by Michael Gerard | Jul 18, 2012 | Blog
Kudos to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for using zoning law to change the character of depressed New York City neighborhoods, and to develop additional housing for the ever-growing New York population. Just last week, the Mayor’s office unveiled a plan to...
by Michael Gerard | Jul 13, 2012 | Blog
It’s too hot in Richmond to focus on anything for more than a few minutes, and besides, the power just might go out again, so this week we’ll do a selection of news bites, kind of like the evening news, only dealing with real estate. Changes in Virginia Recording...
by Michael Gerard | Jul 2, 2012 | Blog
New portions of California’s new Mechanic’s Lien Law (SB 189), dealing with mechanic’s liens, stop payment notices, payment bonds and related remedies for both private and public works, take effect this week. Anyone involved in construction in California, whether...
by Michael Gerard | Jun 25, 2012 | Blog
Covered Risk Number 4 in both the ALTA Owner’s and Loan policies insures against loss suffered by the Insured in the event there is “No right of access to and from the Land.” This seems to be a pretty simple concept, but the coverage is not as simple as it looks. ...
by Michael Gerard | Jun 20, 2012 | Blog
Colorado has launched a new UCC filing system that is said to be the nation’s most sophisticated commercial lien filing system. It is totally electronic, and replaces a previous system that wasn’t sophisticated enough to handle all the different types of lien...
