Residential
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October 17, 2025
Feds Say Housing Activist Used Homeless For Medicaid Fraud
Federal prosecutors in North Carolina have accused a Charlotte housing advocate of using the Medicaid beneficiary numbers of unhoused individuals to orchestrate a multimillion-dollar fraud on the government, court records show.
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October 17, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Latham, Kirkland, Wachtell
In this week's Taxation With Representation, the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership, MGX, and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners acquire Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management and co-investors; Rayonier Inc. and PotlatchDeltic Corp. merge to create a timber and wood products giant; and a Lone Star Funds affiliate acquires industrial processing equipment provider Hillenbrand Inc.
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October 16, 2025
Why Ethics Complaints Against Halligan Face 'Very High Bar'
Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan for the Eastern District of Virginia could face bar disciplinary action or court sanctions if the prosecutions she's pursuing at President Donald Trump's behest are found to be politically motivated or baseless, although proving ethics allegations will be an uphill battle, experts say.
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October 16, 2025
Ex-Va. Federal Prosecutor Joins NY AG James' Defense Team
The former deputy criminal chief for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Norfolk, Virginia, Thursday joined the team defending New York Attorney General Letitia James in the government's case accusing her of mortgage-related fraud, filed after the president encouraged prosecutors to take action against his "guilty as hell" political opponents.
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October 16, 2025
LA Developers Charged In Homeless Housing Fund Fraud
A pair of real estate developers have been charged in separate fraud cases alleging that they misused millions of dollars meant to build and operate affordable housing for people experiencing homelessness, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Central District of California announced Thursday.
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October 16, 2025
Insurers Settle Bid To Arbitrate $7M La. Hurricane Ida Case
A group of domestic and foreign insurers including underwriters at Lloyd's of London have asked a Louisiana federal judge to dismiss their lawsuit seeking an order to arbitrate a $7 million Hurricane Ida damage claim, saying they have settled the dispute.
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October 16, 2025
Latham Guides $1.8B Deal For Spanish Senior Home Operator
The real estate arm of StepStone Group Inc. and European real estate investment firm Greykite have announced a €1.5 billion ($1.8 billion) deal to acquire and recapitalize Vitalia, Spain's second largest owner-operator of senior care homes.
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October 16, 2025
Mass. Board Upholds Tax Value Of Boston Home
A Boston property owner failed to prove that the city overassessed her four-bedroom, 2,900-square-foot home, the state's Appellate Tax Board said, finding the city's assessment of $724,000 for the 2022 tax year was reasonable.
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October 16, 2025
Justices Urged To Hear Mich. Tax Foreclosure Case
A property owner has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on her case alleging a Michigan county improperly kept the excess proceeds of her tax-foreclosed home sale, arguing the justices should settle a conflict among circuits and calling the state's process to claim such proceeds too restrictive.
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October 16, 2025
Mich. Tribunal Denies Religious Tax Break For Rental Property
A Michigan town correctly revoked a religious tax exemption for a property rented out through short-term rental platforms, the state Tax Tribunal ruled, adding that there was no evidence that Christian activities held on the property reflected the property owner's faith.
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October 16, 2025
Parker Poe Adds Onetime Stites & Harbison Office Leader
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP has brought on the former leader of Stites & Harbison PLLC's Atlanta office to its own office in the city, bolstering its real estate and finance services with an attorney who brings four decades of legal experience.
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October 16, 2025
Justices Asked To Rethink Gellert Seitz Malpractice Ruling
Lawyers for a homebuilder are asking Delaware's Supreme Court to reconsider its decision affirming the dismissal of a legal malpractice suit against Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown LLC over damages the builder said it suffered due to the firm's negligence handling loan-restructuring disputes, arguing that key issues have been left unresolved.
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October 16, 2025
NY Enacts Property Tax Breaks For Some Developments
New York will create a property tax exemption for some residential property transferred to low-income households and expand a property tax exemption for redeveloped family homes under bills signed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday.
