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Real Estate

From the program: Consumer Financial Services Institute 2013 (18th Annual)

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Consumer Financial Services Institute 2013 (18th Annual) recorded April, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [01:46:18]Fair Lending & Mortgage Litigation  [01:46:18] Fair Lending- Update on disparate impact under Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and the FHA in the courts and before the CFPB, HUD and the DOJ- Effect of the absence of disparate impact on both government and private litigation- Risks and challenges ...

Recorded on: Jun. 29, 2012

KENT QIAN: I think we have reached the 10:15 mark, so that's the signal for me to transition to our next topic, which will be admission issues in federally subsidized housing. And to guide us through that, Meliah Schultzman will be the presenter for this part. Ms. Schultzman is an attorney at a national housing law project. She is involved in policy advocacy and litigation to advance the rights of tenants in federally subsidized housing programs ...

Recorded on: Nov. 6, 2012

HOWARD J. WEG: All right. Welcome back, everybody. We're into the home stretch. I saved the best for last, I'd like to think. This particular panel is going to cover the topic of executory contracts and unexpired leases. My co-panelist, Ali Mojdehi, from Cooley Godward in San Diego's office has come up here to participate. And we've sort of divided the various topics that we're going to cover into smaller little bites, so I'll speak, then Ali will ...

Recorded on: Nov. 7, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Nuts and Bolts of Corporate Bankruptcy 2012 Recorded November, 2012 in San Francisco Assumption of Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases [01:06:39] The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online: Bankruptcy Guide Andrew P. DeNatale Summary of the Treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Under Section 365 ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

We'll move on to the second part of our presentation, and this presentation is from the bank's perspective. And Peter Barwick is going to speak about the way mortgage securities are held by the banks, the corporate trust issues. And Rich Haber and Jeff Jaffee are going to talk about the economics of mortgage servicing. And thank you very much gentlemen. PETER S. BARWICK: Good afternoon. Thanks, Joe. Thank you all for braving the elements to get here. ...

From the program: Residential Foreclosure Actions in New York State 2013 (Free)

Released on: Feb. 22, 2013

Since 2008, and the onset of the economic downturn, New York State and the Nation have experienced a sharp increase in the number of residential foreclosures.  The New York State Unified Court System and the State Legislature responded with a series of measures establishing a foreclosure settlement conference framework and procedures for ensuring that documents in foreclosure cases are free of deficiencies that would prevent a case from proceeding ...

Recorded on: Feb. 19, 2013

JOSHUA STEIN: Our next topic's going to be how a borrower negotiates loan documents. Our speaker is Andy Herz. Andy is a partner at Patterson, Belknap, Webb, and Tyler here in New York City, member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and a lawyer listed in the Best Lawyers in America. Chambers described Andy as quote, "an incredible leasing lawyer, probably the best in the city in terms of leasing. He's not bad on loan documents, ...

From the program: Commercial Real Estate Financing 2013

Released on: Mar. 1, 2013

This seminar will explore major issues and problems, and recent changes, in how lenders and borrowers negotiate commercial real estate loans in the still-lingering shadow of the recent financial crisis. Speakers will show how today’s lower valuations and the renewed conservatism of lenders will shape the terms, legal negotiations, and closing process of commercial real estate financing in 2013. This year’s program will turn back toward ...

From the program: Building Better Construction Contracts 2012

Released on: Oct. 2, 2012

Traditional construction contracts do not work as well as they should to align the parties' interests and clearly define rights and responsibilities. As a consequence, the design and construction process is more dispute prone than it needs to be. This course is designed to give you the tools you need to better negotiate and draft design and construction agreements. You will learn which risk allocation clauses, including the so-called "killer ...

From the program: California Eviction Defense: Protecting Low-Income Tenants 2013 (Free)

Released on: Mar. 27, 2013

In the current economic climate an increasing number of low-income Californians are facing eviction.  Unfortunately, many tenants are evicted without the benefit of legal counsel to guide them through the process or the representation necessary to vigorously defend against unlawful actions.  As a result, families face the very real possibility of homelessness.  This training is designed to help mitigate the crisis by providing attorneys ...

Recorded on: Jan. 17, 2013

ADAM EMMERICH: Hi. Good morning again. I'm Adam Emmerich. As Warren mentioned-- one of the co-chairs today-- we're going to talk on this panel about some case studies-- REIT Acquisitions in a Globalizing World. And we're fortunate to have-- I guess it's as was mentioned in the first panel kind of some sort of ageist criteria to participate today. Because everybody on this panel also has upwards of 25 years of experience in the REIT and Real Estate ...

From the program: Real Estate M&A and REIT Transactions 2013

Released on: Jan. 24, 2013

Do you know the best negotiating strategies in the current real estate M&A market? What are the “hot buttons” for seller, buyer and lender requirements, in the board room, the courts and with the SEC?  What are the factors and legal issues you should analyze with respect to investing in distressed situations? How do the nature and ownership of the entity, and the characteristics of its property and the structuring of the acquisition ...

