REITs May Pay Dividends in Stock to Save Cash
by 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 …
Health Care REIT, Inc. Added to S&P 500
Standard & Poor’s announced that Health Care REIT Inc. (NYSE:HCN) will replace Sovereign Bancorp Inc.(NYSE:SOV) in the S&P 500. Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes to …
Online Networking for Lawyers
by Online social and business networking sites are a booming business. Tap into the success of these powerful tools by using them to strengthen your business …
Separation Between the Personal and Professional Online
One question that most people encounter online is where to draw the line between personal and professional. Do you keep your “friends” in Facebook and …
Government Seizes 650 Park Avenue
According to the Wall Street Journal, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has filed a forfeiture proceeding against 650 Fifth …
Lawyers and the Social Internet
Kevin O’Keefe, of Real Lawyers Have Blogs, put together his thoughts on what are the best social internet places for a lawyer or law firm …
Newton And The Charles River
The Boston Globe West has a story from the Newton History Museum at The Jackson Homestead focusing on the impact of the Charles River on …
Book Review: Slicing The Silence
Since The Son and The Daughter came I have become an armchair adventurer rather than an outdoor adventurer. The tale of Shackleton’s adventure to Antarctica …
Stealing the Empire State Building
The New York Daily News tried to show that it is easy to “steal” property by filing fake deeds. The story is rather foolish, but …
Tenant Allowance and Build-Out Obligations When a Tenant Files for Bankruptcy
Sutherland published a timely legal alert on what a landlord can do with a tenant allowance and tenant build-out obligations when a tenant goes bankrupt: …
The Pirate’s Dilemma
The delightful Connie Crosby of Crosby Group Consulting gave me this book on her recent trip to Boston. Matt Mason traces the current web 2.0 …
Book Review: The Pirate’s Dilemma
Matt Mason traces the current web 2.0 movement back to the 1970’s punk rock culture. He starts with focus on a quote from punk fanzine …
Not Not Creating a Title Insurance Behemoth
The off and on combination of Land America Financial Group with Fidelity National Title Title is back again. LandAmerica press release: LandAmerica Signs Stock Purchase …
Not Creating a Title Insurance Behemoth
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF – News) canceled its plans to acquire LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: LFG – News) . The combination would …
Why Blog?
Mary Abraham of the Above and Beyond KM blog asked me: How do I decide how/what/when to blog? To answer these questions, I need to …
A Look at Commercial Real Estate Debt
The Real Estate and Real Estate Capital Markets Group at Goodwin Procter put together A Look at Commercial Real Estate Debt: Where We Are Now …