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Communicating with your lawyer: stop calling!

I promised my lawyer I’d tell everybody this little story about the behavior of a particular client. This legal situation did not involve a lawsuit, which might cause a client to be a little frantic and crazy. This happened over … Continue reading

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A warning for co-op apartment sellers…and buyers

Yesterday’s Daily News catches us up on the Affaire Huguette Clark, the hugely wealthy, hugely reclusive, hugely strange heiress who died last May, at 104. Her estate thought they’d sold her several Fifth Avenue apartments. Uh-uh. Even those of us … Continue reading

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Rights of rent-controlled tenants in a co-op building

A few weeks ago I expressed great sympathy for rent-stabilized tenants in a co-op building. They were being harassed by their landlord who was making a nasty and illegal effort to set them up for eviction. I quoted from my … Continue reading

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