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Jim Butler’s blog article, "Hotel Lawyer in New York City with the pulse of Manhattan and the 2010 New York Investment Conference – The tide has turned!" appeared in Hospitality Net and 4Hoteliers.com.
Jim Butler and Cathy Holmes’ blog article titled, “Hotel lawyers: Public-Private Financing still works for hotel developments,” appeared in Hotel Online, ehotelier.com, Hospitality Net and Cornell University School of Hotel Administration’s website.
David Sudeck’s article, “Timeshare Lawyer: What’s happening with Vacation Ownership — fractionals, timeshares and clubs? Expert perspectives and insights on investor and hotel-owner benefits,” was published by Jim Butler’s Hotel Law Blog, and appeared in ehotelier.com.
David Sudeck’s article, "Timeshare Lawyer: What’s happening with Vacation Ownership — fractionals, timeshares and clubs? Expert perspectives and insights on investor and hotel-owner benefits," was published by Jim Butler’s Hotel Law Blog, and appeared in Hotel Online.
District Court Rules that Longer Benches in Accessible Dressing Rooms are ADA-Compliant In the last month, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California found that a 60 inch long fitting room bench in a wheelchair-accessible dressing room is an "equivalent facilitation" in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of […]
CLIENT ALERT: Deadline for Filing Your 2009 FBAR is June 30, 2010 Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) deadline applies also to those participating in the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure program June 30, 2010 is the deadline for filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, to report interests in […]
There is so much more to a workout than just drafting legal documents. My partner, Barry Freeman, recently published an outstanding article about the psychology of a workout in the esteemed Daily Journal. He describes the importance of understanding a borrower’s perspective, who is likely to be in denial and frustrated about the problems his […]
Thoughts on the Psychology of a Workout Reprinted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2010) The psychological interplay between debtor and creditor in a workout of a classified or defaulting loan frequently involves many issues that go beyond the “law” and the language of loan documents. There may well be significantly conflicting emotional pressures […]
Affordable Housing Mandates Must Comply with State Law Two recent court decisions have materially changed the affordable housing game as it’s been played by local governments throughout California. In Palmer/Sixth Street Properties, L.P. et al. v. City of Los Angeles (a case in which JMBM represented the developer at all the administrative hearings), the California […]
UPDATE: Hollywood Hotel Receives L.A. City Council Approval As reported in our last edition of “Development Rights,” JMBM land use attorney Sheri Bonstelle represented client Jeffrey Records, chairman and CEO of Mid First Bank, in gaining approval from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission for a new luxury boutique hotel in the historic Security Pacific […]
