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LJN Quarterly Update: 2024 Q3

LJN Staff & Contributors

The LJN Quarterly Update highlights some of the articles from the nine LJN Newsletters titles over the quarter. Articles include in-depth analysis and insights from lawyers and other practice area experts.

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Yachts, Jets, Horses & Hooch: Specialized Commercial Leasing Models Image

Yachts, Jets, Horses & Hooch: Specialized Commercial Leasing Models

Lydia Pilch

Defining commercial real estate asset class is essentially a property explaining how it identifies — not necessarily what its original intention was or what others think it ought to be. This article discusses, from a general issue-spot and contextual analysis perspective, how lawyers ought to think about specialized leasing formats and the regulatory backdrops that may inform what the documentation needs to contain for compliance purposes.

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Be Careful What You Stip For: 'Liggett v. Lewitt Realty LLC' Image

Be Careful What You Stip For: 'Liggett v. Lewitt Realty LLC'

Ethan R. Cohen

The ruling from New York's highest state court, although straightforward on its face, has important implications for both long-existing settlement agreements and when considering drafting future agreements settling disputes in the context of the Rent Stabilization Law.

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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Empowers Developers and Property Owners to Challenge Excessive or Unjustified Impact Fees Image

U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Empowers Developers and Property Owners to Challenge Excessive or Unjustified Impact Fees

Mark Grafton

The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado will cause many local governments to revisit the defensibility of their impact fee regimes.

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Development

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

City Took Hard Look At Environmental Factors Without Requiring Environmental Impact Statement On Impact of Climate Change Area Variance Grant Upheld for Construction of Fence Landowner Did Not Establish Pre-Existing Nonconforming Use

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Mediation of Commercial Lease Disputes: A Collaborative Approach to Resolving Disputes

Jeffrey A. Margolis

In the view of many experienced practitioners, arbitration has morphed into a time-consuming process, often as expensive as litigation and has other shortcomings such as the non-appealability of the arbitrator's decision. Not so mediation which may be a materially better form of ADR.

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Real Property Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Practical Location of Boundaries Doctrine Applicable Even When Deeded Boundaries Are Clear Restrictive Covenant Did Not Bar Above Ground Pool and Deck Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment On Enforceability of Two-Year-Old Contract Adverse Possession Claim Fails for Failure to Prove Cultivation and Improvement

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Applying Merger By Deed Doctrine to Real Estate Transactions

Peter E. Fisch & Salvatore Gogliormella

Since a deed is a subsequent writing between the parties, there is some logic to the terms of the deed taking precedence over the terms of the prior contract of sale, at least as to the subject matter of the deed.

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Eminent Domain Law

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Public Purpose Finding Upheld

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Approving Attorney Opinion Letters In Lieu of Title Insurance Is Trending, But Use With Caution Image

Approving Attorney Opinion Letters In Lieu of Title Insurance Is Trending, But Use With Caution

Ahmad H. Mango

Despite being more affordable than title insurance, attorney opinion letters should be used with caution when replacing title insurance. The costs savings associated with this practice might not justify the additional risk associated with it.

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