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Achieving Commercial Real Estate Success Post-Brexit

Mathew B. Tully & Barry Crushell 

Proper planning and the ability to pivot will help American companies with UK, EU commercial property interests.

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Case Notes

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Failure to Read Lease is Not Fatal to Claim

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Analyzing the New Tenant Protections

Mark Hakim

On June 14, 2019, New York lawmakers approved, and Governor Cuomo signed, the "Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019." The Act contains a series of laws affecting all rentals within the State of New York, making permanent New York's rent regulation laws, which proponents say will ensure that New York's tenants are protected. However, as with any legislation, especially one that seems to have been enacted hastily, there are unintended and possibly quite adverse long-term consequences.

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Cancellation of Satisfaction Denied<br>Questions About Meeting of Minds<br>Statute of Limitations Bars Foreclosure Action<br>Merger Doctrine<br>Unjust Enrichment<br>Mortgage Acceleration Revoked<br>Deed Valid When Not Intended As Security for Mortgage Debt<br>Specific Performance Denied for Failure to Show Ability to Close

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Eminent Domain Law

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Award of Contingent Attorney's Fees

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Let Freedom (of Contract) Ring: Yellowstone Waivers Are Enforceable

Joshua Kopelowitz & Richard Corde

This is the third in a series of articles exploring whether parties to a commercial lease can contractually waive a tenant's right to seek a Yellowstone injunction. In a recent ruling, the Court of Appeals, in 159 MP Corp. v Redbridge Bedford, LLC, left no doubt that a contractual waiver of a right to seek a declaratory judgment and/or a Yellowstone injunction in a commercial lease is enforceable.

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Co-ops & Condominiums

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Merger Doctrine Precludes Unit Owner's Action Against Sponsor

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Development

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Denial of Site Plan Upheld

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Landlord & Tenant

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Stay of Warrant of Eviction Constitutes Reasonable Accommodation Under Fair Housing Act

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Real Property Law

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Statute of Limitations Does Not Bar Foreclosure<br>Mortgage on Church Property Not Properly Authorized<br>Sale Contract Precludes Fraud Claim<br>Seller's Representations Did Not Survive Closing<br>Foreclosure Action Time Barred<br>Mortgagor Fails to Establish Forgery<br>Mortgagee May Bring Action on Promissory Note; Not Limited to Foreclosure Remedy<br>Summary Judgment Denied In Action to Set Aside a Deed for Fraud

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