By Jason Grant | August 2, 2021
An Appellate Division, Second Department panel wrote that the professional misconduct investigation arose from a client's complaint, and that allegations included veteran lawyer Joseph George Costello's alleged failure to safeguard funds as a fiduciary held on behalf of an estate, including an approximate shortfall of at least $170,000 that happened in the account.
By Dan Roe | August 2, 2021
The Am Law 100 firm has reduced its footprint in its soon-to-open New York headquarters at One Vanderbilt, with plans to expand in Westchester County and Long Island, said executive chairman Richard Rosenbaum.
By Patrick Smith | July 28, 2021
Goodwin has been actively adding to its real estate practice all year, including new hires in New York and Los Angeles.
By Tom McParland | July 28, 2021
An emergency application to Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the "courthouse door has been barred to New York's landlords" since the state enacted the moratorium during the early days of the public health crisis.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Scott Mollen | July 27, 2021
In this edition of his Realty Law Digest column, Scott Mollen discusses a co-op case, '800 Grand Concourse Owners v. Charlene Thompson', where the appellate court affirmed a judgment granting a co-op's motion for summary judgment and awarded possession of a cooperative apartment to the petitioner in a holdover summary proceeding; 'JS Equity Holdings 1 LLC v. 527Myrtle LLC', in which the court denied a motion to cancel a notice of pendency; and 'Gridley v. Turnbury Village LLC', a landlord-tenant matter holding that landlord did not engage in fraud to deregulate an apartment.
By Jane Wester | July 26, 2021
"Of course I am innocent of all these charges and we will prove that in court," Barrack said in a statement released through his attorneys at Paul Hastings.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
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.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Jeffrey Steiner and David Broderick | July 20, 2021
In their Real Estate Financing column, Jeffrey Steiner and David Broderick discuss construction loan guaranties which prompt a variety of issues, particularly when mezzanine debt exists in addition to mortgage loan debt.
By Melea VanOstrand | July 14, 2021
"That's a big challenge for us, to find ways to make it clear to building owners that they keep their properties safe," Miami trial attorney Stuart Ratzan said.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Todd E. Soloway and Bryan T. Mohler | July 13, 2021
Labor issues have always been at the forefront of the hotel industry, especially in places like New York City with an active union for hotel employees, and the pandemic has raised additional issues that have the potential to cause significant near- and long-term changes to the ways hotels do business.
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