secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC. (FREVS)
CIK:        0000036840
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001174947-22-001261
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

FREIT awarded $3.42M in attorney fees; appeals $15M liquidated damages ruling
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- Court awarded FREIT $3,420,422.88 in attorneys' fees on Dec 8, 2022.
- Earlier Feb 4, 2022 order found plaintiff breached contract but invalidated $15M liquidated damages clause, ordering escrow return.
- FREIT filed a Notice of Appeal on Dec 8, 2022, challenging the liquidated damages ruling.
- Litigation stems from a failed purchase agreement for six properties with Sinatra Properties.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36840/000117494722001261/0001174947-22-001261-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36840/000117494722001261/form8k-29120_frevs.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001174947-22-001261

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