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...
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...
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...
27 Jun, 2024 Owners Beware: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Underscores Strict Adherence to Prompt Payment Act By Peter Bilowz Rhian Cull Molly Quinn On Monday, June 17, 2024, the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) issued its decision in Business Interiors Floor Covering Business Trust v....
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 Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +1 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 Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +1 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 Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +1 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...