In Att’y Gen. v. Town Milton, the court ruled that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (“MBTA”) Communities Act, G. L. c. 40A, § 3A (“Section 3A”), is constitutional, and that the Attorney General has the authority to…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In North End Chamber of Commerce (“NECC”) v. City of Boston, the NECC and several restaurants in the North End neighborhood of Boston (“Plaintiffs”) filed suit against the City of Boston (“City”), alleging that the City…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law & Contracts, Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Commercial
As Boston continues to work through revisions to its public review process for real estate projects, a key concern is how to determine the appropriate mix of required mitigation and community benefits.
Originally Published in…
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/ Construction Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Tariff Policy Shifts Introduce New Real Estate Risks -
Over the past few months, there have been significant changes to tariffs by the United States and other countries around the world…
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/ Construction Law, International Law & Trade, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential
When is the executor nominated by the decedent in a will deemed unfit to serve as executor? Rarely – but a recent decision in Surrogates Court set forth the standard and deemed the nominated executor in that case unfit to serve…
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/ Civil Procedure, Family Law, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
What constitutes undue influence sufficient to invalidate a deed? In Erikson v. Erikson, 105 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 (February 24, 2025), the Appeals Court of Massachusetts affirmed the Land Court’s invalidation of a deed on the…
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/ Civil Remedies, Family Law, Real Estate - Residential, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals has ruled that, in some situations, a former resident of the Commonwealth can be liable for Massachusetts income tax on the sale of shares in a Massachusetts-headquartered company even after…
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/ Business Organizations, Conflict of Laws, Taxation
Thanks to the Boston Bar Association (BBA) and Ian Urquhart at Nutter, McClennen & Fish, for recently coordinating a BBA member walkthrough of Stellata, which is the first-completed of 15 proposed new buildings at the Bunker…
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/ Construction Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule that significantly changes the reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). This alert summarizes the…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
According to recent news coverage, about 30,000 housing units proposed for Boston are approved by the Boston Planning Department (BPD) yet unable to break ground due to market conditions. In response, the Wu administration, in…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas lifted the nationwide injunction it had previously issued against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). As a result, the CTA…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
Last week, the Boston Zoning Commission adopted Net Zero Carbon (NZC) zoning. As addressed in our 2021 and 2023 advisories, this completes a three-part decarbonization strategy, along with the Specialized Energy Code and the…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
President Trump issued an unprecedented number of executive orders in his first week in office. In our previous update on January 27, we discussed the orders directing the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”)…
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/ Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
During his first week in office, President Trump issued an unprecedented number of executive orders, including orders to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) programs within federal agencies and government…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Government Contracting
Kearsarge Walpole LLC v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Walpole involved a dispute over where a large-scale solar array could be placed in Walpole, Massachusetts. In Kearsarge, a solar developer (Kearsarge), along with Norfolk…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
