Social Networking for Lawyers
by 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 …
Book Review – Time Bandit
I just finished reading Time Bandit. I wish I had spent my time better. The book was written by Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand, with William …
Real Estate Opportunity Fund Performance
Stephane Fitch of Forbes.com put together a sensationalist piece on real estate opportunity funds: The Other Real Estate Disaster. Fitch puts together some interesting numbers …
Book Review: Groundswell
After starting to read Groundswell, I devoured it over the last few days. Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff write a good book. If you are …
Watching The Tour de France
One of my favorite things about July is the Tour de France. I have been disappointed with the doping scandals over the last few years. …