Copyrights in Legal Documents
by I just finished readig an article by Thomas J. Stueber in The Internet & Copyright Lawyer: Due Diligence in Drafting: Copyrights in Legal Documents. He …
Turning a Debt into A Personal Guaranty
In the case of Orix Financial Services, Inc. v. Leclair (S.D.N.Y. Feb 26, 2007) the court found that under Rhode Island law, an individual who …
Debt Market Update – LIBOR Upswing
I got this update from Chatham Financial this morning: As many of you may have already heard, 1M LIBOR opened up 19bps this morning. This …
Debt Markets Continue to Implode
Real Estate Finance and Investment is reporting that five securitizations worth at least $4.8 billion have been pulled from the market in the last week. …
Building the Tallest Building
Younan Properties seems to think it can build the tallest building in the world: Younan Vows To Build Tallest Building. Of course they have not …
How Knowledge Management is like Golf
Dale Arseneault seems to bee enjoying his summer since he is using golf to compare knowledge management: How Knowledge Management is like Golf
Acceleration Clause Upheld For Lease Default
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court allowed a commercial landlord to enforce a liquidated damages clause against a tenant for non-payment of rent in Cummings Properties, …
Tour de France
I starting watching the Tour de France several years ago. My wife had knee surgery in June of 2001 and was laid up on the …
Trustee of Nominee Trust Not Liable Under Lead Paint Suit
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled in the case of BELLEMARE vs. CLERMONT that the trustee of a nominee trust is not an “owner” of the …
Bad Boy Guaranty
Bruce Falby wrote an article in Real Estate Finance and Investment on the case of Blue Hills Office Park LLC v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, …
Best Efforts vs. Reasonable Efforts
Ken Adams, author of A Manual of style for Contract Drafting, published this article in The Practical Lawyer: Understanding Best Efforts and Its Variants. I …
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Boston’s Historic Ames Building Will Become Boutique Hotel
The Ames Building on the corner of Court Street and the Washington Mall has changed hands to another owner who will try to convert it …
Why Blog? – Blogging Offers a Lift to Your Career
As I was lying on the couch reading The Boston Sunday Globe I came across an article by Penelope Trunk in the jobs section: Blogging …
Swarm Behavior
National Geographic Magazine this month has a story on how the study of swarm intelligence and how it is providing insight on managing complex systems: …
Liquid Talk Launch Pad
Liquid Talk. There are few cracks in the day to get stuff done. We are increasingly out of the office. You can’t collaborate when you …
Moody’s Approach to Rating Commercial Real Estate Mezzanine Loans
In March, 2007, Moody’s released their rating methodology for Mezzanine Loans: Moody’s Approach to Rating Commercial Real Estate Mezzanine Loans. This report outlines Moody’s view …
Knowledge Management for Inside Counsel
The latest issue of Inside Counsel magazine contains a primer on knowledge management Article(pdf). They interviewed the right people by including Jack Vinson, Dennis Kennedy, …
Security Deposit in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that a security deposit for a Massachusetts residential lease must be deposited in a Massachusetts branch of a Massachusetts bank: …
Adult Entertainment Firm To Launch Real Estate Loan Fund
Real Estate Finance and Investment is reporting that an Adult Entertainment Firm To Launch Real Estate Loan Fund. I guess there is an investor market …
Historic Turning Points in Real Estate by Robert Shiller
Robert J. Schiller published a new paper that looks for markers at the ends of real estate booms or busts:Historic Turning Points in Real Estate …