NEW YORK CITY – March 10, 2016 – Becker & Poliakoff, a multi-state commercial law firm, announced today that James J. Mahon, co-founder and managing partner of Lawler Mahon & Rooney, has merged his practice into Becker’s New York office. Joining Mahon will be Oliver Edwards VI; Stephen J. Fraher; Albert […]
A recent decision of a New York trial court proved very costly for a cooperative. An owner successfully sued the co-op for breach of the warranty of habitability, constructive eviction and breach of contract based on the infiltration of second hand smoke into the owner’s apartment. The New York Real Property Law […]
Don’t leave money on the table by assuming that a Chapter 13 bankruptcy filing by an owner wipes out or limits payment of a condominium association’s pre-petition claim for unpaid fees and assessments. A recent decision of the United States District Court, on appeal from an order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, is a solid […]
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – February 18, 2016 – A federal jury recently awarded almost $12 million in damages to a Panama City Beach, Fla., community association represented by Becker & Poliakoff in a breach of fiduciary case. John Cottle, managing shareholder of the firm’s Fort Walton Beach, Fla., office, assisted […]
On February 4, 2016, the Appellate Division affirmed an award of treble damages to three new home purchasers, where the developer knew, but failed to disclose, that the garage could not practically fit a normal-sized sedan.[1] Plaintiffs purchased model homes with a two-car garage, but the garage bay on the left […]
