Opinion

Robosigning Woes Alive and Well In the Bay State?

A new case came down from the state’s appellate court yesterday (it can be found here, with a couple clicks, although that’s only a temporary resting place) that looks like it could have a couple interesting wrinkles for local foreclosure law. I’m in the middle of...

Would Zillow really gain anything by acquiring Move?

Sam DeBoard had an interesting piece the other day at Inman about Zillow and Move in the aftermath of two key Move execs jumping ship to their competitor (which I blogged about here). He speculates that maybe Zillow's next move should be to acquire Move outright,...

On the Move vs. Zillow Executive Exit Affair…

I have two questions: 1) When appointing a new head of industry relations leads to you getting sued by the trade association for that industry, does that count as a bad hire? 2) If a key executive departs for a competitor and you quickly promote someone internally to...

The Union Challenge

It’s funny how things work. Everyone is watching Boston Mayor Marty Walsh like a hawk to see if the longtime labor boss opens the coffers to the city’s powerful police and fire unions.

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