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HIPAA: Does Your Lease Comply?

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) protects all "individually identifiable health information," commonly referred to as protected health information (“PHI”), held or transmitted by a...more

Leasing Data Center Space: An Introduction For Retailers

Originally published in Retail Law Strategist — The Problem-Solving Tool for Retail Law - Winter 2012. For many retailers, the efficient and continuous operation of information technology (IT) infrastructure is mission...more

Electronic Signatures Gaining Acceptance and Popularity In Residential Real Estate Transactions

Electronic signature technology has been quickly gaining steam throughout the U.S. real estate community, and has now arrived in earnest in my home state of Massachusetts. Electronic signature software lets you send legally...more

New York Law Permits Electronic Recording of Real Property Conveyances

On Friday, September 23, 2011, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Senate Bill 2373A and Assembly Bill 6870A. The bill authorizes the electronic recording (“e-recording”) of instruments affecting real property in...more