By Lidia Dinkova | August 22, 2019
A proposed change in the law's disparate impact rule is stirring debate on its potential impact on housing discrimination claims.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Miriam H. Straus | August 16, 2019
We continue to work on housing rights for agricultural workers, but today we also represent other low-income people who face unsafe and unhealthy housing conditions.
By The Legal Intelligencer | August 16, 2019
A fundraiser hosted by the Philadelphia Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division that involves ping pong, a forum discussing "the Central Park Five" and The Support Center for Child Advocates' 14th annual golf classic top the list of calendar items for late August and September.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alan Nochumson | August 15, 2019
In Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Municipal Court and the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas have concurrent jurisdiction to handle landlord-tenant disputes.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Scott E. Mollen | August 13, 2019
In his Realty Law Digest, Scott E. Mollen discusses two landlord-tenant cases: ‘699 Venture Corp. v. Zuniga,’ and ‘Edelstein LLC v. Connelly.’
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 8, 2019
The state Superior Court has vacated the setoff of judgments in the case of a tenant who received money for a slip-and-fall case involving her landlord's property, but who also was sued for failure to pay thousands in back rent.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Warren A. Estis and Michael E. Feinstein | August 6, 2019
In their Landlord Tenant column, Warren Estis and Michael Feinstein discuss “255 Butler Associates, LLC v. 255 Butler, LLC,” a "highly unusual case" where, despite the clear rule stating that an application for Yellowstone relief must be made “prior to the expiration of the cure period set forth in the lease and the landlord’s notice to cure,” the Appellate Division, Second Department upheld the Supreme Court’s granting of a Yellowstone motion which had been made after the expiration of the cure period in the notice to cure.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Scott E. Mollen | August 6, 2019
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 New Jersey State Bar Association | August 5, 2019
August 'New Jersey Lawyer' magazine focuses on landlord-tenant law
By Jason Grant | August 2, 2019
“While rental history may be examined beyond [the] four years [before the bringing of a lawsuit] to determine rent-stabilized status, it may not be used for the purpose of calculating an overcharge,” a unanimous Appellate Division, First Department panel pointed out.
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