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Notice to the bar.Door Partly Closes for Buyer's Brokers Seeking Fee
Adam Leitman Bailey, founding partner of Adam Leitman Bailey PC, and Jessica D. Scherer, an associate at the firm, write that a recent appellate decision dealt a sweeping blow to buyer's brokers in Manhattan and the Bronx, and it adds a firm layer of protection to sellers in those boroughs, who are already well insulated by the protections offered under the Statute of Frauds.The Metamorphosis of the Environmental Control Board
In their Government Agencies column, Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman of Adam Leitman Bailey PC review the mission of the Environmental Control Board and give an analysis of the relevant governing laws, and the recent cases calling for the ECB to follow the same methods of service of process as ordinary judicial proceedings.Construing the HETPA Foreclosure Procedures
Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman of Adam Leitman Bailey, PC write: In May 2011, the Second Department came down with only the second appellate decision to construe the collection of procedures in mortgage foreclosure under the Home Equity Theft Prevention Act reversing trial term but adhering to the larger trend to construe the procedures strictly against allowing the foreclosure to proceed. While such construction is intended to maximize consumer protections, it also presents additional hazards to the title industry unless it takes appropriate precautions.The Brewing MERS Crisis: Everyone Loses
Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman, partners at Adam Leitman Bailey, PC, write that New York is caught between the Scylla of further economic collapse by making the foreclosure procedure so difficult for banks that they refuse to issue residential mortgages at all and the Charybdis of wholesale ejectment of homeowners from houses they should not have purchased. Not the cause of the problem, but at the heart of its mechanics, is the national Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems.New Power of Attorney Law Corrects Some Flaws, Not All
Adam Leitman Bailey, founding partner of Adam Leitman Bailey, PC, and Dov Treiman, a partner at the firm, write that while the 2009 version of the power of attorney statute was full of traps for those who had no idea what they were reading, at least the 2010 version has people signing on to what they probably do want to have happen.The World of Title Insurance in 2010
Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman of Adam Leitman Bailey, PC, write: Across the full panoply of events that can happen during the course of a year in any field of law - legislation, case law, court rules - everything that can destabilize titles in this state has happened during 2010.'Standing' to Sue Sham Condo, Co-op Sponsors Changed
Adam Leitman Bailey, founding partner of Adam Leitman Bailey PC, and John M. Desiderio, a partner at the firm, write that in a sweeping opinion, the First Department has completely overhauled, if not expressly overruled, a line of its own decisions that appeared to effectively bar any private suit against condo and co-op sponsors who make fraudulent representations in offering plans for newly constructed or converted condominiums and cooperative apartments.The Fine Lines in Suing to Evict Tenants' Families
Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman, partners at Adam Leitman Bailey PC, write that when it comes to subletting, relatives are in an entirely different category than other persons. Relatives stand at the boundary line between family members who occupy the premises as an incident of the family relationship and strangers who bought into the right or privilege to occupy the premises. The difference is crucial.Corporate Transparency Act Resource Kit
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