By Emily Saul | June 16, 2023
The multi-year probe was looking into whether or not Trump and his companies had misled authorities in order to reduce their tax burden for the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Erica F. Buckley | June 15, 2023
While talk of good cause eviction protections overtook the New York state legislative session last week, few people talk about the fact that nonpurchasing tenants in buildings that convert to cooperative or condominium under a noneviction plan have historically received tenant protections that are tantamount to good cause eviction rights.
By Jason Grant | June 14, 2023
Bailey's "statements, which concern a landlord/tenant dispute between a large real estate developer and a sole holdout tenant [represented by Bailey], constituted comments and an exercise of free speech in connection with an issue of public interest," said an Appellate Division, First Department panel.
By Scott Mollen | June 13, 2023
Scott Mollen discusses "Fuks v. Rakia Assoc." where the court held the plaintiff engaged in active misconduct and confirmed an award for breach of fiduciary duties. The court opined that the case "rivals the long running dispute in Charles Dickens' novel, Bleak House, and will end no better."
By Kenneth M. Block | June 13, 2023
In his Construction Law column, Kenneth Block offers a guide for developing a sample sustainability program, including the assembly of a sustainability team comprised of energy consultants, design professionals, contractors and property managers.
By Bruce J. Bergman | June 9, 2023
Can a lender safely bid a nominal sum at a foreclosure sale? Sure. But first a foreclosing party might ask why the question needs to be asked, and then why the answer is so tersely affirmative.
By Francis M. Caesar | June 8, 2023
An in-depth discussion of how a real party in interest must be joined to an action regardless of whether the plaintiff had standing to commence that action.
By Scott Mollen | June 6, 2023
This week, Scott Mollen discusses 'Kazoku LLC v. Bd. Of Mgrs. of the Museum Bldg." where the court held that board members who did not act in bad faith cannot be subject to personal liability, and the Landlord-Tenant case "Baldwin v. McCarry," where it was found that the landlord failed to prove that the use of the cooperative form of ownership did not in reality constitute a "de facto for-profit rental building."
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Gary M. Rosenberg, Alexander Lycoyannis and Brendan J. Derr | June 6, 2023
Litigators who overzealously move for summary judgment in lieu of complaint to enforce guaranties of both the payment of money and the performance of other obligations may have their motions denied by the court—wasting the client's time and money and undermining the purpose of moving under CPLR 3213.
By Jason Grant | June 5, 2023
The five-justice appellate panel wrote that "absent an expert affidavit, defendant [Belkin] failed to establish prima facie that its alleged negligence ... was not a proximate cause of plaintiff's losses."
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