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Landlord Tenant Law

  • Purchaser Who Did Not Record Until After Notice of Pendency In Foreclosure Action Not Entitled to Intervene Recording of Senior Mortgage Put Junior Mortgagee on Constructive Notice Issues of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Easement Claims Purchaser's Claim for Damages Against Dual Agent Broker Survives Summary Judgment Title Insurance Regulations Upheld

    March 01, 2020ssalkin
  • Landlords often have clues that a tenant is going to be filing for bankruptcy, rental payments are consistently late several months in a row and the tenant falls more than a month behind on the rent. But, it can still be shocking when a landlord receives a legal notice in the mail, instead of a rent check.

    March 01, 2020Carmen Contreras-Martinez 
  • Lawyer's Signs on Buildings Owned By Corporation Violate Administrative Code

    March 01, 2020ssalkin
  • Exculpatory Clause Bars Tenant's Claim for Lost Profits Resulting from Landlord's Negligence

    March 01, 2020ssalkin
  • Technical Defects Do Not Invalidate Amendments to Condominium Declaration

    March 01, 2020ssalkin
  • The purpose behind rent reset clauses is simple — to capture any change in the fair market value (and fair market rental value) of the leased property. However, the application of rent reset clauses in practice is anything but simple, and the consequences of such clauses can be significant.

    February 01, 2020Peter E. Fisch and Mitchell L. Berg
  • Federal programs have made insurance more readily accessible to protect real property in the event of a flood or an act of terrorism. These programs enable flood and terrorism insurance to be widely available at realistic price points by ensuring that the amount of the premiums payable for such insurance remain at a level that a borrower can afford, which in turn preserves the underwritten economics of the loan transaction.

    February 01, 2020Jeffrey B. Steiner and Scott A Weinberg
  • Out of Possession Landlord's Agreement With HUD To Maintain Premises Does Not Subject Landlord to Personal Injury Liability Out of Possession Landlord Liability for Injuries on Abutting Sidewalk Breach of Lease By Subsidiary Does Not Justify Piercing Corporate Veil Tenant Not Entitled to Preliminary Injunction Requiring Landlord to Co-Operate Landlord Must Maintain Elevator Service for Use By Single Tenant Tenant Not Relieved of Obligation to Pay Real Estate Taxes

    February 01, 2020ssalkin