As Massachusetts begins its slow recovery, courthouses will physically reopen to the public on July 13, 2020, for specific expanded purposes. The first phase of additional in-person proceedings will include persons who are present for certain in-person court proceedings, conducting in-person business with a clerk’s, register’s, or recorder’s office, meeting… Read More
On Thursday, June 11, Bernkopf Goodman presented the webinar, The Future of Urban Neighborhoods in a COVID-19 World. Our real estate partner Eric Allon had a wide ranging conversation with Jesse Baerkahn, founder of Graffito SP. If you missed the webinar, a recording is now available (click image below). Read More
On June 5, 2020, the President signed into law the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act (PPPFA) of 2020 (H.R. 7010), a bill that extends certain aspects of the Paycheck Protection Program. There are five major changes brought on by the PPPFA that affect how small businesses can utilize PPP funds,… Read More
On Wednesday Bernkopf Goodman presented the webinar, The Office is Not Dead: The Post Pandemic Workplace, hosted by our real estate partner Eric Allon and featuring Gable Clarke, IIDA, NCIDQ, LEED AP, Jen Gregoire, NCIDQ, IIDA, and Michael Schroeder, CCM from the architecture and interior design firm SGA. If you missed the… Read More
Bernkopf Goodman LLP invites you to join attorney Eric Allon, commercial real estate partner, as he leads a conversation, The Office is Not Dead: The Post Pandemic Workplace, with a panel of guests from the architecture and interior design firm SGA. As companies begin to reopen, many are looking at… Read More
Last week’s webinar program titled “Reopening the Massachusetts Construction Industry – The End of the Beginning,” presented by Bernkopf Goodman LLP Construction and Surety Practice Group, Peter B. McGlynn and Robert W. Stetson. is now available on demand. The webinar focused on critical challenges facing owners and contractors, including a… Read More
On Monday, May 18, 2020, Governor Charlie Baker announced his four-phase plan to reopen the Massachusetts economy. During the press conference, Governor Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito announced that Massachusetts construction projects could resume operations as soon as they adopt new construction-specific mandatory safety standards and guidelines. Click here… Read More
Governor Baker has signed and enacted into law, An Act Providing for Virtual Notarization to Address Challenges Related to COVID-19. The Act permits Massachusetts lawyers and their paralegals, who are already Massachusetts notaries, to notarize real estate closing documents with the assistance of electronic video conferencing technology during the… Read More
Join Bill Poorvu as he discusses the upcoming challenges faced by the real estate industry in a post-COVID-19 world. Bill is the Class of 1961 Adjunct Professor in Entrepreneurship, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He taught and was responsible for the real estate courses there for 35 years. He was… Read More