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Cooperative Shareholder Granted Yellowstone Injunction; Interest in the Proprietary Lease Remains Intact; and Court Rebuff’s the Stripping of the Shareholder’s Right to Vote In a Court decision highlighted as a “Decision of Interest” in the New York Law Journal, the...
In a court case that began in February 2014, a trial judge in Brooklyn permitted a night club operator more than two years to demonstrate they could comply with city noise requirements and try to avoid getting their lease terminated. After multiple sound testing by...
Sometimes buyers of real property are unpleasantly surprised by the condition of the property that they just purchased. Often times a buyer will see or inspect the property on less than four occasions before the closing. One such person discovered that the condominium...
In 2001, the New York Uniform Commercial Code was amended to require lenders to amend previously filed U.C.C. liens against your co-op apartment to include a Cooperative Addendum. The amendment (which also governed co-op liens filed after the law went into effect)...
As a general rule, acceptance of a check in full settlement of a disputed unliquidated claim operates as an accord and satisfaction discharging the claim. We do not see this fact pattern arise very often but you may come across this in your business dealings so take...
In a May 2018 Decision, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, First Department, vacated a $661,000 judgment entered against a corporate insider for a company debt incurred from a commercial lease. The lawsuit was commenced in January of 2013 and...
The Law Offices of Peter Sverd, PLLC is proud to have submitted comments to the N.Y. State Department of Agriculture with respect to the proposed rules that will govern the State’s reintroduction of industrial hemp as a renewable, sustainable, and profitable, cash...
Leasing commercial space is an exciting yet nerve-racking experience. It is natural to be cautious when entering into such a longterm financial commitment. You have just located a terrific location to commence or continue your business operations and you are setting...
Please tell your U.S. Senator and Member of the House of Representatives to vote “yes” on the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015 (S-134 & H.R. 525). Please visit my friends at VoteHemp by clicking on the link and signing their electronic...
Attorney Peter Sverd obtains dismissal of a lawsuit against a NY Limited Liability Company (LLC), keeping a $3 million judgment creditor of a purported member of the LLC, at bay, and its Manhattan Building safe from liquidation: The Commercial Division of the New York...