Seth Eaton Discusses Modifications and Workouts of Commercial Real Estate Loans during the COVID-19 Pandemic
On July 1, 2025, a little over two weeks after the Senate Finance Committee released its draft tax title (the “Initial Senate Draft”), the U.S. Senate secured sufficient votes to advance its version of the “One Big Beautiful...more
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a tax bill (House Tax Bill) that proposes to make permanent – and increase – the section 199A deduction for ordinary REIT dividends to 23 percent. This change would reduce...more
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Tax Bill). The Tax Bill proposes amendments to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) that...more
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a tax bill with some limited amendments (House Tax Bill). The House Tax Bill will now head to the Senate, where additional amendments could be made. Below, we outline five...more
On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law House Bill 5159 (the “Bill”). The Bill grants the state new regulatory powers to oversee and review health care transactions involving private equity...more
On February 22, 2024, the Minnesota state legislature introduced House Bill (HF) 4206, aiming to curb the acquisition of and control over certain healthcare providers by private equity companies and real estate investment...more
In late April, Senator Orrin Hatch introduced Senate bill 915, the Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act of 2015. When a foreign person invests in property in the U.S., that person is subject to U.S. tax when he/she/it...more
Proposed regulations establish analytical framework for determining whether assets qualify as real property for purposes of the REIT rules. On May 14, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published in the Federal...more