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Connecticut Law Tribune

State Court Awards $1.4 Million For Couple's Alleged Fraud In Selling Water-Damaged Home; Trial to Follow Appeal

Trial Judge "particularly troubled by certain facts" surrounding a nearly $3 million sale of a Greenwich, Connecticut property in which a couple, along with their daughter acting as a Berkshire Hathaway real estate agent, allegedly did not disclose water leaks and mold throughout the premises, while defense counsel claimed the sellers "did not have X-ray vision" to foresee them prior to the plaintiffs' gut-renovation of the home.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Co-op's Action To Remove Tenant's Dog Dismissed; Yellowstone Injunction: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "360 E. 72nd St. Owners Inc. v. Wolkoff," and "170 Tillary Corp. v. Gold Tillary Realty."
16 minute read

Daily Business Review

Nuisance Abatement: How a Governmental Board Can Impact Negligent Security Claims

Most people understand a "nuisance" to be an annoyance, typically minor in nature but disruptive enough to require attention. When it comes to a governmental nuisance abatement board, however, this cannot be further from the truth; these boards regulate properties due to the drug, prostitution and violent crime that occurs there.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Differences Between Leases and Licenses of Real Property

Parties entering into an agreement for the use of real property should consider whether they intend to create a lease or a license because the nature of the arrangement may significantly affect the rights and remedies of the partiest,
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Prologis' 30-Year Legal Chief to Exit After Helping Build $100B Powerhouse

The market value of the industrial real estate developer has grown more than 20-fold since Edward Nekritz came aboard in 1995 as its first in-house attorney.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Ex-Baltimore City State's Attorney Receives Nonprison Sentence for Criminal Convictions

Marilyn J. Mosby, who was convicted of making a false mortgage application and two counts of perjury, received 12 months of home confinement as part of 36 months of supervised release.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Real Estate Research Firm Seeks Dismissal of 'Algorithmic Pricing' Lawsuit

CoStar Group and six luxury hotel chains have filed a motion to dismiss a proposed antitrust class action that claimed defendants colluded to hike hotel room prices through the shared use of data analytics.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Jurors Return $3.5M Verdict to Immigrant's Family

Jurors also heard evidence that, although management reported crimes on premises to the owner, management did not warn the residents.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Legal Impossibility' Defense; Rent-Impairing Conditions; Condo Board Members Acting Outside Their Authority: Thias Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "1163 Manor Realty LLC v. La Catrina Mexican Restaurant Corp.," "Eleven Eleven Realty Assoc. v. Elizabeth," and "Carpenter v. Shore Towers Condominium Board of Managers."
15 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Steel Cable Used for Business, Not Deterrence: Appellate Division Affirms Property Owner's Immunity in Dirt Biker's Personal Injury Case

"Applying the definitions suggested by the court in 'Krevics' to the present matter, we discern no basis in the record to conclude defendants acted maliciously or willfully in failing to lower the cable on their commercial property when plaintiff did not have defendants' express consent to operate his dirt bike on their property," Judge Lisa Rose said.
5 minute read

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