Maxwell Breed

Maxwell Breed

June 17, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Up for the Takings: Could New Holdings Destabilize Rent Stabilization in New York?

Many involved in New York multifamily real estate have been waiting for the Second Circuit to decide on appeals from dismissals of two challenges to New York's rent stabilization laws.

By Maxwell Breed

6 minute read

June 19, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Strange Times: Commercial Lease Disputes in the Pandemic Era

Last fall, New York City strengthened existing protections for small business tenants from perceived landlord "harassment." These protections, largely without parallel in this country, have recently been judicially applied and interpreted for the first time, discussed here.

By Maxwell Breed and Lisa Liu

6 minute read

June 28, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Banks Behaving Badly: Remedies for Failing to Negotiate in Good Faith

Slava Hazin, a partner at Warshaw Burstein, and Maxwell Breed, an associate at the firm, write that courts cannot compel parties to actually reach a settlement by way of a mortgage modification agreement, or otherwise.

By Slava Hazin and Maxwell Breed

11 minute read