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• March 20, 2026

  SEC's $1B Broad Street Fraud Case Stays In Fla.

  A private equity firm the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused of defrauding investors in a $1 billion fund will have to face the lawsuit in Florida, after a federal judge there refused Friday to toss the case or move it to South Carolina, where the firm is based.

• March 20, 2026

  Real Estate Recap: Rate Hold, Data Center Regs, Housing EOs

  Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including reactions to the latest interest rates news from the Fed, states tamping down on data center development and executive orders on the affordable housing front.

• March 20, 2026

  Texas Judge Tosses FinCEN Rule On All-Cash Home Sales

  A Texas federal judge has found that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network can't maintain its directive regarding reporting of all-cash residential real estate transactions, after the agency failed to show how the deals should broadly warrant suspicion.

• March 20, 2026

  The Quest For A 'Sound Basic Education' In North Carolina

  Robb Leandro was the original named plaintiff in one of the longest-running lawsuits in Tar Heel State history, centered on the state's constitutional obligation to provide children with a "sound basic education." Over three decades, a series of eponymous North Carolina Supreme Court opinions have steered the state toward what could be a multibillion-dollar remedy to improve public education. He's now waiting alongside millions of residents for the state's justices to release what could be a far-reaching opinion, more than two years after hearing oral argument.

• March 20, 2026

  Builders Can Proceed As Class In Fee Suit, NC Justices Say

  Homebuilders challenging the City of Raleigh's capital facilities fee ordinances can proceed within a certified class action after North Carolina's highest court ruled Friday that state statute requires unlawful fees be returned to the payor regardless of who ultimately shouldered the cost.

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