Tag: RealEstateLaw
Court Finds That Text Message Can Form Binding Contract
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A Massachusetts court ruled that a string of text messages can constitute a writing under the Statute of Frauds sufficient to bind the parties to sell certain property, writes Matthew DeVries on Burr & Forman LLP‘s Best Practices Construction Law.
Enforceability of Electronic Agreements in Real Estate Transactions
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It is becoming common for more and more transactions to be created, negotiated, finalized and executed electronically, according to an alert from Arnall Golden Gregory LLP. From a real estate perspective, virtually all documents other than those that are being recorded are exchanged electronically.
Beck Redden’s Pfeiffer Leads Charge to Overturn Fifth Circuit Decision
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When Beck Redden partner and appellate specialist Connie Pfeiffer led the charge to overturn a Fifth Circuit decision, the path to victory was nearly certain to be long and arduous, the firm said in a release.
On the Nature of Being Mistaken in Contract
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Successful cases of contract reformation based on unilateral mistake are exceedingly rare — so endeavor not to be mistaken, cautions Glenn West of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in the firm’s Global Private Equity Watch.
Former Reading Int’l GC Joins Akerman Los Angeles Office
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Veteran real estate lawyer William “Bill” Ellis has joined Akerman LLP’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group.
