Real Estate Law News and Insights

Q: Can any board member place items on the meeting agenda? (C.B., via e-mail) A: This is one of those "chicken and egg" issues that has no clear answer. The statutes do not address it. Very few bylaws I have read address the issue. The bylaws I draft for clients...

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Not your average game of patty-cake! Earlier this week, New York's First Department, Appellate Division issued its decision related to 200 Amsterdam,1 overturning the lower court's decision which would have required 200 Amsterdam to remove several floors of its building in order to comply with zoning. The lower court determined that...

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Highlights In its Business Litigation Session, the Massachusetts Superior Court granted partial summary judgment in favor of a commercial tenant café, holding that its payment obligations were discharged for the period of time when on-premises consumption of food and beverages was prohibited due to Gov. Charlie Baker's COVID-19 orders. Relying...

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