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• December 05, 2025

  Real Estate Recap: Energy-Dependent Deals

  Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including how energy scarcity is affecting data center deals.

• December 05, 2025

  7th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Tenant's Palestinian Flag Bias Suit

  The Seventh Circuit has backed the dismissal of a Palestinian American's Fair Housing Act lawsuit that accused an apartment building's owner and operator of wrongfully evicting her after she refused to remove a Palestinian flag outside her apartment window.

• December 05, 2025

  9th Circ. Won't Unfreeze Trump Cuts To Student Mental Health

  The Ninth Circuit rejected the Trump administration's effort to undo a lower court's pause on federal funding reductions to K-12 mental health services, siding with a coalition of 16 states seeking to preserve programs established in the wake of high-profile school shootings.

• December 05, 2025

  7th Circ. Backs Distribution Of $2.5M In Fraud Funds

  The Seventh Circuit on Thursday rejected a real estate banking business's argument it should have been prioritized over other investors for proceeds from the liquidation of assets related to an alleged $135 million Ponzi scheme, and affirmed a lower court's finding it would have learned of those other investors' interests on two Chicago properties with a more diligent inquiry.

• December 05, 2025

  Manufactured Housing Cos. Ditch Price-Fixing Claims

  An Illinois federal judge has tossed a proposed price-fixing class action against multiple manufactured housing companies and a data company, ruling the proposed class failed to show the businesses conspired to jack up rent prices.

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