Real Estate Law News and Insights

Owners of New York City apartment buildings should take notice of the new Tenant Data Privacy Act (the TDPA). The TDPA will regulate the collection, use, safeguarding, and retention of tenant data by owners of "smart access" residential buildings. The new law was enacted on May 30, 2021, and will...

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You are entering a major construction contract. You want to make sure you avoid a big damages claim to the extent you can. One of the typical contract clauses that comes to mind is one for a mutual waiver of consequential damages. You get it included in your contract and...

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On April 14, 2021, U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of five landlords against Attorney General Letitia James ("AG James") in the Eastern District of New York (Chrysafis, et al. v. James, Case No. 2:21-cv-00998-JS-ARL). As we highlighted in our March 4, 2021 alert, the suit challenged Part A of...

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