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Proposed Expansion of Massachusetts Accessibility Requirements: Now is the Time to Comment
Practice: Litigation

The Massachusetts Architectural Access Board (the “AAB”) has proposed amendments to its governing regulations which could expand the AAB’s jurisdiction and increase developers’ responsibilities related to the accessibility of buildings and facilities.

Overview of Green Building Federal Tax Incentives
Practice: Environmental, Green Business, Tax

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The federal green incentives take the form of both tax credits and accelerated depreciation. Goulston & Storrs has been closely monitoring the available Green Building Federal tax incentives.

After Trace, Landlord Should Be Asking Tenant “Show Me the Money” Before Allowing the Tenant to Perform Leasehold Improvements
Practice: Real Estate

If a tenant fails to pay its general contractor for leasehold improvement work, does the contractor have the right to assert a mechanics lien against the landlord’s interest in the property?

Massachusetts SJC Opinion Imposes Non-Waivable Statutory Duty on Commercial Landlords to Repair Unsafe Conditions
Practice: Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation

Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that a decades-old law imposing a duty to repair unsafe conditions applies to commercial landlords, and that such duty cannot be waived by contract.

Making the Most of the New Tax Law: Estate Planning and Wealth Transfer Strategies in 2011/12
Practice: Private Client & Trust

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As a result of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Authorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, the government has increased gift, estate and generation-skipping tax exemption amounts, reduced tax rates, and created one of most generous transfer tax regimes in U.S. history.

New Export Control Certification Requirement on Visa Applications
Practice: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions

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Beginning on February 20, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will require that all employers who wish to submit a Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker certify under penalty of perjury their compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations.

President Obama Proposes New Tax Credit for Energy Efficient Building Improvements
Practice: Green Business, Tax

President Obama recently announced the “Better Buildings Initiative” with a goal of making commercial buildings 20% more energy efficient over the next decade.

State Tax Credit Encourages Expansion of Market Rate Housing Stock
Practice: Affordable Housing & Economic Development, Tax Credits

Developers conducting substantial rehabilitation of existing buildings into multi-unit market rate housing in certain Massachusetts communities may be eligible for a transferable Certified Housing Tax Credit.

EEOC Clarifies Employer Responsibilities under Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
Practice: Employment

Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”) regulations go into effect on January 10, 2011.

Ten-Year Plan to Reduce Massachusetts Greenhouse Gas Emissions Affects Real Estate
Practice: Green Business, Real Estate

2010 Massachusetts Secretary for Energy and Environmental Affairs set a goal to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions and adopted the “Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020," which includes several measures that affect the real estate industry.

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