Legal

Amazon has announced it is establishing a presence in Long Island City, in addition to the 360,000 square feet it currently rents in Hudson Yards. Today, we take for granted that New York is a vast resource for technology talent but that is the culmination of a lot of effort not the least of which […]

It is obvious that there is a lot of retail vacancy in New York City. This article in the Atlantic that portends a dark future for retail received a lot of attention (my favorite part is the Tennessee Williams quote), and the New York City Council is debating a bill to institute arbitration for commercial

I’ve been taking my sweet time with Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens (which is a must read), but one of the many ways that humans as a species were able to evolve is as result of a set of societal rules, also know as the law. And the law only works when people believe in it.

As a lawyer, I represent a lot of businesses on their commercial lease transactions whether it be for retail or office space.  Responsibility for compliance with laws is always an important topic for a commercial lease, especially the ADA which has a built in private enforcement mechanism.  Recently, a serial plaintiff who sued various businesses