Commercial Property Prices are Still Increasing
by Even though residential property prices are dropping like rocks around most of the country, commercial properties are still holding their value. The press release on …
Triple-A Failure
There is a great article by Roger Lowenstein appearing in the Sunday New York Times Magazine: Triple-A Failure. It runs through the process for converting …
Do today’s new collaboration tools make it harder for IT to wrangle corporate information, or easier?
Mostly to toot my own horn, there is a piece by Andrew Conry-Murray in Information Week: Holy Web 2.0 Herding Nightmare. I am not a …
Happy Patriot’s Day
One of the quirky Massachusetts holidays is Patriot’s Day. It is a state-wide holiday to celebrate the Battles of Lexington and Concord. (For those of …
Banks Are Keeping More Loans on Their Books
Mark Gongloff reports in WSJ.com that U.S. commercial banks are keeping more of the loans they make on their balance sheets. Total assets at U.S. …
Proposed New Tax Requirement on Real Estate Sales
The current draft of the Fiscal Year 2009 Massachusetts House Budget proposes a new obligation on real estate sales. Section 11 of H4000 Outside Sections …
Martin Kimmel
I was sad to hear that Matin Kimmel passed away. He was the “Kim” of Kimco Realty and Milton Copper was the “co”. According to …
The Zen Of Blogging
Darren Rowse pointed me to the Zen of Blogging by Hunter Nuttall. Photo by Clearly Ambiguous It starts: They say that when the student is …
Document Behaviors
With my use of wikis and the adoption of wikis at The Firm, I have been focusing a lot of attention on the behaviors towards …
Wachovia and Lender Woes
As WSJ.com is reporting, Wachovia Swings to Loss, Plans to Raise Capital. I noticed that Wachovia was retreating from some its lending relationships. The retreat …
The Case for Exotic Notes in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Fran Mastroianni of Goodwin Procter LLP, published a story in Real Estate Investment & Finance: The Case for Exotic Notes in Commercial Real Estate Transactions. …
Wikis and Happiness
Over at the Wikinomics, the Blog, Anthony Williams published this picture of the process comparing email collaboration versus wiki collaboration: Wiki collaboration leads to happiness. …
Massachusetts Tree Law
I had previously posted about the Massachusetts Rule on Tree Liability. Last month, the Massachusetts Appeals Court generated some new law on trees in the …
REsource magazine
The latest issue of Goodwin Procter’s REsource magazine has been released. Here are the articles in this issue: Green Building: Now on Firm Footingby Rachael …
Back to Work
After spending the month of March home with my daughter on paternity leave, I am back in the office. A lot of changes have happened …
Wikis and Household Knowledge Management
I have often proclaimed the virtues of using a wiki for knowledge management. But does it have place in household knowledge management? Today I have …
LinkedIn to My Facebook on My Blog
I co-authored an article with Jenn Steele of Leading Geeks entitled LinkedIn to My Facebook on My Blog. The article is on social media for …
The American Rule for Payment of Attorney’s Fees
Coming out of the Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Nashville is a decision on whether the phrase “cost and expenses” in enforcing a declaration …
LinkedIn to Facebook On My Blog: Social Media for Lawyers and Law Firm Staff
I co-authored LinkedIn to Facebook On My Blog: Social Media for Lawyers and Law Firm Staff with Jenn Steele (of Leading Geeks). The article appeared …
Kimco Realty Corporation and Milton Cooper
There is nice piece in next month’s Forbes on Kimco Realty Corporation and Milton Cooper: Beyond the Big Box. “REITs have to follow certain rules …