Science, Computers & Technology, Commercial Real Estate

The “Google Effect:” How High-Tech Companies Are Impacting Building, Architecture and Design

by Jennifer C. Johnson, Manroop Purewal | Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn -... on 5/1/2013

Overview - Technology companies in the Bay Area have led the resurgence of the local commercial real estate sector. And these companies are also creating a new norm in campus design known as the Google Effect. ...more

Mortgage Banking Update - January 10, 2013

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr., Jean C. Hemphill, Edward I. Leeds, Barbara S. Mishkin, Amy Mushahwar, Brian M. Pinheiro, Matthew Saunig, John D. Socknat, Mercedes Kelley Tunstall, more +Michael S. Waldron | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/10/2013

In This Issue: - Ohio Enacts the Nation's First Transitional MLO Licensing Law for Out-of-State MLOs - Noted Data Security and Privacy Attorney Amy Mushahwar Joins Ballard Spahr - Information Security...more

Leasing Data Center Space: An Introduction For Retailers

by R. Robinson Plowden | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 12/8/2012

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

Orlando's Lake Nona Medical City: Real Estate Development That Should Get More Appreciation in the Media

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 3/14/2012

With all the media focus on investors both foreign and domestic targeting Miami real estate development, not enough hats may be tipping toward what is happening over in Orlando, Florida and particularly in the Orlando area's...more

Electronic Signatures Gaining Acceptance and Popularity In Residential Real Estate Transactions

by Richard Vetstein on 11/12/2011

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

by Cole Schotz on 10/14/2011

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

GMA Condo Alert! (Spring 2011 edition)

by Chris Jaglowitz on 5/19/2011

The spring 2011 edition of Gardiner Miller Arnold's "Condo Alert!" news letter is now available. Topics include: * Electronic status certificates * Access to condo owners' lists...more

Restrictive Website Rules Found to Be Anticompetitive

by Michelle Taylon on 4/18/2011

In Realcomp II, Ltd. v. FTC, the Sixth Circuit upheld the Federal Trade Commission's conclusion that Realcomp, a Detroit area multiple listing service, violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act by adopting rules...more

Green Building Newsletter - January 2011

by Mintz Levin on 2/1/2011

Law and Policy Updates: Incentivizing Energy Efficiency across the American Economy; Overview of the Massachusetts Stretch Code; Update on Building Energy Use Disclosure under California’s AB 1103; City of Boston Promotes...more

PA Tax Alert-July 2010

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/13/2010

IN THIS ISSUE: Appeal Deadlines on Horizon for Pennsylvania Property Owners Economic Downturn Makes it Especially Important to Evaluate Assessments; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Tax on Canned Computer...more

E-Mortgage Implementation Considerations

by Margo H.K. Tank on 7/1/2006

Adoption of E-Sign and UETA allows the widespread replacement of paper documents with electronic records and use of electronic signatures. This article, reprinted from Thomson/West’s Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report...more