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What matters: A review of 2011 and 2012

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 1 2013

As you know, the last two years have seen a somewhat improved, but by no means robust, business climate. At the same time, structural shifts in the

Ohio public law update March 2012

  • Squire Sanders
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  • USA
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  • March 21 2012

The Local Government Innovation Program, which was established in the State Budget Bill signed by the governor on June 30, 2011, was amended by Substitute House Bill 371, effective March 22, 2012

Lenders: beware of potential environmental liabilities of foreclosed properties

  • Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 7 2011

Potential lender liability for contamination of foreclosed properties has been known for decades, and has been addressed by specific provisions in the federal Superfund law, among others

Green real estate summit 2011: what attorneys, developers, regulators, tenants & lenders need to know - “how attorneys can make a difference when it comes to the greening of buildings”

  • Moses & Singer LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 9 2011

When speaking of the role of the real estate attorney in transitioning the built environment to greater sustainability, one must understand why it is important for that counsel to fully understand what a green building is and what is now referred to as Sustainable Building Law

Lender liability and the exception to CERCLA

  • Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 25 2011

Lenders are making loans again

Recent case reminds lenders of the risks in managing a workout of an environmentally distressed property

  • Frost Brown Todd LLC
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  • USA
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  • November 1 2010

In the struggling economy and with more loans in work-out, banks and other secured lenders sometimes have to ask themselves, what liability, if any, might they incur if they proceed to foreclose on a property andor sell the property at sheriff's sale, where the property has some environmental contamination

California fighting back to save PACE program

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 21 2010

On July 14, 2010, California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a lawsuit against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (California v. Federal Housing Finance Agency, N.D. Cal., No. 10-3084), claiming that the government-sponsored enterprises are thwarting the State’s PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) programs, which encourage homeowners to make their homes more energy and water efficient

Federal Housing Finance Agency warns about pace loans; warning communicated by FDIC

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 9 2010

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the agency that regulates Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and the Federal Home Loan Banks, has determined that certain energy retrofit lending programs present significant safety and soundness concerns that must be addressed by its regulatees

Green lendingan evolving industry

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 9 2009

Environmentally sensitive or "green" buildings have become a key component of many development projects in recent years, and the growing popularity of green buildings is driving an area of significant growth in commercial real estate finance