotel is the worst I’ve ever stayed in.  We hated everything about it.  The food wasn’t to our liking, we hated the shampoo, and the room was very ugly.”  The following week, Tara receives a letter from the hotel’s attorney threatening to sue her for injurious falsehood.  If the hotel sues on this basis, Tara will prevail.

Jarmila is a consultant employed by Home Stuff, a home goods store.  She goes to lunch one day with Penelope, the CEO of Home Stuff, and a representative from Union Goods, a store that Home Stuff is considering acquiring.  During their lunch meeting, Penelope explains to the CEO of Union Goods that Jarmila will be handling all negotiations and has full contractual authority regarding the acquisition.  The following week, Penelope discovers that Jarmila was careless in an unrelated project and tells Jarmila that she no longer has confidence in her work and that she is off the Union Goods contract.  Neither Penelope nor Jarmila mentions this to anyone from Union Goods. Jarmila still has authority to handle the contract between Home Stuff and Union Goods.

Which of the following would a defendant file at the conclusion of the discovery phase of litigation?

Smoot Quarters is an ultra-luxury residential cooperative in Cashiers, North Carolina, and is controlled by the SQ Association (which operates as a traditional member-based non-profit corporation). Smoot Quarters’ most expensive unit has a value of $10,500,000. London and Jamie Patti and Larry Cooper reside in Unit 17. Unit 17 is 9,000 square feet, has five bedrooms and seven-and-a-half bathrooms, the highest level of upgraded appliances, and a “top-shelf” outdoor kitchen. It also has a 270ᴼ wrap-around deck overlooking the beach. The Coopers have received an offer to sell their Unit 17 interest to Ben and Rachel Skrowaczeski. The Coopers and the Skrowaczeskis sign a cooperative purchase and sale agreement, and arrange for the Closing. Assuming no additional facts, the Coopers and the Skrowaczeskis can close the transaction following approval by: (Select one answer only.)

Questions (34) – (37) go together: Gary, LP owns the Kraus Discount Center in Lake City, Florida. Adronis Family Ice Cream Parlors, LLC, a New York company, is leasing a 2,500 square foot outparcel from Gary, LP. The outparcel already has a building constructed on it, with adequate parking and a drive-through lane. As part of the arrangement with Gary, LP, Adronis Family Ice Cream Parlors, LLC is to construct all interior improvements and fixtures. When Adronis Family Ice Cream Parlors, LLC’s build-out work is completed, and it has obtained the release of all liens, Gary, LP will remit $37,500.00 (2,500 s.f. x $15.00/s.f.) to Adronis Family Ice Cream Parlors, LLC. This _____________________  to Adronis Family Ice Cream Parlors, LLC by Gary, LP following Adronis Family Ice Cream Parlors, LLC’s improvement work is by no means “free money” to Adronis Family Ice Cream Parlors, LLC; Adronis Family Ice Cream Parlors, LLC will ultimately repay Gary, LP as an element of its initial term base rent. (Select one answer only.)

Which of the following would a defendant file at the conclusion of the discovery phase of litigation?

Keaton Property Developers, LP accepts Maniscalco Sandwich Delicatessen, a full-service family restaurant. In addition to its gigantic deli sandwiches, Maniscalco Sandwich Delicatessen is famous for its hand cut swirled French fries. Keaton Property Developers, LP will, then, include risk-based provisions related to its grease trap in the lease’s: (Select one answer only.)

Jean-Luc Partners, LLLP, a Vermont limited liability limited partnership, owns Jayson Luxury Apartments in Lake Worth. There are 150 one-bedroom, 250 two-bedroom, and 75 townhouse units at the Jayson Luxury Apartments, as well as such as a pool, yoga studio, workout room, clubhouse, restaurant, small market, and reserved covered parking. In 2021 the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser valued the Apartments for property tax purposes at $30,000,000. Jean-Luc Partners, LLLP’s CPA is preparing an estimate of its 2021 property tax amount due, and is waiting for the annual property appraisal and millage rate. The CPA needs that appraisal amount because the millage rate will be applied to each  $  _______  of the Apartment’s appraised value. (Select one answer only.)

A 79-year-old man presents to the emergency room with a 3-day history of fever and cough. His lab data is shown below. Which of the following best explains these clinical findings?

Shamori|Bennett|Boucherot is a national insurance defense law firm with operations in nine states. They are negotiating a lease for a full floor in the Brakefield Tower, a new 25 story skyscraper in Coral Gables, Florida. In order to maintain instant communications with their other eight offices, Shamori|Bennett|Boucherot wants to install a “hard wired” satellite dish on the Brakefield Towers’ roof; the cabling for the satellite dish is designed to go through the roof, run downwards through the Brakefield Towers’ conduits, and end in Shamori|Bennett|Boucherot’s IT room. Do no assume any unstated facts. The Brakefield Tower’s lease to Shamori|Bennett|Boucherot includes indemnification, hold harmless, and defense provisions regarding roof membrane penetration. (Select one answer only.)