Expert Analysis

Annual Report Shows CFIUS Extending Its Reach In 2024

The recently released 2024 annual report from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States reveals rec... (more story)

Navigating The New Playbook For SBA 504 Loans

As the U.S. Small Business Administration 504 loan program’s relevance grows amid climbing foreclosure activity, r... (more story)

4 Questions For Insureds To Overcome Flood Exclusions

In a year of record flash flooding in the U.S., affected policyholders, who may assume that their policy's flood e... (more story)

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CoStar Says Copyright Claims Against CREXi Can't Wait

CoStar Group Inc. told a California federal court that Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc. is continuing to use its copyrighted images and urged the court not to put its infringement claims on hold for the ri... (more story)

Attys Navigate Tangle Of Transit-Oriented Zoning In Miami

The Miami City Commission's recent approval of a new category of transit-oriented zoning has added another layer to a rapidly changing, increasingly complex web of regulations and incentives that real estate a... (more story)

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MoFo-Led Industrial REIT Receives $1B PE Takeover Offer

Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc., advised by Morrison Foerster LLP, said Tuesday it is reviewing a roughly $1 billion takeover offer from Sixth Street Partners, a private equity firm that has invested in the real... (more story)

CUNY Signs $40M Deal To Buy Manhattan College Campus

New York City public university system the City University of New York has agreed to pay $40 million for the Downtown Manhattan campus of the private Metropolitan College of New York, according to an official ... (more story)

Faegre Drinker Says Investor Can't Call Biz Loss Malpractice

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP told a New Jersey state court this week that a malpractice suit it faces from a real estate investor is nothing more than an attempt by the investor to shift responsibility fo... (more story)

Jones Day Continues Real Estate Growth With McDermott Atty

Jones Day announced the latest addition to its real estate practice on Wednesday, welcoming a New York-based attorney from McDermott Will & Schulte LLP.

Jailed Pastor Cites Adams Dismissal In Bid To Beat Charges

A clergyman serving a nine-year sentence for fraud cited his ties to New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday in a bid to have his conviction overturned in the wake of the Trump administration's dismissal o... (more story)

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Widow Wasn't Forced Into Sewage Settlement, 4th Circ. Told

The city of Charlotte, North Carolina, told the Fourth Circuit it did not pressure a widow to settle her property damage claims stemming from a sewage backup in her home, saying she was represented by a lawyer... (more story)

Howard & Howard Hires Condo Law Pro

Howard & Howard has announced the firm added a real estate transactional and litigation expert, who is joining its Chicago office from a two-partner practice.

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Contractors Looking To AI To Navigate Construction Tariffs

Construction contractors are increasingly leveraging the power of artifical intelligence and technology to navigate the headwinds and uncertainty that have come with President Donald Trump's trade war, a techn... (more story)

NJ Panel Backs Co.'s Single-Family Subdivision Project

A New Jersey appellate court on Wednesday backed a lower court order that vacated a township planning board's rejection of an application for a subdivision project with nine single-family lots.

Atty Eyes Chilling Effect From Texas Foreign Ownership Law

In the latest effort by states to deter foreign control of real estate, Texas has introduced a sweeping prohibition, effective Sept. 1, against certain countries owning real property in the state. Polsinelli s... (more story)

Expedia Says 11th Circ. Ruling Dooms Helms-Burton Verdict

Expedia, Orbitz and Hotels.com tried to undo a $29.85 million verdict over Helms-Burton Act violations Tuesday, telling a Florida federal judge the plaintiff, who claims his family owned a Cuban barrier island... (more story)

Expert Sees No 'Ugly House' Mixup In Warner Bros. IP Case

During the second day of trial in Delaware federal court, a trademark litigation survey expert testified she found no public confusion with respect to Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.'s "Ugliest House in America" s... (more story)