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Holland & Knight Expands Depth of Financial Services Practice Group on the West Coast With Addition of Two Public Finance Attorneys in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO – Holland & Knight has expanded the firm's Financial Services Practice Group on the West Coast with the recent additions of public finance lawyers Edsell M. "Chip" Eady, Jr. and Henry C. Har to the firm's San Francisco office. Eady and Har were previously in the San Francisco office of Nixon Peabody.

Business and Tax: Alert - August 27, 2008

In a significant, taxpayer-friendly pronouncement, the IRS ruled that a total return swap, the return of which is calculated by reference to a broadly based real estate index, does not give rise to a U.S. real property interest (USRPI) for purposes of Section 897. Rev. Rul. 2008-31 is noteworthy for non-U.S. persons investing synthetically in U.S. real estate related assets for at least two reasons which will be discussed, along with other issues, in this alert.

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Real Estate Services: Real Estate Broker Administrative Fees—Where Do They Fit?

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June 24, 2008

Jeffrey A. "Jeff" Arouh- New York

This article discusses the use of real estate administrative fees, and whether or not real estate brokers are permitted under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act to charge this fee if, as may be argued, the real estate broker is not performing services in exchange for the fee.

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