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New York Law Journal

Mortgage Contingency Clauses; Riparian Rights: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "Mason v. Pembroke NY," where a purchaser breached contract by failing to comply with mortgage contingency clause in applying for a larger mortgage than permitted by the clause, and the riparian rights case "Talmidov Inc. v. Marina Holding Corp" involving an action for quiet title, ejectment, trespass and a declaration of easement by necessity relating to land submerged by a body of water near the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn.
19 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court: An Existing Short-Term Rental May Be Considered a Legal Nonconforming Use

In a recently published opinion, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in Johnson v. Pocono Township Zoning Hearing Board, found that an owners' use of their property as a short-term rental was a legal, existing nonconformity even after an ordinance outlawed such a use in the municipality.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

FinCEN's Proposed Rule on Residential Real Estate Transactions

In their Transactional Real Estate column, Peter Fisch and Salvatore Gogliormella discuss FinCEN's recently proposed rule on non-financed residential real estate transactions which "builds on the U.S. government's longstanding focus on the money laundering risks posed by the residential real estate market."
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida's 3 Biggest Firms Lean Into Real Estate Hires, at Home and Beyond

Greenberg Traurig, Holland & Knight and Akerman have all made multiple additions thus far in 2024. "It's insatiable," one local recruiter said of the demand for practitioners.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Ex-Stroock Partner Jumps to Dentons After Short Tenure at Hogan Lovells

Kim Pagotto was one of dozens of partners who joined Hogan Lovells on Nov. 15 from Stroock. A few months later, Dentons announced her arrival.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to Perjury, Faces 5-Month Sentence

Under questioning by the judge, Weisselberg admitted to making knowingly false statements both under deposition and during the New York attorney general's civil fraud case about the size of Donald Trump's triplex apartment.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Focused on Long-Term Profit Growth, Blank Rome Sees Strong 2023

This is the fifth consecutive year in which net income growth surpassed 8.5%, coinciding with the course of the firm's five-year strategic plan.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fox Rothschild Opens Third Florida Office in 'High Growth' Sarasota

Robert Stroud, who will chair the firm's health care transactions practice, arrives from Southwest Florida's Blalock Walters.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Retroactive Application of FAPA; Licensee Holdover Proceeding: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

      Reverse Mortgage Foreclosure—RPAPL 1501 Complaint Reinstated—Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA)—CPLR 213(4)(b)—Lender…
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trump Appeals $465 Million Judgment in New York AG's Civil Fraud Trial

As interest accrues at more than $100,000 per day, defense counsel said the First Department should eye whether the trial court "committed errors of law and/or fact, abused its discretion, and/or acted in excess of its jurisdiction."
3 minute read

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