Before writing this article, I intended to jump right to the details of third-party closing opinion letters for secured lending transactions involving personal property collateral. However, after reviewing many materials and reflecting on my...
Real Estate Articles
Confidentiality Agreements: A Base Case and Many Bells & Whistles
As soon as discussions about any potential transaction start to get serious, one side often asks the other to sign a Confidentiality Agreement. Any Confidentiality Agreement starts from the proposition that information about a “Transaction” that...
Technology for Real Estate Lawyers
Technology is here. It’s a way of life. It affects everything we do. Following are some Websites, Apps and Desktop programs that can help real estate lawyers, stay current, be more productive, and add value to what you do for clients. The number of...
Property Rights Primer, Part 3: Issues to Consider When Negotiating a Condemnation Clause in a Lease
Of the many things that landlords and tenants are thinking about when entering into a new lease, the possibility that the property might be subjected to eminent domain proceedings is usually very low on the list. But condemnation cases do happen,...
Property Rights Primer, Part 2: Is the Condemnation Clause in Your Lease Going to Cost You?
Of the many things that landlords and tenants are thinking about when entering into a new lease, the possibility that the property might be subjected to eminent domain proceedings is usually very low on the list. But condemnation cases do happen,...
Property Rights Primer, Part 1: What Are a Tenant’s Rights When the Government Condemns Leased Property?
Of the many things that landlords and tenants are thinking about when entering into a new lease, the possibility that the property might be subjected to eminent domain proceedings is usually very low on the list. But condemnation cases do happen,...
Structuring Commercial Real Estate Transactions and More to be Discussed at Conference
ALI CLE has announced that Modern Real Estate Transactions 2019 will be held on February 6-8, in Phoenix, Arizona. This program will address structuring commercial real estate transactions and advising clients on ownership, management and operation...
Keynote Announced for Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation 2019
ALI CLE is pleased to announce the addition of keynote speaker and President Emeritus of The College of William & Mary, W. Taylor Reveley, III, to the agenda of Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation. President Reveley's talk on...
Fee Mortgages in Ground Lease Transactions
Whenever Landlord and Tenant negotiate a long-term ground lease (a “Lease”), two major issues that come to mind, after the rent, relate to protection of Leasehold Mortgages and creation of a financeable Leasehold Estate. As important as those...