The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alan Nochumson | January 14, 2019
Late last year, under Bill Number 170854-A, the city of Philadelphia amended Section 9-804 of the Philadelphia Code which is titled “Unfair Rental Practices, ”limiting the rights of residential landlords to evict their residential tenants within city limits.
By Aleeza Furman | January 9, 2019
Pryor Cashman is defending Ed Sheeran against claims that his song "Thinking Out Loud" is too close to "Let's Get it On," and other midsize jobs.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Scott E. Mollen | January 8, 2019
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses three landlord-tenant cases: 'U.S. v. 111 E. 88th Partners,' involving an apartment building's no-dog rule where the landlord's attorney was seen as a co-decisionmaker as to permission for the tenant to have a support dog thus waving the privilege; 'Cashew Holdings v. Thorpe-Poyser,' where the court held the landlord may not collect rent when the building lacked a certificate of occupancy, and 'WFCC Realty v. Lin,' where it was held that landlords must still establish substantial rehabilitation by adequate documentation even though such requirements were relaxed under DHCR's Operational Bulletin 95-2.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Scott E. Mollen | December 18, 2018
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses “Board of Managers of 184 Thompson Street Condominium v. 184 Thompson Street Owner,” a condominium conversion case involving the adequacy of a reserve fund; and “Matter of Partman v. NYSDHCR,” where the tenant was granted reversal of DHCR's decision granting owner MCI rent increases.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Scott E. Mollen | December 11, 2018
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses “Matter of Real Estate Bd. of N.Y. v. City of New York,” where the court upheld NY Local law No. 50 which limits conversions of some Manhattan hotels, and “560-568 Audubon Tenants Ass'n v. 560-568 Audubon Realty,” where the court found DHCR better suited to resolve overcharge rent regulation claims.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman | December 11, 2018
In their Real Estate Trends column, Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss a pair of new decisions from the Appellate Term, First Department which have toughened the standards under which a landlord may claim a substantial rehabilitation exemption from rent stabilization, the effect of which may be to bring back into stabilization many buildings whose owners believed in good faith that their buildings were not regulated.
By Raychel Lean | December 6, 2018
The Third DCA lifted a court injunction that had stopped the City of Miami from banning vacation rentals. With the ban reinstated, Airbnb hosts in some Miami neighborhoods will no longer be able to rent out their homes.
By Raychel Lean | December 6, 2018
The decision from Florida's Third District Court of Appeal throws out an injunction that had stopped the City of Miami from banning vacation rentals. With the ban reinstated, Airbnb hosts in some Miami neighborhoods will no longer be able to rent out their homes.
By Raychel Lean | December 6, 2018
The decision from Florida's Third District Court of Appeal throws out an injunction that had stopped the City of Miami from banning vacation rentals. With the ban reinstated, Airbnb hosts in some Miami neighborhoods will no longer be able to rent out their homes.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Scott E. Mollen | December 4, 2018
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses “Via Port New York v. Sears,” where the court held that Sears did not breach its lease terms or contract when it closed its mall store; and “Forest Enter. Mgmt. Inc. v. The county of Warren,” an eminent domain action, where the county incurred an independent obligation to pay just compensation.
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