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JMBM 2010 Real Estate & Land Use Survey Caution remains the watchword even as bearish sentiment declines JMBM’s 2010 California Real Estate & Land Use Survey gathered data from 98 executives, 49 percent of whom identified themselves as developers and 49 percent as capital providers. Respondents indicating they were “bearish’ about the market declined from […]
Building on Incentives In a column published in the Los Angeles Business Journal on May 24, 2010, JMBM Government and Land Use partner, Benjamin M. Reznik, argues that local government should be looking to state statutes — not mandates — to spur the creation of affordable housing. Click here to read the article.
Your home office in the US has an important manufacturing facility in China, where it is suspected that bribery of Chinese government officials may have occurred. You have assembled an experienced team to investigate the situation and determine what to do about it. This is a good start. Building upon the issues addressed in this column last month, we consider here additional matters […]
Cloud Computing, Part II This article is the second in a series about cloud computing. Read parts one and three to get the full story. In our winter edition of the JMBM Corporate Law Newsletter, we discussed some of the benefits of cloud computing. While there are a number of advantages which make cloud computing […]
Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (“Credit Card Act”): New Gift Card Legislation More than half (55%) of people asked in a survey requested a gift card as their gift of choice last holiday season. Shoppers, on average, spent $139.91 on gift cards this year and 77.2% of people bought at least […]
The Business Divorce A longer version of this article was published in the California State Bar Business Law News Issue 1 2010. Reprinted with permission. One of the most painful events any business owner can experience is a “business divorce,” when partners split up, a key partner dies or leaves on less than cordial terms, […]
Brad Cohen wrote the article “The Taxation of Deferred Compensation in Standard Service Agreements” that appeared in Los Angeles Lawyer magazine, 26th Annual Entertainment Law issue.
Jim Butler’s blog article, "Hotel industry update! The worst may be behind us but whither the future? Industry stats and insights from HVS, PKF, Smith Travel and CBRE" was picked up by ehotelier.com.
Jim Butler’s blog article titled, "What is really happening with the recovery and how will it affect the hotel industry? Insightful perspectives from the experts at Meet the Money®" appeared in ehotelier.com.
Jim Butler’s blog article "Meet the Money® – What is really happening with the recovery and how will it affect the hotel industry? Insightful perspectives from the experts at Meet the Money®" appeared in Hotel Online, Hospitality Net and Hotel News Resource.