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October 16, 2025
Mass. Board Reduces Condo Value For Its Street Proximity
A Massachusetts condominium unit with a desirable view was overvalued by a local assessor, a state panel said, agreeing with the owner that its location close to a street was a detriment to its value.
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October 16, 2025
Mass. Tax Board Reduces Condo's Fair Cash Value
A Massachusetts condominium's value should be lowered because the trust that owns the property proved that the property was less updated and smaller compared with similar properties, the state tax board ruled.
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October 15, 2025
How Brownfield Legislation Can Spur More Housing In Calif.
The extension of a key legal tool in California for easing development on contaminated sites can relieve the state's housing shortage, though more work can be done to improve the legislation and make it work better with other environmental regulations, according to a partner at Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP.
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October 15, 2025
Pantzer Closes Real Estate Fund At Over $1B
Institutional fund manager Pantzer Properties said it has raised more than $1 billion for a real estate fund that aims to acquire and oversee "institutional-quality" U.S. multifamily properties located on the country's East Coast.
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October 15, 2025
Ga. Justices Stand By Holding That Runoff Fees Aren't Taxes
The Supreme Court of Georgia has for the second time ruled that a landowner can't use a constitutional challenge to get out of paying stormwater utility bills to its local government, declining Wednesday to overturn a decade-plus precedent that ruled the county was enforcing a fee rather than a tax.
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October 15, 2025
AGs Concerned About Landlord Settlements In RealPage Case
Attorneys general of the District of Columbia and three states told a Tennessee federal court Wednesday that they have concerns about a combined $141.8 million worth of class settlements for antitrust claims against several multifamily landlords that allegedly used property management software company RealPage Inc.'s technology for rent price-fixing.
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October 15, 2025
Crescent Heights Nets $238M Refi For Miami Apartment Tower
Real estate firm Crescent Heights obtained a $238 million loan to refinance a luxury residential building in Miami's Edgewater neighborhood, the parties announced Wednesday.
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October 15, 2025
NY Wins Suit Over Rent Hikes At Manufactured Homes Park
A state court judge sided with New York in its suit accusing the owners of a 324-lot manufactured homes park of illegally raising rents and violating state and local sanitary regulations by failing to maintain the property's water and septic systems.
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October 15, 2025
Loan Originator Gets 1½ Years For $10M Mortgage Fraud
An Illinois federal judge sentenced a loan originator to 1½ years in prison Wednesday for his role in a lengthy and complex mortgage fraud scheme that involved conning elderly victims out of an estimated $10 million in home equity.
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October 15, 2025
Southeast US Infrastructure Firm Files $100M IPO Plans
North Carolina-based infrastructure company Cardinal Infrastructure Group has filed plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering, a move that comes as a handful of companies continue to submit IPO plans despite the ongoing government shutdown slowing SEC operations.
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October 15, 2025
Tarter Krinsky Real Estate Chair Sees Office Market 'Normalcy'
Despite lingering economic questions, the office market is starting to reach a state of "normalcy," Tarter Krinsky's real estate leader told Law360 in a recent interview.
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October 15, 2025
More Than 20 Firms Guide 2025's Top Hospitality Deals
Sidley, Fried Frank and Morris Nichols are among more than 20 law firms that have guided the 10-figure hospitality mergers and acquisitions announced through the first three quarters of 2025.

Real Estate Continues To Hold Interest Of Family Offices
Private funding has become a more important part of real estate's financing puzzle as the industry has navigated a couple of rocky years. As high-net-worth investors gathered at a conference with experts in finance and real estate last week, they offered plenty of signs the fit will remain strong.

Simpson Thacher Atty On Making New REIT Blueprints
The real estate investment landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, as alternative asset managers — and their counsel — have pioneered ways to tap into new sources of capital. Simpson Thacher partner Benjamin Wells spoke to Law360 about the changes he's seen, how to navigate regulatory shifts, and how real estate investment trusts may continue to reinvent themselves.

