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Use of Floorplans in Real Estate Listings is Permissible Under U.S. Copyright Law

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Floor plans are a key part of real estate listings, providing fundamental information about the layout of a building to prospective buyers or renters. But home designer Charles James and his company Designworks Homes, Inc....more

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Sometimes an Offer to Purchase Is just an Offer to Purchase

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The question of enforceability of an offer to purchase real estate was addressed by the Massachusetts Appellate Court in McCarthy v. Young, 105 Mass. App. Ct. 203 (2025). In this case, the buyer offered to purchase real...more

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Does a Broker Forfeit His or Her Commission for Technical Non-Compliance with Department of Real Estate Statutory Requirements?

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In a recent Arizona Court of Appeals case, CK Revocable Trust v. My Home Group Real Estate LLC, 2020 WL 4306183 (7/28/2020), the Court of Appeals addressed the distinction between “substantive” and “technical” statutory...more

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“But what if...?” English Court Identifies Liability Despite Gaps in Contractual Drafting

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The ruling serves as a helpful reminder that parties must enter into well-drafted contracts in proper legal form. In Philip Barton v. Timothy Gwyn-Jones & Others [2019] EWCA Civ 1999, the Court of Appeal recently allowed a...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Does the Independent Contractor Statute Apply to Real Estate Salespersons?

A few months ago we wrote about a case awaiting decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) entitled Monell, et al. v. Boston Pads LLC, et al., SJC-11661, a case then on appeal from a decision of the Suffolk...more

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