From the program: Catastrophe and the Law: What Lawyers Need to Know to Advise Clients to Prepare and Respond to Disasters 2013

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Catastrophe and the Law: What Lawyers Need to Know to Advise Clients to Prepare and Respond to Disasters 2013 recorded April, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [01:00:15]Environmental and Land Use Law  [01:00:15] Oil spills and hazardous substance releases, reporting and cleanup obligations Cleanup liability for harm for release of oil or hazardous substances Regulatory issues (OSHA, EPA, state and municipal) ...

Recorded on: Oct. 22, 2012

MICHAEL E. MEYER: OK, we're going to start in. Welcome back on Friday morning. It's my pleasure to introduce you to, in addition to John Wood and myself for today's first session, is Conrad Breece. And he's with a major law firm in San Francisco, and has a great deal of experience over the past 20 years in representing commercial landlords such as Embarcadero, and tenants such as IKEA. Did I say that right? And-- CONRAD D. BREECE: And, and then, ...

From the program: Negotiating Commercial Leases: How Owners & Corporate Occupants Can Avoid Costly Errors 2012

Released on: Nov. 2, 2012

Leases are the building blocks of value for all real estate, and whether your client is entering into a lease, acquiring a leasehold, purchasing a Ground Lease or investing in or lending on properties, knowing the “Commercial Lease” in and out is a must. Knowing the current commercial leasing market trends, hot topics and current schemes is the most important investment one can make. Leases are long-term investments and your client or ...

Recorded on: Oct. 22, 2012

SPEAKER 1: I'm now delighted to introduce the chair of today's program, Michael E. Meyer. Michael Meyer is a partner at DLA Piper LLP where he specializes in real estate and project development. He has developed a national reputation as one of the leading leasing attorneys in the United States. He regularly represents leading financial institutions, accounting firms, and law firms in connection with major lease transactions throughout the United ...

From the program: Commercial Real Estate Institute (14th Annual)

Released on: Nov. 23, 2012

As commercial real estate slowly recovers from the recession, practitioners will need a broad skill set to achieve and maintain a viable real estate practice. This program helps practicing attorneys enhance traditional transactional skills, and develop workout and enforcement skills, so that they can help their clients regain their footing more quickly. Lecture Topics  [Total time 12:51:20] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only ...

Recorded on: Oct. 22, 2012

MIKE MEYER: So thank you for being here, stay here. I need to bring up our two new panelists. And we're in for a great treat. What are you [INAUDIBLE]? OK. They're on their way up? They're making a grand entrance? It's like, let's make a deal. Come on down, it's 10 o'clock, 10:02, it's coming out of their time. But the two people who are walking in and making this grand entrance, we're really lucky to have. One is Alan Robin who, there's no better ...

Recorded on: Aug. 9, 2012

Taken from the briefing Contracts for Green Buildings: Solving the Split Incentive Problem and Contracting Well for Green Performance recorded August, 2012. With the increased popularity of LEED-certified buildings and other green aspects of building, contracting or leasing for green has increased in complexity.  Many commercial leases are structured in a manner that actually discourages energy saving improvements, and we will ...

Recorded on: Aug. 23, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings. My name is Amy Taub and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, Contracts for Green Buildings, Solving the Split Incentive Problem and Contracting Well for Green Performance. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials ...

Recorded on: Oct. 10, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Maeve Elise and Lisa. MAEVE ELISE BROWN: Great. Welcome back. Thank you. OK in our final segment, we're going to talk a little bit about credit and foreclosure. So let's go ahead and jump in. One of the monstrous and unintended consequences of course of the foreclosure crisis is millions and millions of people whose credit has been pummeled. And what is going to happen to them remains to be seen. I offer the stat about how many homeowners ...

From the program: Tax, Credit and Other Financial Consequences of Foreclosures, Short Sales and Mortgage Loan Principal Forgiveness (Free)

Released on: Oct. 24, 2012

This training will help improve your ability to counsel homeowners in financial distress.  The training will provide an overview of the financial issues - including tax and credit consequences - homeowners may face after a foreclosure, short sale or loan modification.  Tax experts will explain the fundamentals of how cancelled mortgage debt is treated under state and federal tax law, and provide insights into changes ...

Recorded on: Oct. 22, 2012

MICHAEL MEYER: So with all of that said, that's a hell of an introduction for 45 minutes. But John, like myself, has served as an expert witness, an arbitrator, served as a judge pro tem, but basically he's a real estate lawyer. And all he does this deals. And he wrote a lease a long time ago that got his name in the Wall Street Journal. It was actually a complimentary article about him. But it was writing about how tough that lease was. And-- why ...

Recorded on: Jun. 8, 2012

MARTIN D. POLEVOY: Welcome back to the afternoon session of our program. We are very pleased to have with us Richard Fries and Jim Hough to kick off this segment on Distress Loan Work Outs and Lender Liabilities, which will segue very nice into the conversations we had this morning, with Greg Cross, Representing Special Services. Richard, who's my former partner, is the head of the New York Real Estate Practice at Bingham McCutcheon. And Richard ...

From the program: Negotiating Real Estate Deals 2012

Released on: Jun. 19, 2012

Do you know the best negotiating strategies in the current real estate market? What are the “hot buttons” for seller, buyer and lender requirements? What are the factors and legal issues you should analyze with respect to investing in distressed real estate situations including purchasing defaulted loans. How do the characteristics of a property and the structuring of the acquisition fit with the current underwriting criteria of lenders? ...