Real Estate Law

03.14.2023 | Events/Webinars

Understanding and Negotiating Builders’ Limited Warranties

Please join REBA’s Residential Conveyancing Section for a webinar at 12 noon on Tuesday, March 21st. Robert W. Stetson III of Bernkopf will present. As buyer’s counsel, we are frequently asked to review and negotiate builders’ warranties as part of a P&S, or we are told that the… Read More

03.01.2023 | Client Alerts | In The News

David Blumberg Elevated to Firm Partner

Bernkopf is pleased to announce that David Blumberg has been elevated to firm partner. Blumberg joined Bernkopf in 2021 following a successful sixteen-year career as a senior business manager and in-house counsel at Cummings Properties. He handled and oversaw the legal staff for leasing, operational, and transactional matters. Cummings Properties… Read More

10.31.2022 | Podcasts

FORE!

Legal Judg(e)ments Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2 Bob and Robert Galvin discuss Tenczar v. Indian Pond Country Club, Inc. and what happens when a home ostensibly becomes a part of a golf course.  … Read More

09.01.2022 | Publications

Buyer Beware: The Return of Caveat Emptor

Sullivan v. Five Acres Realty Trust, 487 Mass. 64 (2020) The ancient maxim of caveat emptor means “let the buyer beware.” 1 Under this well-known legal doctrine, a seller is not liable to a buyer for defects in a property in the absence of an express warranty or fraud.2 Courts…

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08.02.2022 | Client Alerts

Mayor Michelle Wu’s Task Force Weighs Reintroduction of Rent Stabilization/Rent Control

Mayor Michelle Wu announced, in March, that she was organizing a Rent Stabilization Advisory Committee to explore ways the City could implement rent control to address rising rents. The Committee is made up of affordable housing advocates, housing experts and… Read More

02.07.2022 | Client Alerts | In The News

SJC Affirms Multi-Million Dollar Verdict Against Unscrupulous Commercial Landlord

In H1 Lincoln, Inc. v. South Washington Street, LLC, et al. (Lincoln), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed a multi-million dollar verdict against a landlord for bad faith business practices against its tenant on the “Auto Road” in North Attleborough. The SJC grounded its decision on the landlord’s commercially extortionate… Read More

11.01.2021 | Podcasts

A Cain and Abel Story

Legal Judg(e)ments Podcast, Season 1, Episode 2 Bob talks with the author of a popular legal treatise, Jordan Shapiro, about his case Haddad v. Haddad and how the trusts and estates bar can virtually eliminate will contests by using modern technology.  As a bonus, Jordan also discusses an important homestead law development. Read More

05.13.2021 | Client Alerts | In The News

Allen D. Hankins Recognized as an Up & Coming Lawyer

Bernkopf Goodman LLP is pleased to announce that partner Allen D. Hankins will be honored tonight as a 2021 “Up & Coming Lawyer” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly during the annual Excellence in the Law event. The award recognizes local attorneys who have been practicing for ten years or less and… Read More

01.20.2021 | Client Alerts

Latest CARES Act Includes Significant, Albeit Temporary, Provisions to the Bankruptcy Code Affecting Commercial Landlords, Tenants and Suppliers

On December 27, 2020, the second CARES Act was signed into law, providing an additional $900 billion in pandemic relief. Less publicized are several changes the Act made to the United States Bankruptcy Code that are applicable to commercial landlords, tenants, and suppliers. A summary of these changes follows: Altered… Read More