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In a case of first impression, and after it decided public policy would not be offended, New York’s Appellate Division, Second Department, decided earlier this year that commercial tenants may contractually waive the right to seek a Yellowstone injunction in 159 MP Corp. v. Redbridge Bedford, 160 A.D.3d 176 (N.Y. App. Div., 2nd Dep’t, 1/31/18). A Yellowstone injunction is derived from the 1968 New York high court case of First National Stores v. Yellowstone Shopping Center, 21 N.Y.2d 630, and it is actually a temporary restraining order (TRO) that preserves the status quo, preventing the landlord from evicting the tenant during the pendency of judicial proceedings concerning the underlying issues between the parties.
What is the Difference Between Flexible Space Models and Traditional Office Leasing?
By Elizabeth Kluger Cooper and Zach Boroson
Market forces — such as workplace design, demographics and urbanization, capital flow and technology — are driving the growth of flexible space.
Assignments and Collateral Assignments of Commercial Leases
By Terrence M. Dunn
What Tenants and Landlords Should Know
There are differences between assignments of leases and collateral assignments of leases, and each has aspects that parties to these agreements should expect and look out for. Let’s discuss some of these issues.
Why Community Groups Can Never Win Against Developers
By John R. Low-Beer
The ‘Dreikausesn’ Paradox, Other Hurdles, and Suggestions for Change
Under current New York law, even the most meritorious legal challenge to property development faces insurmountable barriers once construction starts, because absent the most egregious wrongdoing, the courts will not order demolition of completed buildings, and current law makes it virtually impossible to obtain a preliminary injunction to halt construction.
By Janice Inman
It’s Not the Money Spent, It’s the Level of Conformance