LJN Newsletters

  • New York's Cyber Regulation Two Years Later: We've Only Just Begun

    The Conclusion of the “Transitional Period” for New York's Cybersecurity Regulation Marks the Beginning, Rather Than the End, of an Organization's Compliance Efforts

    Financial institutions will have to certify annually that their internal controls and cybersecurity practices remain up to snuff. And now that the transitional periods for implementing the cyber regulation have passed, covered institutions will need to certify that they have complied with each provision.

    May 01, 2019Craig A. Newman and Kade N. Olsen

  • Covenants That Run with the Land Can Be Waived

    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.

    May 01, 2019Jeffrey Turkel

  • Eminent Domain Law

    No Consequential Damages When State Takes Neighbor's Land

    May 01, 2019ssalkin

  • Development

    Nonconforming Use Not Discontinued
    Developer's Rico, Estoppel, and Equal Protection Claims Dismissed
    Denial of Area Variance Overturned

    May 01, 2019ssalkin

  • Real Property Law

    Affirmative Covenant Enforceable Against Successor Developer
    Post-Sandy FEMA Height Requirements Might Make Restrictive Covenant Unenforceable

    May 01, 2019ssalkin

  • Landlord & Tenant

    Claim Based On Retaliation for Assertion of Fair Housing Rights Dismissed
    Failure of Consideration a Defense In Action Against Tenant's Guarantor

    May 01, 2019ssalkin

  • 5 Ways to Optimize the Attorney-Marketing Relationship

    With an increase in partner laterals, the advent of increasingly sophisticated procurement teams, greater transparency into pricing models, and more law firm mergers every year, the dynamics have certainly shifted. Attorneys can no longer simply wait for their phones to ring and to expect million-dollar books of business by executing and providing superb client service. That ship has sailed, and client expectations have been raised across the board.

    May 01, 2019Mike Mellor