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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Bernstein Management Corp. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 952 A.2d 190 (2008)

Citation
Bernstein Management Corp. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 952 A.2d 190 (2008)
Parent Document
Bernstein Management Corp. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 952 A.2d 190 (2008)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2008-07-10

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... Here, [petitioner] acted with specific intent to continue to collect a rent charge [it] knew was illegal. There was no excuse for not knowing what [it was] doing. The [petitioner] is a large management company in the District of Columbia that should have known what the rules are pertaining to the recapture of a vacant unit rent adjustment. Here, [it] knowingly demanded a rent charge from [the tenant] based upon an improper rent charge in September 2001 when the adjustment should have ended. [Petitioner] continued to deceive [the tenant] in 2002 when [it] increased the rent charged again....