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April 18, 2018
CEO Leveraging Under Armour For Personal Gain, Suit Says
Under Armour Inc.’s CEO Kevin Plank and two of its directors were hit with a shareholder derivative suit in Maryland federal court claiming Plank stands to make a big payday using the sports apparel company as the anchor for a multibillion-dollar Baltimore development project his real estate firm is spearheading.
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April 18, 2018
Bon-Ton's Ch. 11 Liquidation Sale Approved By Del. Court
Bankrupt retailer Bon-Ton Stores Inc. received court approval Wednesday in Delaware for a transaction that will see all of its 256 store locations liquidated in the coming months after failing to receive a going-concern offer that satisfied the court.
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April 18, 2018
Monument Expansion Overrides Timber Reserves, Group Says
A foresters' group has told a Washington, D.C., federal judge that President Barack Obama's proclamation expanding an Oregon national monument was invalid because it included land that had been set aside for permanent forest production in perpetuity by a Depression-era act of Congress.
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April 18, 2018
Privilege Can't Halt Depos In Timeshare Co.'s Contract Suit
A Tennessee federal magistrate judge ordered that witness depositions can move forward in a timeshare company's suit alleging Castle Law Group interferes with its contracts, ruling attorney-client privilege can't stop three former employees of the law firm from being deposed.
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April 18, 2018
Girardi Can’t Use Atty-Client Relationship To Nix Class Claims
A California judge on Wednesday denied Girardi Keese’s bid to strike class claims from a suit seeking an accounting of $120 million in settlements from an oil contamination case, ruling the firm’s attorney-client relationship with the proposed class isn’t grounds for ruling out the possibility of certification.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Real estate deals valued at $50MM or more
- Real estate financing and securitization
- Formation of real estate investment trusts
- Major construction projects
- Commercial leasing deals
- Asset sales in bankruptcies
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- Green Building Council
- State and municipal real estate and development regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Development and permitting rules
- Tax issues related to real estate
- Real estate lobbying
- LITIGATION
- Suits between buyers and sellers
- Suits between developers and contractors
- Breach of contract disputes
- Zoning, environmental, and land-use suits
- Real estate financing disputes
- Disputes over securitized real estate assets, including mortgage-backed securities
- Class actions and multiparty litigation over evictions and foreclosures
- Insurance coverage suits over real property
- Real estate bankruptcy proceedings
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of real estate practices
Readership
- Real estate lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the real estate industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals