Landlord Tenant Law

  • New Jersey Law Journal | News

    Unanimous NJ Supreme Court Rules Landlord 'Created Unreasonable Burden' on Union County With Multiple Tort Letters

    By Suzette Parmley | July 20, 2021

    In "H.C. Equities v. County of Union," the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that H.C. Equities failed to file a timely Tort Claims Act notice against its commercial tenant and that a finding of substantial compliance cannot be premised on comments by plaintiff's counsel in three different letters with three different dates sent to the defendant's lawyers.

  • New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott Mollen | July 20, 2021

    In this edition of his Realty Law Digest column, Scott Mollen discusses a contracts case, "110 East 138 Realty v. Rydan Realty', where the court held that a real estate purchaser who defaults on his contract is not entitled to the down payment, and a landlord-tenant case, "Hibbert v. Powell," where the court awarded the tenant punitive damages after the owner shut off the water supply during the pandemic.

  • Daily Report Online | News

    'A Dangerous Precedent'? Eleventh Circuit Tosses Lawsuit to Lift CDC's Eviction Moratorium

    By Cedra Mayfield | July 14, 2021

    "The court's decision sets a dangerous precedent about what an administrative agency can get away with when it utters the word 'emergency,'" said Caleb Kruckenberg, New Civil Liberties Alliance litigation counsel.

  • Law.com | Analysis

    Commercial Leases and Other Real Estate Transactions Are Subject to National Security Review

    By Gordon F. Peery | July 8, 2021

    A second wave of national security concerns hit real estate markets in the United States — the publication of rules focusing on real estate by the U.S. Department of the Treasury is the catalyst of national security reviews of certain leases, purchases, sales, joint ventures and other investments with non-U.S. parties.

  • New York Law Journal

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott E. Mollen | July 6, 2021

    Scott Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses 'Rush Props. v. Riveros', 'Food First HDFC v. Turner' and 'Mayfair Resort Homeowners Ass'n v. LG Lakeside Living'.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    When Is a Rent Registration 'Proper'?

    By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel | July 6, 2021

    RSL §26-517(e) states that the "failure to file a proper and timely initial or annual registration statement shall, until such time as a proper registrations filed," freeze the stabilized rent. The courts have established a general rule as to when a registration is deemed proper, and have also established an exception to that rule. In their Rent Stabilization column, Warren Estis and Jeff Turkel examine the rule and its exception.

  • New Jersey Law Journal | News

    NJ Courts Mandate Settlement Conferences in Landlord-Tenant Cases

    By Suzette Parmley | July 2, 2021

    To help avert an avalanche of landlord-tenant cases that could overwhelm the state's court system, an order from the New Jersey Supreme Court mandates statewide settlement conferences in such cases—which since last summer have been on a strictly voluntary basis.

  • New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott E. Mollen | June 29, 2021

    Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses two landlord-tenant cases: "Mall 1-Bay Plaza v. Bronx Vistasite Eyecare," where temporary closures under executive orders did not constitute a taking of tenant's business, and "Bronx Park Phase II Preserv v. V.C." where the court granted tenant's motion to hold a holdover eviction proceeding via virtual trial.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Analyzing the New York City Tenant Data Privacy Act and Its Impact on the Biometric Privacy Landscape

    By David J. Oberly | June 25, 2021

    The TDPA is the latest in a string of new laws specifically targeting the collection and use of biometrics, but is the first of its kind to provide targeted requirements and limitations focused on residential "smart access" technology.

  • New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott E. Mollen | June 22, 2021

    Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses the contracts case "E. Upreal LLC v. Rogers Equities LLC," where discovery was needed to resolve issues, and "GSKP LLC v. Lee" where the landlord failed to show that the tenant's bird feeding constituted a nuisance.

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