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Upcoming Meetings & Events |
1. Acquisition & Disposition of Municipal Property Title & Conveyancing Committee Click here to RSVP for this program.
Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 12:00 pm Deborah A. Eliason, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., will discuss the acquisition and disposition of real property by municipalities. She will also address authorization (general and special authorization, who is authorized), exceptions and oddities of municipal real property law. |
2. BBA CLE: Residential Purchase and Sale Agreements Stephen D. Silveri, of the Law Office of Stephen D. Silveri, will provide a paragraph-by-paragraph explanation of the standard form Purchase and Sale Agreement, examining what each means. He will also explain critical modifications that must be made depending on the transaction in order to protect both buyer and seller clients. This program is essential for the new associate, or anyone who is unfamiliar with residential real estate transactions and interested in gaining a better understanding. Specific Topics will include:
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3. BBA CLE: Appraisals & Valuations Sponsored by the Trusts & Estates Section Wednesday, March 5, 2008 -
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm This program will cover the ins and outs of appraisals and valuations for real estate, personal property and closely held businesses. The experienced panel will discuss this topic with respect to each of their practice areas, including business valuation, personal property, commercial real estate, personal real estate and machinery and equipment. Specific Topics will include:
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4. DiLiddo v. Oxford Street Realty, Inc. and MGL c.151B: The Scope of Protection for Tenants Receiving Public Rental Assistance Affordable Housing Committee Click here to RSVP for this program. Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 12:00 pm Join Zaheer Samee, Frisoli Associates, who represented the successful plaintiff in DiLiddo v. Oxford Street Realty, Inc., as he discusses his work on the case and the issues that were – and were not – addressed by the SJC in its opinion. Under MGL c.151B, §4(10), tenants receiving public rental assistance are protected against discrimination by landlords. The Supreme Judicial Court interpreted the scope of that statutory protection for the first time in twenty years in the recent case DiLiddo v. Oxford Street Realty, Inc. In that case, DHCD regulations applicable to a prospective tenant's rental voucher required that leases with a voucher holder include a limited 30-day termination right. The landlord's agent, a property management company, argued that the economic hardship imposed by such a termination right was a legitimate, nondiscriminatory basis for a refusal to rent. Join us as we discuss this case. |
5. Report of the MA Commission to End Homelessness Affordable Housing Committee Please click here to RSVP for this program. Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:00 p.m. Join Tina Brooks, Undersecretary of the Department of Housing and Community Development, and Donna Haig Friedman, Director of the Center for Social Policy at UMass-Boston, as the discuss the report of the Commission to End Homelessness . The Commission was co-chaired by Ms. Brooks, and State Representative Byron Rushing, and recently issued its report analyzing the state’s homeless population and setting out an implementation plan to end homelessness within the Commonwealth by 2013. |
6. Save the Date! BBA CLE: Equity Financing for Affordable Housing Friday, April 4, 2008 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. For more information as it becomes available, please click here. |