A New Chapter for Me
by Yesterday was my last day at The Firm. It was hard to walk out the door after 13 great years. Andy Sucoff extended me an …
Author: Doug Cornelius
Economic Emergency Stabilization Act of 2008
The White House and Congressional Leaders finalized the Bailout Bill: Current draft of the Economic Emergency Stabilization Act of 2008. (from the Wall Street Journal) …
Social Networking for Lawyers – The What, Why and How
Carolyn Elefant recently released an e-book entitled Social Networking for Lawyers – The What, Why and How (.pdf) Courtesy of the Avvo Blog: Treat For Avvo Blog Readers
The Demise of Heller
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. put together a post of lessons to be learned from the demise of Heller Ehrman (1890-2008). He proposes that …
Social Networking for Lawyers
I am in New York City today participating in a panel on Social Networking for Lawyers sponsored by New York Legal Marketing Marketing Association. I …
Wikis and Document Management Systems
Versions of this article appeared as Which Route? KM Legal, Volume 2 Issue 4, June 2008 http://www.kmlegalmag.com/coverfeature EI Case study: Wiki versus DMS at Goodwin …
When Life Hands You Lehman, Make Lehman-Aid
Over the weekend, Lehman Brothers lost its interested buyers and got ready to file for bankruptcy. According to the New York Times, interested buyers wanted …
Opportunity Funds Overfloweth
National Real Estate Investor published a story by Joe Gose on the flow of capital into distressed property funds: Opportunity Funds OVERFLOWETH. “Opportunity funds concentrating …
Blockshopper
Blockshopper.com is trying to make news out of residential transactions. The site has launched in Chicago, St. Louis, South Florida and Las Vegas, trolling the …
Book Review: A Few Seconds of Panic
A few years ago, Stefan Fatsis set out to become a Scrabble champion. Now he is trying to be a player in the National Football …
Floor Area Ratio and Residential Property
Floor Area Ratio has longed been used as a way regulate building density under zoning laws. The owner of the property can choose to build …
Book Review: Long Way Down
Ewan and Charlie went back on the road again. In The Long Way Down, they depart from the tip of Scotland and travel 15,000 miles …
Massachusetts City and Town ByLaws
Here is collection of bylaws and ordinances available online for Massachusetts: Abington Acton Adams Agawam Amesbury (Zoning) Amherst Andover Arlington Ashburnham Ashby Ashby (Zoning) Ashland …
New Law Liberalizes REIT Provisions
Last week, President Bush signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 [html] [pdf] into law. You have heard about all of the programs …
Office Building Classifications
I was poking around for a definition of Class A buildings and had a hard time finding a solid definition. In BOMA’s Building Class Definitions, …
Retail in Russia
In last week’s Wall Street Journal, there was an article on Developers Diversified Realty Corp.’s plan to expand into Russia: Mall Developer Targets Russia. I …
Update for Recording Fees for Multiple Transactions in a Single Document
The Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association sent me a notice that: On July 13, 2008, Governor Patrick signed the FY 2009 budget which included outside …
Book Review: Black Wave
Black Wave is the story of a family from San Diego sailing around the world in their catamaran. The subtitle lets you in on the …
Twitter and Real Estate
Dick Howe at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds in Lowell has jumped into Twitter. You can see his page and follow him at http://twitter.com/lowelldeeds. …
Wiki While You Work
In the latest knowledge management white paper from the International Legal Technology Association is an article authored by me: Wiki While You Work [pdf]. There …