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Real Estate Brokers Statute of Frauds

Allen Matkins

Applying The Statute Of Frauds Apply To “Et Al.”

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Charles II, aka the “Merry Monarch”, was sitting on the English throne when the original Statute of Frauds was enacted in 1677. Therefore, one should be forgiven for the mistaken presumption that all questions involving the...more

Cozen O'Connor

Text Messages Add New Layer of Risk to Deal-Making in the Modern Age

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Texting is becoming ubiquitous in this era of 24/7 connectivity, but a recent court decision stands as a strong reminder that those quickly composed texts can be held up as a “writing” sufficient to seal a multi-million...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Texts that Bind: Text Messages May Form Binding Real Property Contract

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Last month, in St. John’s Holdings, LLC v. Two Electronics, LLC (No. 16 MISC 000090 (RBF)), a Massachusetts Land Court judge held that text messages exchanged between two real estate brokers may be sufficient to constitute...more

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