Scott E Mollen

September 03, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In his Realty Law Digest, Scott E. Mollen discusses the landlord-tenant cases "Fieldstone Capital v. Ryan & Conlon LLP," "56-11 94th St. Co. v. Jara," and "Rockaway One Co. v. Alston," and the foreclosure case "Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust v. McDonnell."

By Scott E. Mollen is a partner at Herrick, Feinstein.

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August 27, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In his Realty Law Digest, Scott E. Mollen discusses 'St. Christopher's Inc. v. Forgione,' where the court granted seller's motion to dismiss purchaser's counterclaims for, inter alia, breach of contract, fraud in the inducement, and implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. 

By Scott E. Mollen

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August 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal

This week, Scott Mollen discusses "Gerard Fox Law v. Vortex Group," "Olowofela v. Olowofela," and "Board of Mgrs. of 150 E. 72nd St. Condominium v. Vitruvius Estates."

By Scott E. Mollen

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August 13, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In his Realty Law Digest, Scott E. Mollen discusses two landlord-tenant cases: ‘699 Venture Corp. v. Zuniga,’ and ‘Edelstein LLC v. Connelly.’

By Scott E. Mollen

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August 06, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In his Realty Law Digest, Scott E. Mollen discusses ‘Matter of AIH Group v. C.J.F. & Sons,’ which is of interest because the decision stated the conditions necessary to protect an adjoining property owner and many of these disputes—which have become very common in New York City—are resolved through negotiated agreements not available to the public. He also discusses the Landlord-Tenant case ‘186 Norfolk LLC v. Euvin,’ where the court denied an occupant’s claim for succession; and 'Matter of Greentree Found. v. Mammin,’ where it was found that a board of zoning appeals improperly based its decision on submissions that were not provided to the petitioner.

By Scott E. Mollen

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July 30, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In his Realty Law Digest, Scott Mollen discusses "DiLorenzo v. Windermere Owners," a case of interest because even with the recently enacted rent legislation which permits rent increases based on individual apartment improvements, parties, lawyers and courts will still need to address issues involving the burden of proof, evidence and appellate review.

By Scott E. Mollen

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July 23, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In his Realty Law Digest, Scott E. Mollen discusses “Omega SA v. 375 Canal,” a “novel” case where a watchmaker was awarded $1.1 million in damages against its landlord based on the landlord's contributory trademark infringement, and “Matter of C&B Realty #3, where the BZA's denial of an off-street parking variance was annulled for lack of substantiated evidence.

By Scott E. Mollen is a partner at Herrick, Feinstein.

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July 16, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In his Realty Law Digest, Scott E. Mollen discusses four landlord-tenant cases: “Warren LLC v. BBQ Chicken Don Alex Inc.," “425 W. 153rd St. HDFC v. Brown,” “Sudimac v. Beck,” and “472-476 Columbus Ave. LLC v. Kretzu.”

By Scott E. Mollen

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July 09, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In his Realty Law Digest, Scott E. Mollen discusses “Dynamic Energy Solutions LLC v. Pinney,” a land use case involving New York's anti-“SLAPP” statute, and “295 Broadway Realty v. Alqushi,” a commercial landlord-tenant case where the court found that a corporate agent did not have personal liability based on his signature.

By Scott E. Mollen

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June 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In his Realty Law Digest, Scott E. Mollen discusses “Council of Churches Housing Dev. Fund Co. Inc. v. Arlington Housing Corp.,” where the litigation involved a dispute over the direction and control of a limited partnership that was formed to own and operate a real estate investment, and “207-209 W. 107th St. LLC v. Doe,” a Landlord-Tenant case where the court found the tenant did not “commercialize the premises” with Airbnb activity.

By Scott E. Mollen

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