Jul 09, 2024 Do You Have a College Student? Maintaining Decision-Making Rights During Unexpected Situations By John Ramsey Kerry Spindler Parents with young children often hear that “the days are long but the years are short.” However, this phrase may not truly resonate...
Jun 18, 2024 M&A Market Trends in Focus (2024) By Allison Sherrier Attorney Allison Sherrier is featured as a contributor for an Expert Q&A on market trends around the latest ABA Private M&A Deal Points...
Apr 02, 2024 College & University Hotel Ownership Symposium – Key Takeaways By Cecilia Gordon Martha Nahill Frahm Matthew Horvitz We recently had the opportunity to co-sponsor and present during the College & University Hotel Ownership Symposium (CUHOS), on March 4-5...
Jan 18, 2024 Mass. Bar Split As Pre-Pandemic 12-Person Juries Return By Jennifer Furey What a judge called the "last vestige" of COVID-era restrictions in Massachusetts state courts came to an end in the new year with the...
Jan 11, 2024 Supreme Court Tax Case Reveals Two Issues in Estate Protection By Michelle Porter Emily Berlin An estate tax case before the US Supreme Court underscores the importance of stock-purchase agreements and life insurance arrangements,...
Jan 09, 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,...
Jan 03, 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....
Dec 21, 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...
Dec 15, 2023 Pro Bono Institute Signatory Showcase: Reproductive Equity Now Abortion Legal Hotline By Leaura Levine Each year, the signatories to the PBI Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge® and Corporate Pro Bono Challenge® initiatives provide important pro...
Aug 09, 2023 Reimbursement for Remediation: Massachusetts Brownfields Tax Credits Program Extended By Henry Edward Abelson Mary Katherine Velasquez-Heller Today Governor Maura Healey signed legislation extending the eligibility deadlines for the Massachusetts Brownfields tax credits program...
May 18, 2023 New Incentive Program For NYC Office Building Renovations By Dan Valenti The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA) recently...
Mar 22, 2023 Biden’s FY2024 Budget: Key Real Estate Tax Proposals By Gerret Baur Martha Nahill Frahm Abe Leitner On March 9, 2023, President Biden released his FY2024 budget (the “FY2024 Budget”), and the U.S. Treasury released the so-called “Green...
Mar 06, 2023 Reexamining Underwater Lease Assumption Transactions By Abe Leitner Leah Segal Tax Notes Although it has been 70 years since Oxford Paper was decided by the Second Circuit, the case continues to be a focus of...
Nov 21, 2022 Taxachusetts Redux? The New Massachusetts Millionaires Tax By Matthew Hillery On November 8, 2022, Massachusetts voters elected to adopt Question 1, the so-called Fair Share Amendment or Massachusetts Millionaires...
Sep 12, 2022 Tax Aspects of Modern Sale-Leasebacks of Real Property By Jonathan Stein Abe Leitner The modern ground lease appears to have gotten started with Safehold’s initial public offering in 2017. As of August 18, Safehold’s...
Aug 07, 2022 CRE Relieved As U.S. Senate Passes Landmark Inflation Reduction Act Without Carried Interest Cut By Abe Leitner In a rare weekend session, the U.S. Senate passed its landmark $430B Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, leaving out the carried interest...