23 Jul, 2024 Eyes Wide Open to Experiential Learning By Jaclyn Grodin Experiential learning can be transformative for law students who incorporate career clinics, externships, and internships as part of...
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13 Jun, 2024 Michigan Supreme Court Dodges Thorny Drone Law Issues By Jonathan Hayden In Long Lake Township v. Maxon, the Michigan Supreme Court had the opportunity to critically consider the extent to which property owners...
07 Jun, 2024 Lions and Turtles and Bearded Dragons, Oh My! By Joel Antwi Julius Halstead Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +2 more... Show less Fleming v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Oxford, 103 Mass. App. Ct. 1128 (2024) In Fleming, the Massachusetts Appeals Court grappled with some...
07 Jun, 2024 Approval May Not Be Required, But Sufficient Plans Are By Joel Antwi Julius Halstead Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +2 more... Show less Meadow Wood LLC v. City of Brockton, 230 N.E.3d 1065 (Mass. App. Ct. 2024) The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently interpreted G. L. c....
07 Jun, 2024 Part II: Landlord Unable to Evict Despite Tenant Defaults By Joel Antwi Julius Halstead Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +2 more... Show less Varano v. PDJM Land Tr., LLC, 103 Mass. App. Ct. 1127 (2024) We last wrote about Varano v. PDJM in our November 2022 issue of Law of the...
29 May, 2024 Judge: Town’s attempt to use eminent domain to stop Northeastern project dismissed By Kevin O'Flaherty The Essex Superior Court recently dismissed a petition of the Town of Nahant to take property interests of Northeastern University as a...
22 Apr, 2024 Developers Beware: Difficult Multi-Step Process for Obtaining and Cashing In On Appeal Bonds By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan Salome Salia John White III +2 more... Show less Porter v. Bd. of Appeal of Bos., No. 22-P-974, 2024 WL 187241 (Mass. App. Ct. Jan. 18, 2024). The case of Porter v. Bd. of Appeal of...
22 Apr, 2024 Those Appealing Zoning Board Decisions Must Comply With 20-Day Period By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan Salome Salia John White III +2 more... Show less Griffin v. Melrose MA Plan. Bd., No. 23 MISC 000277 (KTS), 2024 WL 146450 (Mass. Land Ct. Jan. 12, 2024) In Griffin v. Melrose MA Plan....
02 Apr, 2024 This Michigan Supreme Court Case Has the Potential to Guide Drone and Air Rights Law for the Nation By Jonathan Hayden While at first glance the Michigan Supreme Court case of Long Lake Township v. Maxon, appears to be a simple zoning dispute with a Fourth...
12 Mar, 2024 What's in Store for White Stadium at Boston's Franklin Park? By Gary Ronan White Stadium in Boston's historic Emerald Necklace in Franklin Park, was originally constructed in the 1940s, and designated for use by...
19 Jan, 2024 Restraining retainage: Drilling down into New York’s 5% retainage law and its impact on your project By Frank Ditta Jaclyn Grodin Alexander Berger In the world of construction, retainage is a portion of funds withheld from payments made to contractors and subcontractors until work is...
09 Jan, 2024 NY Courts Revisit CPLR 3213 Statute’s Applicability to “Bad Boy” Guarantees By Adam Safer Financial institutions seeking to recover on promissory notes and unconditional guarantees can often obtain quick relief from CPLR 3213,...
03 Jan, 2024 Foreclosure And Deficiency Judgments In Massachusetts And New York: Two States, Two Very Different Processes By Alexander Berger Charles Jacob III Rajinder Saini You just finished the foreclosure process but the asset securing the loan was not worth enough to recover the entire amount of the debt....
21 Dec, 2023 Must Lenders Negotiate Post-Borrower CRE Default? By Andrew Baldizon Charles Jacob III With rising interest rates, the economic slowdown, and an uptick in distressed real estate, commercial borrowers and lenders are...
20 Dec, 2023 “Frustration of Purpose" Defense Still Frustrating for Commercial Tenants By Joel Antwi Julius Halstead Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +2 more... Show less Inland Commercial Real Estate Services, LLC v. ASA EWC, LLC, 213 N.E.3d 604 (2023). The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently issued a...