Sentences with phrase «against the real estate firms»

Not exact matches

In coming days, prosecutors are expected to call witnesses tied to additional charges against Silver: That he profited from legal work sent to a second law firm in Manhattan by mega-landlord Glenwood Management and another real estate developer in return for the politician's alleged backing of real estate legislation.

NEW YORK, NY — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that his office has secured settlement agreements with three real estate brokerage firms operating in New York City, Nassau County, and Westchester County, following investigations that revealed unlawful housing discrimination against potential applicants with Section 8 housing vouchers.

Instead, Paladino was a firm booster of failed effort to draft real - estate mogul Donald Trump to run against incumbent Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Glenwood Management, the real estate development firm at the center of the federal corruption cases against former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, is the state's most generous political donor and a robust utilizer of the LLC loophole.

DO N'T put the arm on major real estate developer Glenwood Management — in the midst of negotiations affecting the company's profits — to hire a law firm that's secretly paying you kickbacks (which is one of Bharara's charges against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver).

Remember, too, that real - estate firms were at the heart of the corruption convictions Bharara won against former Albany leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.

NEW YORK CITY — A luxury real estate firm that owns more than 25 rental buildings from TriBeCa to Riverdale valued at over $ 1 billion is the powerbroker developer listed in the federal corruption complaint against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, sources confirmed to DNAinfo New York.

In the case of billionaire real estate developer Leonard Litwin, described as «Developer - 1» in the complaint against Silver, the firm represented at least five different limited liability companies as five different clients, according to data maintained by the New York City Tax Commission.

While the complaint against Silver does not detail his interactions with Glenwood during these months, it does allege that he had already developed financial relations with the company: «In or about 2011... the Real Estate Law Firm represented approximately 19 properties owned by [Glenwood] and Developer - 2, constituting less than one percent of all properties represented by the firm that year, yet these 19 buildings contributed more than 31 percent of all revenue obtained by the Real Estate Law Firm that year.&raFirm represented approximately 19 properties owned by [Glenwood] and Developer - 2, constituting less than one percent of all properties represented by the firm that year, yet these 19 buildings contributed more than 31 percent of all revenue obtained by the Real Estate Law Firm that year.&rafirm that year, yet these 19 buildings contributed more than 31 percent of all revenue obtained by the Real Estate Law Firm that year.&raFirm that year.»

The son of upstate billionaire Carl Paladino was forced over the weekend to try to distance himself — and the family's real - estate firm — from his dad's racist statements against the Obamas, saying the comments were «disrespectful and absolutely unnecessary.»

«Details of the specific charges against Silver were unclear on Wednesday night, but one of the people with knowledge of the matter said they stemmed from payments Mr. Silver received from a small law firm that specializes in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes,» the Times reported.

The complaint against Silver does not directly name the real estate law firm he allegedly used in a scheme to get some $ 700,000 in «bribes and kickbacks» from developers with business before the state.

Real estate investment banking firm CapStack Partners settled its lawsuit against crowdfunding startup iFunding, according to sources and public records.

Caproni dropped an extortion charge against Percoco over payments totaling $ 35,000 he allegedly received from two Syracuse businessmen — Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardo — that prosecutors say was part of a scheme meant to have Percoco use his influence in the Cuomo administration to assist their real estate firm called Cor Development.

Another reliably Republican district that stretches from Schenectady to the Adirondacks will see Tedisco face off against Christian Klueg, the owner of a local real estate firm.

The charges against both former leaders stemmed, in part, from their interactions with executives at Glenwood Management, a real estate development firm and major political donor that is heavily interested in rent regulations and the 421 - a property tax subsidy program.

A Master of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta has ruled in favour of one law firm but against another in a real estate leasing company's lawsuits against both firms, in a «legal odyssey» he compared to the great classical work by Homer.

Just a few days after losing its bid to dismiss a law firm's trademark lawsuit against it, the real estate Web site BlockShopper.com has called in the cavalry, Wendy Davis reports at Online Media Daily.

(See my post «How the Legal Industry's Pursuit of Leverage Pits the Client's Interests Against Those of the Law Firm» — where I recount my chief financial officer friend's receipt of a bill from an AmLaw 100 highest revenue firm for tax law advice from two of its junior lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real estate groFirm» — where I recount my chief financial officer friend's receipt of a bill from an AmLaw 100 highest revenue firm for tax law advice from two of its junior lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real estate grofirm for tax law advice from two of its junior lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real estate group!)

