Real estate practitioners tend to think of covenants that run with the land as absolute. Another way to look at such covenants is that there are contractual in nature, and that contractual provisions can be waived or abandoned, at least by the party that benefits from them. That is what the First Department recently held in New York City Transit Auth. v 4761 Broadway Assocs., LLC.
Nonconforming Use Not Discontinued
Developer's Rico, Estoppel, and Equal Protection Claims Dismissed
Denial of Area Variance Overturned
Affirmative Covenant Enforceable Against Successor Developer
Post-Sandy FEMA Height Requirements Might Make Restrictive Covenant Unenforceable
Claim Based On Retaliation for Assertion of Fair Housing Rights Dismissed
Failure of Consideration a Defense In Action Against Tenant's Guarantor
Sponsors Not Entitled to Indemnification for Faulty Construction
Part Two of a Two-Part Article
“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
With the recent carnage in the retail industry, a lot of attention goes to the fate of landlords when their tenants seek bankruptcy protection. A recent case that brings balance is Revel AC Inc. v. IDEA Boardwalk, LLC.
Contractual Allocation of Damage Risk Thwarts Insurer's Subrogation Claim
Lacking Specifics, Lease Term Is Unenforceable
