Christopher Stracco, Craig Gianetti and Katharine Coffey authored an article, "A Movement in New Jersey to Protect Land Use Applicants from Sham Litigation by Business Competitors," for Law360. The article discusses a recent New Jersey Appellate Division opinion which provides guidance to trial courts on how to discern the difference between constitutionally protected behavior and anti-competitive misconduct. In Main Street at Woolwich, LLC v. Ammons Supermarket, Inc., et al., Docket No. A-0713-15T3 (App. Div. July 25, 2017), the Appellate Division reversed the Chancery Division's dismissal of an abuse of process claim against competitors who challenged a shopping center in Woolwich Township. Facing an issue of first impression in New Jersey state courts, the Appellate Division adopted the reasoning of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Hanover 3201 Realty, LLC v. Village Supermarkets, Inc., 806 F.3d 162 (3d Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S.Ct. 2451, 195 L. Ed. 2d 264 (2016), and concluded that the Chancery Division should have considered the developer's allegations that the competitor's action was "part of a pattern of sham litigation brought by defendants for the purpose of injuring market rivals rather than to redress actual grievances." The authors wrote, "there seems to be a growing momentum by the courts to seriously scrutinize these 'sham litigation' filings, which in turn may result in more claims filed against competitor objectors."
Day Pitney Litigation Partner Stephen Catanzaro and Litigation Associate Erin Hodgson authored the article "Appellate Division Rejects Objectors' Attempt to Challenge Development Approvals," for the New Jersey Law Journal.
Day Pitney Real Estate Partner Steven J. Wernick is featured in RentCafe article "Unlocking Miami-Dade's Housing Potential."
Day Pitney Real Estate Partner Steven J. Wernick is featured in the South Florida Business Journal article "28-Story Tower With Over 100 Apartments Planned in Miami."
Day Pitney Florida Offices Managing Partner Manuel Garcia-Linares has been appointed to chair the firm's Litigation department. The news was featured in Miami Today.
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Day Pitney Real Estate, Environmental and Land Use practice co-chair Craig Gianetti was featured in Gothamist article "Court Tells Wealthy NJ Town: We'll Decide Where You'll Put Affordable Housing."
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Day Pitney Litigation Partner Mark Salah Morgan's re-election to the firm's Executive Board and appointment to vice-chair of the Litigation department was featured in NJBiz.
Day Pitney Real Estate, Environmental and Land Use Partner Steven Wernick is featured in the Miami Herald article "The End of Single-Family-Only Home Suburbs? Miami-Dade Zoning Rule Impact Could Be 'Sweeping'."
Day Pitney Real Estate Partners Nicole Magdziak and Thomas Malman represented firm client Kushner, a real estate development and management firm headquartered in New York City, on a multimillion dollar mixed use residential and retail development in the Long Branch, NJ’s Lower Broadway redevelopment zone.
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