The firm provides full services in the areas of general practice including, but not limited to, civil litigation, plaintiff negligence claims, worker's compensation, social security disability, criminal defense, domestic relations, divorce, custody, real estate, corporate and business transactions, wills, estate planning and estate settlement, bankruptcy, business collections, municipal law, zoning and claims against the government.

No firms gain more by dragging out litigation than the big firms because they have the clients with the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars of capitalization who can afford, with the help of the taxpayer, to pay the astronomical fees they charge for as long as it takes to take on similar corporations similarly represented, or to squash the little guy (which is why FCT has McCarthy's on retainer and Stewart has Borden's on retainer — the given real estate file / title insurance claim is small potatoes but the title insurers make it dead obvious that if you sue them, you will up against a Big Firm.

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While banks are required to hold a certain amount of cash against the commercial real estate assets on their books, investment firms make their own rules when it comes to setting aside reserves for potential losses.

Now, Zoocasa says it still has to battle against the conception that it is anti-Realtor; that it is a commission discounting firm; that it is trying to eliminate the role of the real estate agent so all transactions can be conducted online; and that it doesn't listen to industry concerns.

Earlier this year, the CFPB issued consent orders for RESPA violations against a mortgage lender, mortgage servicer and two real estate brokerage firms.

Learn more about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent consent orders with two real estate brokerage firms for RESPA violations arising from their interactions with a mortgage lender, plus tips on how to avoid similar actions against your brokerage.

Since 2012, DDT sent demand letters to and initiated lawsuits against a number of real estate firms alleging that the firms» websites infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,529,908 («the «908 Patent») entitled «Web - Updated Database with Record Distribution by Email.»

In Mahler v. Keenan Real Estate, Inc., the Supreme Court of Kansas addressed allegations of fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation by a buyer against a vendor and a brokerage firm.

Fourteen years ago, Crampton had «two or three» vague conversations with real estate firm RealtySellers about competition laws before the company launched an anti-competition lawsuit against TREB in 2002.

In 2004, Edina Realty («MLS»), another real estate firm operating in the same market as the Brokerage, brought a lawsuit against the Brokerage over its purchase and use of «Edina Realty» as a keyword in search results.

An Ohio federal court has considered allegations made by a national franchisor of real estate brokerages against a large real estate brokerage firm operating in Ohio arising from a 2000 settlement agreement between the parties

A California appellate court has considered whether a lower court properly dismissed a class action lawsuit filed against real estate brokerage firms over their collection of a «document preparation fee» in addition to their commission amount.

The problem is that the calculation of fees and points under the 3 percent cap discriminates against real estate and mortgage firms with affiliates involved in the transaction.

Miller v. Bryce Real Estate (198 A.D. 2d 589) summary judgment properly denied prior to discovery against brokerage firm and purchaser for non-disclosure and fraudulent acts where property promptly relisted and sold at profit; no course of action for quadruple damages under RPL § 442 - e (3) as broker was licensed; sanctions awarded for frivolous litigation practices.

Are there now any pending or unresolved complaints, or have there been within the past 3 years, any complaints against you or the firm with which you have been associated before any state real estate regulatory agency or any other agency of government?

In other words, most buyer agents work at real estate firms that also represent sellers, so although your agent may be working as your buyer agent every other agent in that firm potentially could be working against you.

«Details of the specific charges to be brought against Mr. Silver were unclear on Wednesday night, but one of the people with knowledge of the matter said they stemmed from payments that Mr. Silver received from a small law firm that specializes in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes.»

Another important safeguard against antitrust violations is for a real estate brokerage firm to adopt and rigorously apply a written office - wide antitrust compliance program.

In order to be selected for this honor, Weichert Commercial was measured against all commercial real estate brokerage firms active in its region and subsequently ranked based on the total of leasing transactions completed in 2011.

The BMO statement of claim is a civil action against more than 100 Alberta individuals and companies, including real estate firms, lawyers and mortgage brokers.

BMO launches civil action against more than 100 Alberta individuals and companies, including real estate firms, lawyers and mortgage brokers.

U.S. private real estate firm Blackstone Group LP, for instance, is just one of a handful of private companies now racing against the real estate recovery.