TRIPLE DAMAGES ORDERED

Tenants Can Pierce Landlord's Corporate Veil

November 15, 2012    

Tenants sued landlord for a rent overcharge. Landlord was a corporation, and tenants asked to pierce the corporate veil so that individual landlord would be responsible for the overcharge. The court ruled for tenants...

Landlord Improperly Charged Renewal Lease Increases

November 13, 2012    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a rent overcharge. Among other things, tenant claimed that landlord improperly charged renewal increases for renewals starting on March 1 in 2005, 2007, and 2008, even though...