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Real Estate: Alert - November 4, 2009

The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (ILSA) is not a talisman that transforms a condo purchaser’s “buyer’s remorse” into a legally cognizable defense to a breach of contract claim, or so goes the clear implication of the Eleventh Circuit’s recent unanimous opinion, Stein v. Paradigm Mirasol, LLC. In broad context, the Court's decision is best understood as its attempt to inject some common sense into the two-year completion exemption. The ruling must be welcome news to condo developers because it is likely to dampen – at least temporarily – the recent proliferation of lawsuits from unhappy residential condo purchasers seeking to reverse or escape deals that have proven to be bad financial investments.

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Environment: Alert - November 6, 2009

Although California continues to lead the nation on developing regulations to address greenhouse gas emissions, especially with respect to land use planning decisions, two recent regulatory developments involving the Regional Targets Advisory Committee (RTAC) and California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) demonstrate the challenges of providing clear advice on how, as a practical matter, this should be done. This alert examines the RTAC and CNRA matters in detail, and explains how they are likely to further influence the manner in which climate change considerations are taken into account as part of the land use planning and environmental review process.

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Holland & Knight Partner William F. Hamilton Spoke at the 2009 Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies
 
June 10, 2009
 
William F. "Bill" Hamilton- Tampa

TAMPA, Fla.William F. Hamilton, Holland & Knight partner in the firm's Tampa office, recently spoke on the topic entitled "ESI Cast Management for Judges" at the 2009 Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies course in Fort Myers, Fla., on June 4.

The Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies is a program supported by the Supreme County for the State of Florida which is a series of workshops presented to Florida judges. Hamilton participated as a faculty member and discussed management of e-discovery in complex litigation.

Hamilton is Board Certified in Business Litigation and Intellectual Property by The Florida Bar. His work includes complex business litigation in the areas of contract, software, and technology disputes, intellectual property (copyright, trademark, patent and trade secrets law), e-commerce, data security, telecommunications, trade regulation and unfair trade practices, and commercial real estate. He currently serves as co-chair of Holland & Knight's national E-Discovery practice and teaches Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida's Levin College of Law. He is also a featured speaker and writer on business litigation, electronic discovery and evidence.

Contact: Aimee Steel, Holland & Knight LLP (202) 828-1895 or aimee.steel@hklaw.com

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