On February 3, 2026, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a short but highly anticipated order in North American Fire Ultimate Holdings, LP v.

When comparing homes to buy, you may discover that some communities have restrictive covenants in place. These housing rules are most common in condominiums, townhomes, planned communities and ...

People often misunderstand the distinction between restrictive covenants and zoning. Here’s my stab at setting the record straight. Restrictive covenants (which are sometimes called “protective ...

During the 20 th century, discriminatory restrictive covenants peppered property records in communities across the country. The popular use of racially restrictive covenants emerged in 1917, when the ...

So-called “restrictive covenants,” forbidding the sale or rental of real estate to people based on their race or ethnicity, were commonplace in the middle of the 20th century, and many current real ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Concerns that homeowners association covenants were getting in the way of the city’s efforts to ...

Kim Wrench bought his South Plaza home in the Greenway Fields subdivision in 1989. JILL TOYOSHIBA /The Kansas City Star Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2005. Kim Wrench loves the ...

October 1, 2021 - Courts in most U.S. jurisdictions have long applied close scrutiny when assessing the enforceability of restrictive covenants that purport to bar employees from engaging in ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A significant number of Ann Arbor suburbs and individual houses have racially-restrictive sections ...

Jose Brenes/Daily. Buy this photo. Since presenting their research in January 2021, Michigan Law professor Michael Steinberg and Taubman professor Robert Goodspeed have been working to remove racially ...

Effective August 10, 2022, Colorado employers will need to comply with significant new limitations on noncompete agreements and other post-termination restrictive covenants. The Colorado legislature ...