Rent Obligations of Successor Tenant to Rent-Controlled Apartment Commences At Prior Tenant's Death
Landlord Not Entitled to Attorneys' Fees Incurred In Defending Unsuccessful Class Action
Administrator's Deed Divested Distributees of Ownership Interest
No Rescission of Deed When Mistake Was Not Mutual
Restrictive Covenant Did Not Bar Educational Use
Issues of Fact About Mortgagee's Knowledge of Fraud Precludes Summary Judgment
No Private Right of Action to Enforce Food Cart Regulations
The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently reversed a judgment in favor of a landlord in a tenant default matter, finding that a provision of a commercial lease that accelerated the remaining rent as liquidated damages is unenforceable as a penalty. The opinion "brings uncertainty to thousands of existing commercial lease agreements."
Absence of Itemized Statement Did Not Justify Cancellation of Co-Op Corporation's Liens
Jury Trial Waiver Enforced
Statute of Frauds Prevents Enforcement of Gift of Co-Op Shares
Mitchell-Lama Occupant Successor Occupant Entitled to Injunction Tolling Exclusive Purchaser Period
Landlord's Re-Entry Not Authorized By Lease Provision
Plans to Demolish Building Supported Denial of Renewal Lease
Guarantor Entitled to Raise Questions of Fact About Entitlement to Rent Abatements
In Rabbi Israel Meyer Hacochen Rabbinical Seminary of America v. Town of Putnam Valley, a federal district court in the Southern District of New York dismissed a RLUIPA claim as unripe, borrowing ripeness doctrine from the takings context and declining to apply a "futility exception" to the requirement that a landowner obtain a final decision before proceeding to federal court.
Church's Board Approved Sale
Questions of Fact About Ouster Precluded Dismissal of Accounting Claim Against Co-Tenant
Forgery Allegations Failed to Raise Question of Fact
No Private Right of Action to Enforce Food Cart Regulations
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York recently determined that because New York prohibits unlicensed real estate brokers from pursuing payment in its courts for services rendered, a plaintiff who performed real estate work for a client who then did not pay had no standing to sue.
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
The trade war between the United States and China has had far-reaching effects on international trade and the global economy. The dispute is slowly developing into a battle of attrition, without any immediate resolution on the horizon despite ongoing trade talks. As businesses change the way they operate in response to this unpredictable trade environment, counsel should consider the risks and potential impacts on corporate IP strategy.
