By Andrew Denney | June 13, 2018
The suit takes aim at an “inequitable and antiquated” property tax system throughout New York City in which similarly situated properties are saddled with “widely different” tax burdens based on where they are located in the city.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Fred D. Weinstein | June 13, 2018
At the heart of the 'Meinhard' opinion is the concept that a fiduciary has a duty of undivided loyalty and, therefore, may not exploit a corporate opportunity for his or her own self-benefit.
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman | June 12, 2018
Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss the many enactments related to harassment, bedbugs, and smoking, the first two of which expand tenants' rights and the final one intended to constrict them.
By Scott E. Mollen | June 12, 2018
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses 'Saunders Ventures v. Morrow,' 'Estate of Parisi,' and 'In re Jian Min Lei v. NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development.'
By Colby Hamilton | June 11, 2018
The consent decree, announced by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office on Monday, will see another federal monitor imposed on the city's public housing authority.
By Christine Simmons | June 7, 2018
The lawyers, based in New York, jumped to King & Spalding from 100-lawyer Riemer & Braunstein.
By Scott E. Mollen | June 5, 2018
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses two landlord-tenant cases: 'DD 11th Ave. LLC v. Sans, a fraud case, where a tenant obtained a low-income apartment by understating his income, and 'Matter of Jourdain v. N.Y.S. Div. of Housing & Cmty. Renewal' dealing with succession rights.
By Samantha Joseph | June 1, 2018
The suit stems from a 2008 agreement with Googles, a children's programming company.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Scott E. Mollen | May 29, 2018
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses “159 MP Corp. v. Redbridge Bedford,” which involved an appeal by commercial tenants in an action for a judgment declaring that two long term commercial leases are in full force and effect and that the tenants are not in violation of their obligations under the leases. A trial court had denied their motion for a Yellowstone injunction…and granted the landlord's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Bruce J. Bergman | May 29, 2018
For those occasions when a mortgage lender may elect to sue on the note—as opposed to foreclosing the mortgage—saving service of the 90-day notice which might otherwise be elicited by the pervasively ubiquitous RPAPL §1304 is meaningful. Is the notice required? The Second Department says yes, while the Fourth Department says no. Until this issue is addressed by the Court of Appeals, the answer to the question remains uncertain.
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