16 Sep, 2024 Navigating Lender Liability Complexities & Minimizing Risk By Zev Gewurz Jaclyn Grodin Charles Jacob III Douglas Rosner Adam Safer Eric Seltzer +3 more... Show less As lenders and borrowers try to get creative in working through ongoing distress in the real estate market, especially in certain asset...
30 Oct, 2024 Commercial foreclosures rise as lenders approach 'inflection point' By Douglas Rosner Commercial foreclosure activity across the nation crept up last month despite more positive sentiments across the commercial real estate...
30 Oct, 2024 Mitigate Risks of Lender Liability Claims When Reworking Troubled CRE Loans By Charles Jacob III I recently had the opportunity to present during a Strafford CLE webinar on strategies for mitigating the risks of lender liability...
24 Oct, 2024 Further Updates to the Massachusetts Estate Tax By James Casiello Matthew Hillery John Ramsey Andrew Rothstein Kerry Spindler +2 more... Show less On October 4, 2023, the Massachusetts estate tax was updated for the first time in seventeen years (the “2023 Act”). Primarily, the 2023...
15 Oct, 2024 Political Speech in the Workplace: Legal Considerations for Employers By Carla Reeves As the 2024 U.S. presidential election approaches, many employers are bracing themselves for a wave of political discussions—and...
15 Oct, 2024 Legal Industry Adaption in the Face of Disruption - SOLID East 2024 Takeaways By Nordo Nissi The recent SOLID (Summit on Legal Innovation and Disruption) East 2024 Event brought together legal innovators and thought leaders to...
02 Oct, 2024 Proposed Action Plan for Article 80 Modernization By Matthew Kiefer After an 18-month study process, the Boston Planning Department has released an Action Plan proposing strategies to modernize Boston’s...
25 Sep, 2024 Different Sectors, Same Page By George Evans I recently attended the IMN Distressed CRE Forum in New York, alongside my colleagues Brian Cohen, Zev Gewurz and Doug Rosner. It was...
20 Sep, 2024 Reminder To Draft Purchase And Sale Agreements With Care By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less Somerville Off. Assocs. Ltd. P'ship v. Cresset Dev., LLC, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 (2024). In Somerville Office Associates Limited...
20 Sep, 2024 A High Price To Pay For Judgments In Litigation By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less H1 Lincoln, Inc. v. South Washington Street, LLC, et al., 104 Mass. App. Ct. 256 (2024) The decision arises from a “bitter and...
20 Sep, 2024 Landlords Beware: Construction Projects And Potential Liabilities By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less Classic Restaurant Concepts, LLC v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 323 (2024) Classic Restaurant Concepts,...
20 Sep, 2024 Let’s Clear The Air: Industrial Facilities Must Comply With Board Of Health Regulations By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less P.J. Keating Co. v. Town of Acushnet, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 65, 233 N.E.3d 1097 (2024), review denied, 2024 WL 3346086 (Mass. June 27,...
17 Sep, 2024 Lender Liability Claim Results in Sanctions Against Borrower’s Counsel By Charles Jacob III Jaclyn Grodin A creative attempt by a borrower to forestall foreclosure and recover damages against its lender ended badly for the borrower, with the...
13 Sep, 2024 How to Win at Restructuring in the Gilded Age of Private Credit By Timothy John Carter When broadly syndicated bank loans dominated debt finance, law firms without deep-rooted connections with the banks issuing those loans...
21 Aug, 2024 Webinar Overtaken by Events By Josh Davis Carla Reeves Sonia Steele On August 20, 2024, a federal court declared the FTC rule banning noncompetition agreements invalid and enjoined its enforcement. The...
15 Aug, 2024 City of Boston Office to Residential Conversion Program Extension By David Ingraham Matthew Kiefer David Linhart In June, Mayor Wu announced the extension of the City of Boston's Office to Residential Conversion Program with $15 million in additional...
24 Jul, 2024 Is It Me? When CRE Loans Get Personal By Douglas Rosner Timothy John Carter Jonathan Hayden Paige Marshall Elijah McDonnaugh +2 more... Show less Savvy commercial real estate (CRE) borrowers and lenders seeking to minimize downside exposure pay close attention to the triggers for...