Parents of young children often hear the saying, “the days are long, but the years are short.” That sentiment tends to hit home as children grow older and begin reaching major milestones—starting college being one of the most…
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/ Education Law, Family Law, Health, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBB”) was signed into law.
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Many Americans will experience the OBBB as a continuation of income and transfer tax laws passed during the President’s…
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/ Taxation
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBB”) was signed into law, introducing a broad package of policy reforms, funding reallocations, and regulatory changes set to reshape the nation’s infrastructure, climate…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Taxation
We recently had the pleasure of attending the South Asian Bar Association of North America’s (SABANA) Annual Conference in Denver. It was an inspiring and energizing few days filled with connection, community, and meaningful…
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On December 31, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Court”) struck down the controversial 2020 “uptier transaction” executed by Serta Simmons Bedding (“Serta”). The Serta case and several other state court and…
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/ Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
What happens in Vegas definitely shouldn’t stay in Vegas—especially when it comes to sharing the dealmaking, relationship-building, and industry insights I observed during my first experience at ICSC Las Vegas in May…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate - Commercial
The Supreme Court may be about to accept an appeal with enormous potential to decide the airspace rights of drones in the United States, and nobody in the drone community seems to have noticed. Cases concerning drone flights…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In Att’y Gen. v. Town Milton, the court ruled that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (“MBTA”) Communities Act, G. L. c. 40A, § 3A (“Section 3A”), is constitutional, and that the Attorney General has the authority to…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In North End Chamber of Commerce (“NECC”) v. City of Boston, the NECC and several restaurants in the North End neighborhood of Boston (“Plaintiffs”) filed suit against the City of Boston (“City”), alleging that the City…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law & Contracts, Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Commercial
As Boston continues to work through revisions to its public review process for real estate projects, a key concern is how to determine the appropriate mix of required mitigation and community benefits.
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Over the past few months, there have been significant changes to tariffs by the United States and other countries around the world…
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/ Construction Law, International Law & Trade, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential
When is the executor nominated by the decedent in a will deemed unfit to serve as executor? Rarely – but a recent decision in Surrogates Court set forth the standard and deemed the nominated executor in that case unfit to serve…
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/ Civil Procedure, Family Law, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
What constitutes undue influence sufficient to invalidate a deed? In Erikson v. Erikson, 105 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 (February 24, 2025), the Appeals Court of Massachusetts affirmed the Land Court’s invalidation of a deed on the…
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/ Civil Remedies, Family Law, Real Estate - Residential, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals has ruled that, in some situations, a former resident of the Commonwealth can be liable for Massachusetts income tax on the sale of shares in a Massachusetts-headquartered company even after…
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/ Business Organizations, Conflict of Laws, Taxation
Thanks to the Boston Bar Association (BBA) and Ian Urquhart at Nutter, McClennen & Fish, for recently coordinating a BBA member walkthrough of Stellata, which is the first-completed of 15 proposed new buildings at the Bunker…
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/ Construction Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
