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Venable's Miami Office Moves Locations With Sights Set on Growth Mode

The new office space will allow for more growth and more space to house traveling attorneys with hoteling offices.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth Court Affirms ZBA Hardship Finding Due to Commercial Viability and Need for Costly Environmental Remediation

In In re Appeal of Council Member Cindy Bass, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court affirmed, in part, a decision by Philadelphia's Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA), finding that a real estate developer's evidence established an unnecessary hardship because it proved that the property, a vacant lot that needed costly environmental remediation, was practically valueless without the granting of a variance under the Philadelphia Zoning Code.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Man Charged With $300M Real Estate Ponzi Scheme

"Investors should be vigilant when they encounter aggressive sellers who make over-the-top sales pitches and promise high rates of guaranteed returns," said Nekia Hackworth Jones, director of the SEC's Atlanta regional office.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Narrows Claims in Row Over Control of $2 Billion Real Estate Empire

A New York judge has narrowed the claims at issue in a family dispute over control of the $2 billion real estate empire left behind by the late Sol Goldman. Goldman, who ran one of New York City's largest private real estate portfolios, died in 1987. His heirs are now battling for control.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Permissive Encroachments Under Post-2008 Adverse Possession Law

Adam Leitman Bailey and John Desiderio discuss how New York Courts are interpreting the way in which RPAPL §543 (Adverse possession; how affected by acts across a boundary line), enacted in 2008 as a new addition to RPAPL Article 5 (Adverse Possession), has changed the law of adverse possession from what it was pre-2008.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Demolition Clauses; FHA COVID-19 Moratorium Tolling: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "62-64 Third Ave LP v. Elvis Café," and "Trento 67 v. OneWest Bank."
18 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Champion Homes Taps Express Legal Chief for General Counsel Role

After a long career in the retail clothing industry, Laurel Krueger is taking the legal reins of one of the largest players in manufactured housing.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Bad Faith: Plaintiff Lawyer, Client Found to Obstruct Justice

"The judge signed off on the half-truths and untruths that are in [the order]. Maybe I'll get an audience in front of this judge. If not, we'll take it up on appeal," the attorney said.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

US Supreme Court Provides Strong Incentive to Reconsider Impact Fees

The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado has empowered developers and property owners to challenge excessive or unjustified impact fees as unconstitutional and potentially seek damages and attorney fees. This in turn will cause many local governments to revisit the defensibility of their impact fee regimes.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

New York-Based Midsize Firm Adds Community Association Group in Florida as Condo Needs Continue Rising

Leaders at Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas recognize that new regulations are driving work in the hot sector as they contemplate further growth in Florida.
3 minute read

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