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Spotlight on Georgia: certain interesting tax developments

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

In DeKalb County Board of Tax Assessors v. Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, Inc., a religious nonprofit corporation, not having a present need to use

Consider gifting appreciated property

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2013

Because of the increase in the higher tax rates, as well as the additional tax on net investment income applied to the taxable income of many

Important update on Georgia foreclosures

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2013

Last year, we alerted to you to a ruling by the Georgia Court of Appeals that altered the notice requirements for non-judicial foreclosure in Georgia

New TILA section expands disclosure requirements

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2013

The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) is a consumer protection statute that imposes mandatory disclosure requirements on creditors who extend consumer

Lender-involved condemnation part 1: principles of condemnation

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2013

This is the first installment in a series of articles related to lender-involved condemnation. This article provides an introduction to the

Reducing the risk of liability for someone else's wrongs: a victory for landowners in Georgia

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 6 2012

One of the risks inherent in being a property owner is the potential to be held liable for persons injured by a third party who entered the property and caused harm

Tennessee Court of Appeals agrees: no private right of action under HAMP

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 12 2012

In our last newsletter, we noted the growing consensus among courts that the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), which is designed to provide homeowners with assistance to avoid foreclosure, does not provide homeowners with a private right of action meaning that borrowers who were either ineligible or unsuccessful in the modification program cannot sue their servicers and investors for failure to modify the borrowers' loans

Leasing space? Flexibility is key

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 5 2012

Chip Leyens, Baker Donelson Real Estate Attorney, shares tips on what to look for when leasing space for your new business

Alabama legislative update - special session approves redistricting

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 29 2012

In a special session that saw cries of racial discrimination, parliamentary maneuvering and another constitutional amendment coming to the ballot, legislators adjourned the 2012 special session sine die in the early hours on May 24

Alabama legislative update week 11: as session winds down, legislative action ramps up

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2012

With only seven legislative days left in this Regular Session, State House activity is reaching an almost-frenzied pace