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Melito & Adolfsen

If you own a restaurant in New York and you can show that your landlord harrassed you, Covid-19 may relieve your obligations to...

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COVID-19 has caused many restaurants in the City of New York to close or greatly limit their service, preventing them from paying some or any of the rent to their landlords. In a case involving a restaurant on the upper east...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Southern District of New York Upholds New York City Council COVID-19 Tenant Protection Ordinances

On November 25, 2020, Judge Ronnie Abrams of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a decision in Melendez, et al. v. The City of New York, et al. (No. 20-CV-5301 (RA) upholding...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

COVID-19 Update: We’re All in This Together, but Landlords Are About to Take a Bath – SDNY Upholds Constitutionality of NYC’s...

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded upon New York City, policymakers grappled with impossible decisions regarding how to protect public health and stave off economic ruin for individuals, businesses and the economy at large....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Recent Federal Court Decision Upholds the Constitutionality of NYC Pandemic-Related Legislation Affecting Commercial Leases

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The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently found that three laws enacted by the City of New York in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were constitutional, and dismissed a challenge to the...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Federal Court Upholds New York City’s Recently Enacted “Guaranty Law” And Related Legislation Concerning Non-Payment Of Rent...

In a highly anticipated decision, Judge Ronnie Abrams of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in Melendez v. City of New York, dismissed a challenge to the “Guaranty Law” and related...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Court Of Appeals Rules Landlords Can Be Liable For Tenants’ Discriminatory Conduct

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Just when landlords and their insurers thought that their obligations couldn’t get broader, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the federal Fair Housing Act’s anti-discrimination requirement extends to every part of the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Appeals Court Holds that Landlord May Be Liable for Deliberate Indifference to Tenant-on-Tenant Discrimination

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently addressed a matter of first impression regarding landlord liability under the Fair Housing Act (FHA): whether a landlord may be liable under the FHA for...more

BakerHostetler

Tenant Harassment and Potential Lender Liability

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Tenant harassment cases typically involve disputes between landlords and tenants, with rent-stabilized tenants accusing landlords of attempting to bully them into vacating their apartments by using aggressive tactics such as...more

Butler Snow LLP

Sixth Circuit Files Win for Bankruptcy Debtors Harassed During Automatic Stay

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Creditors of bankruptcy debtors beware: a recent opinion from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals makes clear that creditors cannot circumvent the ban on collection efforts following the petition for bankruptcy by trying to...more

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