States Accuse Zillow, Redfin Of Deal To End Competition
A coalition of states followed their federal counterparts with an antitrust lawsuit in Virginia federal court Wednesday accusing Zillow of paying Redfin more than $100 million to stop competing for the sale of rental housing advertisements on their listing services.
Expert Analysis
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Md. Ruling Spotlights Source-Of-Income Discrimination
In Hare v. David S. Brown Enterprises, the Maryland Supreme Court recently ruled that landlords cannot impose income requirements that disqualify tenants relying on housing vouchers, raising questions about applying the disparate impact doctrine in source-of-income discrimination cases, says Yvette Pappoe at the University of the District of Columbia.
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Colo. Law Brings Some Equilibrium To Condo Defect Reform
Colorado's American Dream Act, effective next year, does not eliminate litigation risk for developers entirely, but it does introduce a process, some predictability and a more holistic means for parties to resolve condominium construction defect claims, and may improve the state's housing shortage, says Bob Burton at Winstead.
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A Primer For Lenders On NY's New Mortgage Disclosure Regs
A recent New York regulation requiring licensed lenders and mortgage bankers to distribute a significant new disclosure pamphlet, essentially a borrower bill of rights, to applicants serves as a reminder to the industry to follow existing best practices, says Scott Samlin at Blank Rome.
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Trump Tax Law Has Mixed Impacts On Commercial Real Estate
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act brings sweeping changes to the real estate industry — and while the permanency of opportunity zones and bonus depreciation creates predictability for some taxpayers, sunsetting incentives for renewable energy projects will leave others with hard choices, says Jordan Metzger at Cole Schotz.
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DOJ Settlement Offers Guide To Avoiding Key Antitrust Risks
The U.S. Justice Department's settlement with Greystar Management shows why parties looking to acquire companies that use pricing recommendation software should carefully examine whether the software algorithm and how it is used in the market create antitrust dangers, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Contractor Considerations As Construction Costs Rebound
The U.S. construction industry is navigating rising costs driven by energy and trade policy, which should prompt contractors to review contract structuring, supply chain management and market diversification, among other factors, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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NC Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3
There were several impactful changes to the financial services landscape in North Carolina in the third quarter of the year, including statutory updates, enforcement developments from Office of the Commissioner of Banks, and notable mergers, acquisitions and branch expansions, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.
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Looking Beyond Property Damages For Wildfire Survivors
Personal injury attorneys seeking compensation for victims of wildfires like those in Los Angeles County must carefully apply a multidisciplinary approach that looks beyond obvious property loss to the full spectrum of damages, considering factors like emotional distress, disruption of community and the psychological toll of displacement, says Farid Yaghoubtil at Downtown L.A. Law Group.
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Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3
The third quarter of 2025 brought legislative changes to state money transmission certification requirements and securities law obligations, as well as high-profile accounting and anti-money laundering compliance enforcement actions by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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A Mortgage Lender's Guide To State Licensing Overhaul
Recent changes to the Conference of State Bank Supervisors' Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System require careful attention and planning from mortgage lenders, including tweaks to remote work designations and individual disclosure questions, says Allison Schilz at Mitchell Sandler.
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Montana Federal Ruling Takes Broad View Of 'Related Claims'
A Montana federal court recently took a broad view of related claims, ruling that claims brought by different plaintiffs in different states alleging different legal theories were nevertheless under a directors and officers insurance policy, illustrating the range of interpretations courts may give these clauses, say attorneys at Hunton.
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Expect DOJ To Repeat 4 Themes From 2024's FCPA Trials
As two upcoming Foreign Corrupt Practice Act trials approach, defense counsel should anticipate the U.S. Department of Justice to revive several of the same themes prosecutors leaned on in trials last year to motivate jurors to convict, and build counternarratives to neutralize these arguments, says James Koukios at MoFo.
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As Student Loan Outlook Dims, What Happens To The Banks?
While much of the news around the student loan crisis focuses on the direct impact on young Americans' decreasing credit scores, the fate of the banks themselves — and the effect on banking policy — has been largely left out of the narrative, says Madeline Thieschafer at Fredrikson & Byron.