New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Francis M. Caesar | August 19, 2020
As discussed in this article, how acceleration is achieved in a mortgage contract can affect which accrual statute applies to both a cause of action for full foreclosure and the applicable statute of limitation.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Scott E. Mollen | August 18, 2020
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses the contracts case: "Korman v. Corbett," and the landlord-tenant case "Quinatoa v. Hewlett Assocs."
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman | August 18, 2020
Few landlords and commercial tenants have been completely immune from the governmentally imposed economic shutdown and COVID-19's wrath. Adam Leitman Baily and Dov Treiman discuss the three traditional theories under which commercial tenants can seek forgiveness of their rent.
By Jane Wester | August 12, 2020
New protocols also include mandatory conferences to address, among other things, whether renters have protection under the Tenant Safe Harbor Act, the state's chief administrative judge said. But the Legal Aid Society has estimated that more than 200,000 New York City households are not covered by the law.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Scott E. Mollen | August 11, 2020
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses "One Wythe LLC v. Elevations Urban Landscape Design Inc," where the court held the tenant was entitled to attorney fees for non-residential tenant harassment.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Allen M. Wieder and Salvatore Gogliormella | August 11, 2020
In their Transactional Real Estate column, Allen Wieder and Salvatore Gogliormella review cases suggesting that courts in New York, California, Texas, and Illinois intend to continue to carefully consider and narrowly construe anti-assignment provisions in leases and other corporate transactional documents.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Francis J. Lane, III | August 10, 2020
The final article in this series examines unpredictable Court of Appeals rulings on New York City's residential property management industry in the context of the financial sector; specifically the portion that deals in real estate-backed securities.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Steve Baldini and Hamish Lal | August 7, 2020
A discussion of the rise in the use of statutory adjudication in various jurisdictions in the context of complex construction disputes, and a look at whether the United States is now ready to also embrace this ADR option.
By Jane Wester | August 5, 2020
Among the affected households are 14,000 families who received a warrant of eviction before the pandemic's effects reached New York in March, according to Legal Aid. All are vulnerable to eviction without further action, advocates said.
By Warren A. Estis and Alexander Lycoyannis | August 4, 2020
As the courts continue the reopening process, there will be both a backlog of landlord-tenant cases and a pent-up demand to commence new cases, the combination of which will be difficult for the L&T court to manage. In their Landlord Tenant Law column, Warren Estis and Alexander Lycoyannis recommend that "practitioners seeking to advance their clients' rights would be well-advised to consider the ejectment action—which remains a viable avenue for relief."
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