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...
20 Dec, 2023 Standing to Bring Zoning Appeals By Joel Antwi Julius Halstead Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +2 more... Show less Mariani v. Planning Board of Dennis, 2023 WL 5569556 (Mass. App. Ct. August 25, 2023). Earlier this year, the Massachusetts Appeals Court...
20 Dec, 2023 Liquidated Damages Clauses Enforceable in Commercial Leases By Joel Antwi Julius Halstead Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +2 more... Show less Cummings Properties, LLC vs. Darryl C. Hines, SJC-13406 (September 25, 2023). LIQUIDATED DAMAGES CLAUSES ENFORCEABLE IN COMMERCIAL LEASES...
20 Dec, 2023 Expert Testimony Nice-to-Have, Not Must-Have in Insurance Claims By Joel Antwi Julius Halstead Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +2 more... Show less Richard Gillis & Gayle Gillis vs. Town of Uxbridge, No. 22-P-641 (Mass. App. Ct. August 10, 2023). The Massachusetts Appeals Court...
19 Oct, 2023 Going Paperless in the Land of Commercial Real Estate By Derek Domian Molly Quinn Since the 17th century, the “statute of frauds” has required contracts or agreements for the sale or transfer of land to be in writing,...
10 Oct, 2023 Justice Kahn Reminds Litigants Of the Risk of Legal Fee Awards By Charles Jacob III Justice Francis A. Kahn III, who presides over Part 32, the Mortgage Foreclosure and Mortgage Auction Part in Supreme Court, New York...
04 Oct, 2023 Law of the Land - Real Estate Litigation Newsletter By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less Cases of Note EVALUATING EFFECTIVE NOTICE IN EXERCISE OF OPTIONS Sourcing Unlimited, Inc. v. Cummings Properties, LLC, 102 Mass. App. Ct....
25 Sep, 2023 SEC collects Wall Street's private messages as WhatsApp probe escalates By Jaclyn Grodin Reuters The U.S. securities regulator has collected thousands of staff messages from more than a dozen major investment companies,...