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September 10, 2026
Nearly 200 banks may receive some relief from annual regulatory exams under a new interagency rule published Thursday that amends the eligibility requirements for an 18-month on-site examination cycle, instead of 12 months.
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September 10, 2026
California lawmakers approved significant insurance bills in recent weeks, including legislation designed to establish standards for insurers handling smoke damage claims, increase claims handling transparency, and penalize insurers for untimely payments. Here, Law360 overviews six of the biggest insurance-related bills this session.
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September 10, 2026
The U.S. Trustee's Office has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to name a Chapter 11 trustee to oversee the insolvency proceeding of an organization that owns a mixed-use building in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood, saying the debtor has abandoned its case.
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September 10, 2026
Dechert LLP announced Thursday that it advised investment firm Pretium on its acquisition of Cascade Financial Services, a lender specializing in loans for manufactured home buyers.
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September 10, 2026
Citizens Bank is suing SoFi Bank in Connecticut federal court, alleging its rival poached Citizens Bank employees, stole its trade secrets and "decimated Citizens' mortgage business" in Connecticut.
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September 10, 2026
Greenberg Traurig LLP has expanded its real estate practice with the addition of an eminent domain-focused shareholder in the firm's New York City and Long Island offices from Duane Morris LLP, according to the firm.
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September 10, 2026
A group of 16 states and the District of Columbia have agreed to drop their California federal court lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of wrongfully seeking to cut off funding for fair housing enforcement targeting discrimination based on characteristics such as sexual orientation.
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September 10, 2026
Holland & Knight LLP said it advised luxury real estate brokerage ONE Sotheby's International Realty on its acquisition by Sotheby's International Realty, which will make it a company-owned brokerage.
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September 10, 2026
The former executive director of a Connecticut public housing authority cannot challenge a judge's revocation of his Blank Rome LLP lawyer's case-specific appearance in a $16.2 million loan dispute, a state appeals court has ruled, finding a trial court decision sidelining the attorney was not a final judgment.
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September 10, 2026
The IRS has been adversarial toward taxpayers using what is known as the income approach to value conservation easements, but the method's legitimacy was significantly reinforced by the U.S. Tax Court in a recent decision that endorsed the use of the method to value a Los Angeles-area donated property.
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September 10, 2026
A Rhode Island federal court correctly entered a $3.3 million tax judgment against the first "Survivor" winner, the government told the First Circuit, saying the former contestant failed to refute the tax assessments and had agreed to a U.S. Tax Court decision that determined his liability and penalties.
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September 10, 2026
The Fifth Circuit found a Texas real estate broker failed to show enough evidence in a third amended complaint to bring antitrust claims challenging rules from the National Association of Realtors that mandate trade group membership to gain access to home listings.
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September 09, 2026
Miami-based developer and builder Pinnacle said it plans to start work on a two-phase, mixed-use affordable senior housing development in South Florida after securing $40.2 million in financing.
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September 09, 2026
A California federal judge declined on Wednesday to certify a proposed class of Wells Fargo customers alleging it wrongly charged certain mortgage fees due to closing delays, ruling that liability cannot be determined without an individual file-by-file analysis to see whether the borrower or the bank was responsible for the delays.
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September 09, 2026
Two men on Wednesday pled guilty to bribing former New York City Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich just weeks before the longtime city official is slated to stand trial in New York state court.
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September 09, 2026
A pair of insurers under the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Munich Re umbrellas wrongly refused to cover over $5.3 million in damage to a motel that a real estate company purchased to convert into affordable housing, according to a complaint removed to Washington federal court.
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September 09, 2026
Shareholders at a residential cooperative on New York City's Billionaire's Row scored a victory last week when the Appellate Division vacated an arbitration award that would have seen the ground-lease rent increase nearly sixfold to $24.6 million. Gayle Pollack, a partner at Morrison Cohen LLP who led the team representing the tenants, spoke to Law360 about her work on the case.
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September 09, 2026
Tenants alleged Wednesday in a New York state court lawsuit that Housing Rights Initiative, a housing watchdog group, found that a landlord collected more than $35 million through wrongful rent increases imposed on a stabilized complex, despite receiving $107 million in tax credits since 2019 to maintain tenant protections at the property.
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September 09, 2026
Real estate brokerage Redfin in a Wednesday report said new listings of U.S. homes for sale reached their highest level in four years, giving buyers more bargaining power even as stubbornly high housing costs continued to stunt homebuying demand.
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September 09, 2026
Wells Fargo continued to reduce its construction debt on the books in the second quarter, trimming that figure by another $1 billion, while JPMorgan saw a smaller reduction of about $200 million in construction loans on its books during the period.
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September 09, 2026
A federal magistrate judge has ended a dispute between two California tribes over the management of an Indigenous coastal village site, determining that the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria is an indispensable party in the litigation that is protected by sovereign immunity.
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September 09, 2026
Private investment firm Starwood Capital Group and real estate company Trinitas Ventures have teamed up to create a joint venture that will build housing for students attending the University of Pittsburgh, University of Oklahoma and University of Wisconsin–Madison, Starwood announced Wednesday.
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September 09, 2026
Ohio would limit interest and depreciation tax deductions for institutional investors who own single-family or two-family properties under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.
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September 09, 2026
Independence Realty Trust Inc. and Centerspace said Wednesday they have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal that would value the combined entity at about $8.1 billion, including debt, with Troutman Pepper Locke LLP and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz advising.
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September 08, 2026
Freddie Mac is urging the Sixth Circuit to reconsider its recent revival of a shareholder lawsuit dating to the 2008 financial crisis, arguing an appellate panel "usurped" the lower court's authority by allowing investors to argue for class certification a third time.