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Law Firm Offices Continued to Shrink In 2023, But Real Estate Costs Did Not Image

Law Firm Offices Continued to Shrink In 2023, But Real Estate Costs Did Not

Dan Roe

Despite the overall trend of downsizing, about 42% of the 80 Am Law 200 firms increased their real estate footprints in 2023. Proportionally, the downsizing was more aggressive than the footprint growth.

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Sui Generis: Draft Like You Mean It

Lydia Pilch

The automatic acceptance of various boilerplate clauses in commercial leases in the face of jurisprudential modernity and evolving legal approaches is dangerous. The evolutionary exploits of a commercial lease aren't done yet, nor should they be.

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NYC Guarantor Liability for Post-Window-Period Rent Image

NYC Guarantor Liability for Post-Window-Period Rent

Cheryl Ginsburg

In Tamar Equities Corp. v. Signature Barbershop 33 Inc., the Appellate Division analyzed whether the Guaranty Law bars recovery from a guarantor where a commercial tenant's default initially arose during the Guaranty Law's window period, but persisted after its expiration.

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Exploring Debt Restructuring Options for CRE Owners

Michael Criscito

In the dynamic landscape of real estate, commercial real estate owners often find themselves facing financial challenges that necessitate a strategic approach to debt management. In such cases, exploring debt restructuring options becomes a crucial consideration.

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Guarantor Liability for Post-Window-Period Rent Image

Guarantor Liability for Post-Window-Period Rent

Cheryl Ginsburg

In a case of first impression, the Appellate Division, First Department recently addressed a split in the decisions of the lower courts as to the scope of the New York City Guaranty Law.

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Co-ops and Condominiums

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Foreclosure on Lien for Common Charges Not Dismissed Condominium Entitled to Impose Reasonable Fee for Consent to Hallway Enclosure

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'Yellowstone' Injunctions: Navigating the Wild West of Commercial Lease Disputes Image

'Yellowstone' Injunctions: Navigating the Wild West of Commercial Lease Disputes

Janet Kljyan & Charles F. Martin III

The Yellowstone injunction is implicated in nearly every lease for commercial real property in the state of New York, yet most landlords and tenants do not know what it is or how it affects them. Below is a succinct overview of its implications so that commercial landlords and tenants can better navigate lease disputes.

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Landlord & Tenant Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Illegality Defense Raises Questions of Fact Good Guy Guaranty Not Released Exchange of Texts Does Not Constitute Settlement Agreement Landlord's Fraudulent Conveyance Claim Against Parking Lot Chain Avoids Dismissal

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Are Recent Regulations Dooming Franchising? Image

Are Recent Regulations Dooming Franchising?

Marc Lieberstein & Chris Caiaccio

In 2024, franchising may need to overcome and work around the recent government regulation that goes to the very heart of the franchising relationship and the way franchise businesses operate,

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Development

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Boathouse Not an Impermissible Second Dwelling Reduction In Size Did Not Alter Nonconforming Use Status Local Ordinance Did Not Prohibit Short-Term Rentals

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