Maximizing Your Protection for Remotely Given Customer Payment Orders
As technology evolves, many banks forget to take advantage of a 30-year-old UCC provision that protects the...
Personal Liability for Trust Fund Diversion By Home Improvement Contractor
On the typical construction project, a general contractor (“GC”) owes certain duties to the subcontractors ...
Vendor Cybersecurity Policies and Procedures – The Nitty Gritty
Last week, I wrote about DFS’s requirement for written vendor cybersecurity policies and procedures general...
The Last Date Of Work Revisited. Literally.
A private improvement lien on a single-family house must be filed within four months of the last day of wor...
Make Sure Your Vendor Cybersecurity Policies And Procedures Are Up To Snuff
The final step in the two-year phase-in of the DFS cybersecurity regulations came in March 2019, when Secti...
Can You Get Liquidated Damages and Also Actual Damages On Account Of Delay?
Liquidated damages (LD’s) are pre-determined damages which the parties agree must be paid in the event of a...
Foreclosing Lenders Are Now Required To Pay HOA Or Coop Fees On Abandoned “Zombie” Properties
The New York State legislature enacted Chapter 168, of the laws of 2019, effective August 14, 2019, that am...
Zombie Coop Units Get Some Protections Applicable To Zombie Houses
Effective August 14, 2019, New York law was amended to require holders of loans on abandoned residential co...