1. Title & Recording Issues Involving Registered Land

Sponsored by the Real Estate Finance Committee

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
12:00 p.m
Boston Bar Association

Ed Williams, Chief Title Examiner of the Land Court, will discuss title and recording issues involving registered land.   

2. Proposed Statutory Affordable Housing Covenants

Sponsored by the Title & Conveyancing and Affordable Housing Committees

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Thursday, March 15, 2007
12:00 p.m.
Boston Bar Association

Peter B. Farrow will introduce and discuss the proposed Statutory Housing Covenants, Statutory Housing Condition, and Statutory Power to Sell.  If enacted, these covenants and conditions would be available to developers of affordable housing much like the statutory mortgage covenants and conditions are currently available to lenders.  This will be an opportunity to learn and discuss the effect such a proposal will have on owners, lenders, developers and others with an interest in title.

3. REBA's Proposal to the Legislature

Sponsored by the Real Estate Public Policy Committee

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
12:00 p.m.
Boston Bar Association

Join us as we consider REBA’s proposal to the legislature that the estate of homestead in general be automatically subordinate to mortgages in light of the language in the present BBA bill providing more limited automatic subordination. At issue is whether to modify the BBA’s bill or to respond to the legislature why BBA’s present proposal should be favored over REBA’s.

Prompt action being necessary, this is probably the only meeting at which this issue will be discussed.

4. Commercial Leasing Basics, Part II

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Monday, February 26, 2007
12:00 p.m.
Boston Bar Association

Join us for Part II of a two part series on the basics of commercial leasing.  We will cover:

• the Annotated Table of Contents of the office lease, including ancillary documents
• the nuts and bolts of drafting and reviewing a lease, including the information that is required from the client and other parties
• the technical aspects of finalizing the lease, execution, exhibits and other deliverables such as insurance certificates and security deposit.

Panelists include:

• Caroline O’Leary, Counsel, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP
• Anita Agajanian, Partner, DLA Piper US LLP
• Eric Labbe, Associate, Goodwin Procter LLP

As with Part I, this session will be particularly useful for new lawyers who would like an introduction to this area of law.  Please feel free to invite any interested members of your practice.

5. CLE: Integrating Real Estate and Estate Planning Practice

Sponsored by the Real Estate and Trust & Estates Sections

Thursday, April 26, 2007
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Boston Bar Association

Attend this seminar to learn basic estate preservation techniques from the perspective of both the real estate attorney and the estate planner.  As the population of the Commonwealth ages, the need to understand the conventions of Real Estate and Estate Planning practice is increasingly important for practitioners in both areas.

The panel of speakers is especially qualified to offer insights into the not-so-seamless web of these two practice areas, particularly as they relate to real estate transactions.

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6. Governor Patrick Will Be Featured Speaker at Law Day Dinner

Thursday, May 3, 2007
Reception 5:30 p.m.
Dinner 7:30 p.m.
Boston Marriott Copley Place

Not since Dwight D. Eisenhower established Law Day by proclamation in 1958 have we been more passionate about celebrating the ideals of our profession. Join your colleagues at the BBA Law Day Dinner on May 3 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place for an evening of camaraderie and reflection. We look forward to welcoming Governor Deval Patrick as our featured speaker.

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Honorees to be announced.