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Landlord & Tenant Law
April 01, 2021
Tenant Entitled to Terminate Lease When Premises Were Not Broom Clean Provision Ending Discounted Rate If Tenant Pays Late Is Unenforceable
Law Firms Taking Advantage of Tenant's Market In Office Space
April 01, 2021
Law firms are waiting to see how new trends like working remotely play out for office space post-pandemic, but that wait-and-see approach has created a tenant's market with opportunities for proactive firms in the short term.
Co-ops and Condominiums
March 01, 2021
Sponsor Liable for Fraudulent Conveyance to Related Entities President of Unincorporated Condominium Association Not Entitled to Indemnification Legal Malpractice Claim Dismissed Use of Commercial Unit Did Not Violate Zoning Regulations or Condominium Bylaws
Can Landlords and Tenants Stipulate to Rent Regulation?
March 01, 2021
Legal disputes as to the rent regulated status of an apartment are as old as rent regulation itself. On occasion, landlords and tenants have purported to "agree" in a lease or stipulation as to whether a unit is regulated. This article surveys case law as to how courts treat such agreements.
NY Court Rewrites Rules On Liquidated Damages In Surrender Agreements
March 01, 2021
In a recent decision, the NY Court of Appeals handed down a decision with a new interpretation of the law of liquidated damages with regard to surrender agreements. Trustees of Columbia v. D'Agostino rewrites the rules of when a tenant simply gives up on the space.
Drawing the Line Between Real Property and Personal Property In the UCC
March 01, 2021
The back-and-forth is certainly confusing, but what is clear is that it can be unclear exactly where the line between real property and personal property should be drawn.
Law Firms Looking to Retail Space and Other Office Alternatives Post-Pandemic
March 01, 2021
The prospect of using retail space for law offices is the latest adaptation, in addition to innovations such as hoteling and other forms of shared workspace, that may define law firm offices in the future as the COVID-19 pandemic makes a permanent mark on how firms configure and run their offices.
Landlord & Tenant Law
February 01, 2021
Guaranty Did Not Extend Past Lease Term Holdover Rent Award Reduced Tenant Is Entitled to Yellowstone Injunction Despite Failure to Attempt to Cure
Open Space and the Conundrum of High Stakes Zoning Disputes
February 01, 2021
The New York Court of Appeals' recent decision in Peyton v. BSA held, in the context of a zoning lot containing several residential buildings, that the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York does not require an area to be accessible to all residents of the zoning lot for the area to qualify as "open space."
NY Court of Appeals Rules on Damages Clauses In Commercial Leases
February 01, 2021
In The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York v. D'Agostino Supermarkets, the NY Court of Appeals split on the issue of whether the relevant damages clause in a commercial lease was unenforceable as a matter of law because it was so grossly disproportionate to the ascertainable amount due upon full performance.

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