Frydman v. Verschleiser et al

  1. June 23, 2023

    Judge Cuts REIT Founder's $1.9M Atty Award Down To Size

    A New York federal judge's Friday award of $309,970.52 in attorney fees and costs to the CEO of a real estate investment trust is less than 16% of the $1.9 million award he sought against a former business partner amid litigation stemming from their turbulent and violent relationship.

  2. May 19, 2023

    Ex-REIT Partner Can't Undo $3.2M Verdict For Smear Scheme

    A New York federal judge has refused to recalculate a slate of damages and interest adding up to $3.2 million that the co-founder of a real estate investment trust was ordered to pay in a suit alleging he undertook a complex scheme to sully a former partner's name.

  3. December 13, 2022

    REIT CEO Seeks $1.9M In Fees For Smear Scheme Suit

    Attorneys for the CEO of a New York-based real estate investment trust asked a federal judge to award them nearly $2 million in attorney and other fees after the recent resolution of a nine-year civil racketeering case in which their client won a judgment against a former business partner who attempted to smear his name.

  4. November 28, 2022

    REIT CEO Wins $3.2M In Case Against Co-Founder

    A New York federal judge ordered the co-founder of a real estate investment trust to pay his former business partner $3.2 million, after a jury found the co-founder liable on most counts in a suit alleging a complex scheme to smear his onetime partner's name.

  5. June 30, 2016

    Ex-Cabot Exec's Negative Comments Keep Him In RICO Feud

    A New York federal judge on Thursday kept a former officer of broker-dealer Cabot Lodge Securities in an ongoing legal feud between the former head of United Realty Trust Inc. and his onetime partner, ruling the ex-Cabot exec broke an agreement barring suit when he made disparaging comments about his former employer.

  6. October 22, 2014

    Amid $1B IPO, REIT Founder Accuses Ex-Partner Of Fraud

    The founder of a New York real estate investment trust gearing up to go public for $1 billion again sued his former business partner in New York federal court earlier this month for allegedly conspiring to ruin him through unauthorized access to the REIT's network, extortion and misrepresentation of the REIT to other parties.