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Real Estate Boom & Marijuana Blooms – How Are They Connected?

Pillsbury.com – The real estate industry is booming in states where marijuana is blooming—that is, in states that have legalized the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana. Here is a quick overview. In November 2016, voters in California, Maine and Massachusetts, all approved the legalization of recreational marijuana use. On January 1, 2018, California’s law

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Did The Paradise Papers And Panama Papers Play A Role In The GOP Tax Plan?

Ifrah PLLC –  Congress is poised to deliver on tax reform this year. As part of the package, both houses are seeking to encourage the repatriation of trillions of dollars that corporations and wealthy individuals have been stockpiling offshore. For decades, corporations and wealthy individuals have been able to avoid taxes legally by transferring assets

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Legislation Proposes Sweeping New Foreign Investment Review Authorities

Skadden – On November 8, 2017, a bipartisan group of legislators led by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., alongside co-sponsors including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced parallel legislation in both the Senate and House of Representatives to update and strengthen the legal authorities of the Committee on Foreign

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Leveraging Blockchain For The Real Estate Industry

Dentons – Establishing a good title and guaranteeing speedy acquisition of real estate is of paramount importance to investors, funds, and real estate developers. For example, if salient information on prior encumbrances, easements and restrictive covenants is not easily obtainable, land ownership disputes may increase transaction risks significantly. Uncertainty in property ownership globally may also

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Some Great End-of-Year Questions For Clients

Wicker Park Group – We’ve written countless blog posts about the importance of talking with clients “off the clock” to seek feedback and gain a better understanding of their businesses, strategic goals, preferences, priorities and pressures. The attorneys doing this well have seen the simple effort make a dramatic difference in the strength of their

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What Does “Added Value” Mean To Law Firm Clients?

Wicker Group – Those readers familiar with Wicker Park Group are aware of our key theme in 2017: Adding Value. For those of you new to the concept, adding value is one of the most important qualities necessary to building long-term, trusting, meaningful client relationships. Clients routinely mention adding value as one of the key

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10 Rules For Being a Happy Lawyer

Sarah Goulbourne, co-founder of successful law firm GunnerCooke, has 10 rules for being a happy lawyer. Happy lawyers are; fun, charismatic, considered and trustworthy; are you? Many lawyers I have met say they are unhappy because of their career choice. They are overworked, under-appreciated and disillusioned with their profession. Unhappy lawyers have fallen out of

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Excel Dryer, Inc. Achieves Major Legal Victory

Excel Dryer, Inc. notched a complete victory at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in an action to prevent the importation of knockoffs of Excel’s revolutionary XLERATOR® hand dryer. Excel is a family owned and operated American company that developed and manufactures the American-made product—the XLERATOR® hand dryer—from its production facility near Springfield, Massachusetts. Excel

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