Obama Knows Where the Wild Things Are
by President Obama did an excellent reading of Where the Wild Things Are as part of the White House Easter Egg Roll. This book is a …
A Wall of White – My Book Review
I wanted to really like this book. But I didn’t. Jennifer Woodlief tells the story of the 1982 avalanche at the Lake Tahoe ski resort …
Round-up of Blog Posts from Compliance Building
Here is a list of posts from my Compliance Building blog on compliance and business ethics for the week: Waiving the Attorney-Client Privilege By Seeking …
Online Social Networking: Is It a Productivity Bust or Boon for Law Firms?
I recently had an article on Faceblocking published in the March 2009 issue of Law Practice Magazine: Online Social Networking: Is It a Productivity Bust …
Joker One Book Review
Joker One is the story of a Marine platoon commander and his platoon’s deployment in Ramadi in 2004. It is a great story and great …
How Bad Was The Snow? This Bad!
I found this satellite picture of the snowstorm on December 3 to be very impressive. That’s a lot of snow! From NASA’s picture of the …
Imported Posts from Real Estate Space
by I turned the “lights out” on Real Estate Space, my blog on commercial real estate finance law. I decided I want to better own and …
Brandeis Reverses Rose Art Decision
As an alum, I received a message from Jehuda Reinharz, President of Brandeis. Although the previous message was clearly that they the school was closing …
Book Review – High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
This book managed to squash any latent desire I had to take up high altitude mountaineering. In High Crimes, Michael Kodas tells us about his …
Compliance Building
With my move from Goodwin Procter to be Chief Compliance Officer at a real estate company, I have been using a blog to keep my …
Web 2.0 – Leveraging New Media to Maximize Your Securities & Compliance Practice
On February 17, 2009, Securities Docket is sponsoring a webcast that will look at the numerous ways that securities and compliance counsel and professionals can …
Web 2.0 – Leveraging New Media to Maximize Your Securities & Compliance Practice
On February 17, 2009, Securities Docket is sponsoring a webcast that will look at the numerous ways that securities and compliance counsel and professionals can …
Clash of the Utopias – The Story of Stuyvesant Town
New York magazine has a lengthy story on the largest real estate deal deal in US history: The $5.4 Billion sale of MetLife’s interest in …
Book Review: The Black Swan
I just finished reading The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. The title of the book comes from the observations of Europeans that all swans …
Postcards of the Charles River from the Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library has posted a collection of Newton post cards using Flickr. Several of the pictures show how the Charles River used to …
Professionals and Web 2.0
CCH gathered some great information on “professionals” using Web 2.0: Professionals and Web 2.0 (.pdf). They interviewed 229 professionals within organizations across the Asia-Pacific region. …
Brandeis is Closing the Rose Art Museum
My alma mater has decided to shut down the Rose Art Museum and sell off its collection of modern art. As an alum I received …
REITs May Pay Dividends in Stock to Save Cash
In a Bloomberg story By Hui-yong Yu, REITs in U.S. Consider Paying Dividends in Stock to Save Cash, many publicly traded REITs may take advantage …
Tenant-in-Common Interests are Securities
On January 14, the SEC issued a no-action letter to OMNI Brokerage, Inc., Argus Realty Investors, L.P., and PASSCO Companies, LLC regarding their tenant in …