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New York Law Journal

FM United LLC v. Dule-Wollin

By | January 05, 2015
Dismissal of Holdover Unwarranted; Landlord's Renewal Lease Offer Is Legal Requirement
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

326 East 85 Realty LLC v. Hairy Monk Corp.

By | January 05, 2015
Clause Requiring $500 Per Day Late Fee Constitutes Penalty, Is Unenforceable
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Defining the Limits of Liquidated Damages Clauses

Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman write: The importance of liquidated damages clauses are two-fold: They make the tenant think twice before breaching the lease or overstaying it, thus reducing the traffic in landlord-tenant court; and they allow the landlord an award of its full damages as it envisioned them at the time of the writing of the lease.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

72A Realty Assoc., L.P. v. Mercado

By | December 31, 2014
Landlord Granted Summary Judgment Dismissing Tenants' Habitability Defense
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Refuses to Enforce 'Penalty' Against Landlord

A now-closed Manhattan tavern lost its suit seeking to enforce a liquidated damages provision in an agreement with its former landlord after a judge ruled the $106,000 penalty was unenforceable because it was "grossly disproportionate to the probable loss."
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Citing Lack of Timely Notice, Judge Blocks Co-op Eviction

A Brooklyn judge has enjoined the Federal National Mortgage Association from evicting a co-op owner who had defaulted on her mortgage, finding that because Fannie Mae "does not even claim that the notice [of intent to foreclose] was prepared, never mind sent," the injunction must be granted.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: A Look (Way) Back

In five years of Litigator of the Week features, a handful of partners and their law firms managed to stand out from their competitors.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

551 Hudson Street Property LLC v. Rios

By | December 24, 2014
Court Permits Demand Only for Written Interrogatories on Mentally Disabled Tenant
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York City Housing Authority Managed by: Coney Island Houses v. Feliciano

By | December 24, 2014
Tenant Awarded 100% Rent Abatement For HA's Failure to Correct Violations
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Apartments To Pay For Resident's Icy Fall

By | December 23, 2014
A resident of a Philadelphia apartment complex has been awarded damages in a slip-and-fall case.
3 minute read

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