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• Franchise Disclosure Document Gets a New Look

  July 2019 | By: David T. Azrin, Esq. | GDB 2019 Summer Newsletter

  In May 2019, the association of state franchise regulators (known as the North American Securities Administrators Association, or NASAA), issued new rules, effective January 2020, which require franchisors to provide additional written warnings to people considering buying a franchise. 

• New Tenant Protection Legislation May Also Impact Cooperatives and Condominiums

  July 2019 | By: David L. Berkey| GDB 2019 Summer Newsletter

  The New York State Legislature in June enacted tenant protection legislation, titled The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, that significantly changes New York’s rent laws and impacts the City’s many cooperatives and condominiums.

• Q&A: Stock Certificate Problem

  April 2019 | The Cooperator

  In the April issue of The Cooperator, GDB partner Marc J. Luxemburg answers a coop board member's question regarding a shareholder's stock certificates in the coop.

• A Bigger Role for the Board Secretary

  March 2019 | Habitat Magazine

  GDB attorneys Peter R. Massa and David L. Berkey are both quoted in this Habitat Magazine article on NYC's new conflict of interest law requiring board secretaries to keep detailed records on contracts.

• Partner Beatrice Lesser Quoted in The New York Times 

  09/07/2019 | The New York Times

  In September, partner Beatrice Lesser was quoted in The New York Times real estate section in an article titled What Happens When a Landlord Flouts the New Rent Laws?
   

• Randy J. Heller Named "Lawyer of the Year" for Construction Litigation in 2020 by U.S. News & World Report's Best Lawyers®.
   

  

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• Winter 2019 Newsletter

  Winter 2019 |  Winter 2019 Legal Update

• Fall 2018 Newsletter

  10/24/18 | GDB 2018 Fall Newsletter

• VIDEO: Legal Game Changers for Boards: Conflict of Interest

  Fall 2018 | Habitat Magazine

  David L. Berkey, Esq., head of GDB's Coop and Condo Law Practice, opining on conflicts of interests for boards

• Insurance for Coops

  2/2018 | Habitat Magazine: David L. Berkey, Esq.

  Senior partner and head of GDB's Cooperative and Condominium Law practice, David L. Berkey, discusses issues related to coops and insurance.