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Preserved Farmland Really Is for Farming
May 01, 2018
The Appellate Division, Second Department, recently decided <i>Long Island Pine Barrens Society, Inc. v. Suffolk County Legislature,</i> an important case that pitted the interests of farmers and conservationists against a local advocacy group focused on open space and water quality.
Real Property Law
May 01, 2018
Broker Agreed to Commission Based on Rent for First Five Years of Lease<br>Statements in Earlier Action Did Not Accelerate Mortgage and Trigger Statute of Limitations<br>Death Does Not Extend Foreclosure Limitations Period<br>Neighbor Granted Statutory Licence to Paint Fence<br>Record Did Not Establish Conveyance of Easement<br>Co-Tenant Entitled to Partition
Development
May 01, 2018
Town Entitled To Injunctive Relief for Violation of Certificate of Occupancy
Landlord & Tenant
May 01, 2018
Guarantor May Not Interpose Wrongful Eviction Defense<br>Landlord Bound by Renewal Lease Signed After Judgment of Possession<br>Notice of Nonrewnal Sufficient to Withstand Jurisdictional Challenge<br>Incarcerated Son Not Entitled to Succession Rights<br>Occupant Did Not Establish Succession Rights<br>Court Dismisses Tortious Interference Claim By Holder of First Refusal Right
Cooperatives and Condominiums
May 01, 2018
Triable Issue of Fact About Association Liability for Flooding<br>Unit Owner's Representations Cannot Be Used to Contradict Express Terms of Proprietary Lease
As It Turns Out, <i>Yellowstone</i> Waivers Are Enforceable
April 01, 2018
Four years ago, we explored whether a commercial tenant could waive its common law right to seek a <i>Yellowstone</i> Injunction. At that time, there was no appellate authority directly on point. This all changed on Jan. 31, 2018, when the Appellate Division, Second Department ruled in <i>159 MP Corp., v Redbridge Bedford, LLC</i> that the “commercial tenants' voluntary and limited waiver of declaratory judgment remedies in their written lease is valid and enforceable, and not violative of New York's public policy …”
Real Property Law
April 01, 2018
No Tacking of Adverse Possession Claims<br>Issues of Fact Preclude Injunction Requiring Removal of Encroachments<br>Statute of Limitations Bars Foreclosure Claim<br>Permission Bars Prescriptive Easement Claim
The Death of the Law Firm Partnership Vote?
April 01, 2018
<b><i>With an Eye on Efficiency, Firms Are Ditching Old Methods for a More Corporate Form of Governance</b></i><p>A growing number of firms in the United States and the United Kingdom are eschewing historical partnership norms in favor of more centralized management, and with that comes fewer and fewer partnership votes.
<i>Simon v. Starbucks</i>: Preliminary Injunction Granted to Prevent Store Closings
April 01, 2018
While the court will not have the opportunity to rule on the merits of the case, the facts relied upon by the Indiana Superior Court and the conclusions reached in rendering its decision are still instructive for practitioners drafting continuous-use provisions and advising clients on potential breaches or anticipatory breaches of such provisions.
Regulating Interior Landmarks: New York Court Says Duties Don't End
April 01, 2018
What powers does the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission have to require a building owner to maintain a mechanical clock located in the interior of a building? In <i>Save America's Clocks, Inc. v. City of New York</i>, New York's Appellate Division, First Department, held that the Commission had power to require maintenance of the clock, and to require public access to it.
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