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Abstract: 

Because of the tragic terrorist attacks which occurred in New York City and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001, many owners and managers of multi-tenant office buildings have become concerned about whether to enhance the security in their buildings. These concerns have been expressed both in terms of measures which should be taken to protect persons in their buildings from injury and to prevent significant damage to the buildings themselves and in terms of what measures would be adequate to avoid liability in the event of a terrorist attack on their buildings. The purpose of this article is to address that second concern by re-examining traditional premises liability issues and contractual issues arising out of typical office building leases in light of the continuing, but vague, terrorist alerts which have been announced since that date. For convenience, that date will be referred to as “9/11” in this article.

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Affiliations:  1: Arter & Hadden LLP.