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Appeals Court Ruling Reinforces Importance of Timely Filing of Permit Appeals
Do not take a casual approach to permit appeals – that is the lesson from the Appeals Court’s recent decision in Richardson v. Bd. of Appeals of Chilmark. Under the Massachusetts Zoning Act, G.L. c....
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Lower Court Holds That E-mails May Constitute A Binding Purchase And Sale...
A Superior Court Judge recently ruled in Feldberg et al. v. Coxall that a series of e-mails between a buyer and seller of real estate that include the material terms of the offer and an acceptance of...
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SJC Again Rebuffs Local Attempts to Control 40B Low-Income Housing Developments
Zoning Board of Appeals of Sunderland v. Sugarbush Meadow, LLC is the Supreme Judicial Court’s (SJC) latest snub to municipal attempts to control the development of low income housing. Despite...
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Brokers Beware: SJC Issues Ruling in Closely-Followed DeWolfe v. Hingham...
The Supreme Judicial Court’s (SJC) recent ruling in DeWolfe v. Hingham Centre, Ltd., is a warning to Massachusetts real estate brokers: What you say can and will be used against you in a court of law....
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MassDEP Obtains Judgment From Superior Court for $265k Fine at Taunton...
According to a press release issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) today, the Suffolk Superior Court issued a judgment against a New York City-based company for...
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