On July 11, 2025, BILLE PLLC and Migliaccio & Rathod filed a class action against Bernstein Management Corporation (BMC) in D.C. Superior Court.

Our complaint challenges BMC’s practice of charging tenants in rent controlled buildings with monthly air conditioning fees, and hiding these surcharges from its lease applications and  notices of rent increase. We allege that these practices  violate the District’s rent control law and consumer protection statute.

The case is called Horton et al v. Bernstein Management Corporation and the case number is 2025-CAB-004502. You can follow developments on the public docket here.