News & Analysis as of

Real Estate Transactions Email

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

MHH Condo/Co-op Digest, (April 2025)

This newsletter explores the emerging legal topics and issues affecting the condominium and cooperative services industry. Thought-leading attorneys from Moritt Hock & Hamroff’s Condominium and Cooperative Services Practice...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Business Email Compromise Scams: What They Are, and How to Avoid Them

In an increasingly digital world, the rise in cybercrime involving email scams has become a significant threat to individuals and organizations alike. These sophisticated attacks exploit human psychology and technological...more

Bowditch & Dewey

You Just Hit “Send.” Did You Also Form a Valid, Binding Contract?

Bowditch & Dewey on

In Boulay v. Boulay, the Land Court addressed whether email correspondence may constitute a valid, binding contract in the context of a real estate transaction. In Massachusetts, a specific pitfall of negotiations via email...more

Gray Reed

Can an Email Exchange Bind a Real Estate Sale?

Gray Reed on

Sometime ago Ernest “Big Daddy” Bux conveyed a pipeline easement to Nodding Donkey Pipelines for the construction, operation and maintenance of a 24-inch pipeline across his Big Bux Ranch. In an email sent before Christmas,...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Wire Fraud: Are Realtors® at Risk?

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on

The statistics about the rise of wire fraud in real estate transactions are staggering. Recent reports released by the FBI suggest that more than 9,600 real estate consumers were victimized for more than $56,000,000 in 2017...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Traps for the Unwary: Text Messages, Authorized Agents, and Binding Letters of Intent

A recent Land Court decision strongly suggests that sellers should proceed with caution when negotiating real estate transactions via email and text messages. In determining whether a contract was formed between two companies...more

Lowndes

AOL, Dropbox and the Big “uh-oh”

Lowndes on

A New York couple brought suit against their former law firm because it used an America Online account to transact firm business. If you are my age you probably remember that AOL and “You’ve got mail!” were the future—back...more

Mintz - Real Estate, Construction &...

Sophisticated Email Scams Targeting the Real Estate Industry

A sophisticated (and effective) wire-fraud scam targeting real estate (and other) transactions is on the rise, and mostly occurring in the United States....more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide