Litigation

Guarantor May Not Interpose Wrongful Eviction Defense
Landlord Bound by Renewal Lease Signed After Judgment of Possession
Notice of Nonrewnal Sufficient to Withstand Jurisdictional Challenge
Incarcerated Son Not Entitled to Succession Rights
Occupant Did Not Establish Succession Rights
Court Dismisses Tortious Interference Claim By Holder of First Refusal Right

Triable Issue of Fact About Association Liability for Flooding
Unit Owner's Representations Cannot Be Used to Contradict Express Terms of Proprietary Lease

Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Declaratory-Judgment Action Based Under Rule Against Piecemeal Adjudication
Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement Finding Despite Defendant's Discovery Violation

Ultimately, Village at Lakeridge is noteworthy for what the Supreme Court did not decide. In granting certiorari, the Supreme Court declined to address whether the lower courts' various “non-statutory insider” tests should be refined. As concurrences from Justices Sotomayor and Kennedy emphasized, though, that issue is ripe for increased scrutiny.

Singapore Passes Deferred Prosecution Legislation

Is This The End of the 'Yellowstone' Doctrine?

Recently, New York's Appellate Division, Second Department, acknowledged that commercial landlords may employ a strategy that prevents tenants from exercising Yellowstone rights, which enjoin the landlord from terminating the lease or commencing a summary proceeding.

New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section Annual Spring Meeting

Slip-and-Fall Victim Cannot Recover from Landlord or Tenant