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Real Estate - February, 2012

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• Baker & McKenzie's San Diego Office Expected To Close
• Boston Properties To Drop $615M On BofA Tower
• Calif. Court Won't Impose Duty On Insurance Brokers
• Engineer, Architect Want Manhattan Condo Defects Suit Axed
• Michael Jordan Offers Chicago-Area Mansion For $29M
• Calif. Legislators Unveil Homeowner Protection Bills
• Contractors Ask 2nd Circ. To Reopen $5B NYC Projects Suit
• Fannie Says It Made The Call To Stop Buying BofA Loans
• Q&A With Lewis And Roca's Linda Mitchell
• HomeGold Exec's 5-Year Fraud Sentence Will Stand
• Brazilian Real Estate Co. Vetoes Zell Fund-Led Asset Bid
• Case Study: Triple R Development V. Golfview Apartments
• King & Spalding Hire Bolsters Frankfurt Tax Team
• 49ers One Step Closer To Building New $1B Stadium
• JPMorgan Says SEC Weighing Suit Over MBS Dealings
• House Passes Bill To Nix High Court Eminent Domain Ruling
• Insurers Can't Replead Case Over $2B In MBS: Judge
• NY Fed Picks Up Downtown Manhattan High-Rise For $208M
• $45M Appraisal Suit Against CBRE Downsized
• Ski Town Developer Tries To Ice Part Of $195M Guarantee
• Wells Fargo Reveals Litigation Risks Of $25B Mortgage Deal
• SEC Has Eye On Wells Fargo Over MBS Disclosures
• Whole Foods Can Build Store On Brooklyn Superfund Site
• Canadian Capital Kicks Off Short-Term Mortgage PE Fund
• Mo. Hilton Condo Hotel Sales Weren't Securities: Judge
• Developers Prep Chicago Retail Park Projects
• NY Lawyer Jailed In $82M Hamptons Mortgage Fraud
• DLA Piper Sued Over Alleged Lennar Conflict Of Interest
• NYC Building Owner Tries To Recover $10M In Free Rent
• US Will Finalize $25B Mortgage Deal Soon, HUD Chief Says
• Investor Group's Win Upheld In $1B Las Vegas Project Fight
• FHFA Chief Backs Fannie, Freddie On Principal Reductions
• Hotel Cos. Give Up Atlanta Days Inn Over $35M Default
• Developer Has No Standing In $100M Investment Suit: UBS
• Real Estate Investment Patent Too Abstract: Fed. Circ.
• Trump Picks Up Miami Doral Resort For $150M
• Foreclosures Can Survive Flawed Notice: NJ High Court
• Deal For $387M Arena Will Keep Kings In Sacramento
• Calif. Fund Seeks $100M From Wachovia Over RMBS Deal
• Investors Ask 2nd Circ. For Class Cert. In $7B MBS Cases
• With Insider Trading On Upswing, FBI Turns To Gordon Gekko
• FHFA Puts First Foreclosure-To-Rental Homes Up For Sale
• Fed Reveals Banks' Plans To Fix Foreclosure Practices
• Calif. AG Urges Delay of Fannie, Freddie Foreclosures
• Tishman Takes Nominal Loss On $186M Seattle Tower
• Fulbright Grows Minn. Practice With DLA, Briggs Attys
• Web Startups Fuel NY's Midtown South Real Estate Boom
• Vengeful PE Firm Wrecked Lightstone Deal: Contractor
• San Diego Convention Center Expansion Tax Illegal: Suit
• BofA Discriminates Against Disabled Homebuyers: HUD
• Countrywide Inflated Home Values: Whistleblower Suit
• Flagstar To Pay Up To $133M For Approving Bad Loans
• Ritz-Carlton Developer Sued Over Deceptive Condo Sales
• AIG Buys Back $2B Of Maiden Lane Mortgage Assets
• Foreclosure Auction Bid-Rigging Probe Nets 10th Plea
• Firms Expand In Calif. As They Forecast Real Estate Growth
• Landowners Have Rights To Groundwater: Texas High Court
• BofA Halts Some Mortgage Loan Sales To Fannie Mae
• Citigroup Confirms DOJ Subpoena Seeking MBS Info
• Hunton & Williams Snags DLA Piper Real Estate Partner
• HSH Nordbank Targets Barclays Over $123M In RMBS
• NYU's Massive Expansion Plan Rejected By Community Board
• Torre Benches Dodgers Bid As McCourt Clings To Parking
• Pros And Cons Of New REO Investment
• Citigroup Sells Stake In Indian Mortgage Co. For $2B
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Mike Boulden
• Curtailing The Ohio EPA's Cost-Recovery Authority
• Judge Tosses $20M Malpractice Suit Against Paul Hastings
• Wells Fargo Sues Babcock & Brown Over $198M Loan Default
• Bankrupt MSR Wins More Time As Hilton Battle Drags On
• Broker Can't Get Piece Of $1.1B Helmsley Building Sale
• Solyndra Headquarters Could Land Foreign Buyer: Broker
• Class Certified In Wells Fargo Insurance Kickback Suit
• Sears Sells 11 Stores To General Growth For $270M
• Solow Ordered To Pay Citibank $100M Over Project Loan
• Q&A With Jeffer Mangels' Seth Weissman
• Clock Runs Out For Brookstreet CEO In SEC Fraud Suit
• The Pitfalls Of Paperless Discovery
• Judge Greenlights Real Estate Finance Co.'s Ch. 11 Plan
• Hartz Mountain, Roseland Team Up On $450M Housing Complex
• Peterson Buys Stake In Stalled $320M Md. Center
• Bill Would Spur Lenders To Speed Up Short Sales
• Watchdog Chides FHFA Over $100M Fannie Legal Fees
• Chubb Doesn't Owe Starwood $10M In Defense Costs: Atty
• Sealink Hits BofA, Citi, Others With $949M RMBS Claims
• Gibson Dunn Bags Schulte Roth Real Estate Atty For NY Office
• NY Loft Developers Face Claims Of Mezz Loan Default
• Q&A With Kleinberg Kaplan's Ross Yustein
• In Calif., Not All Appellate Costs Are Created Equal
• German Bank Takes RBS To Court Over $71M In RMBS
• GE Trust Puts 2 Chicago Office Towers Up For Sale
• Office REIT Seeks Unpaid Rent From LA Law Firm
• Suit Says Broker DLA Duped Elderly In $300M REIT Sales
• 8th Circ. Revives Best Buy Suit Over DDR Mall Leases
• Borrowers, Quicken Spar Over RESPA Reach In High Court
• LA County OKs Permits For Santa Clarita Development
• BlackRock Considers Sale Of $504M Aussie Property Trust
• Morgan Keegan To Pay Sports Agent In Bond Investment Case
• FHFA Lays Out Plan To Cut Down Fannie, Freddie
• Nelson Mullins Reels in DLA Piper Real Estate Partner
• Receiver Appointed In NY Office Building Foreclosure Suit
• JPMorgan Says Syncora Can't Bring $404M MBS Claims
• NY Stays On The Hook For $100M In Eminent Domain Row
• MGM Couples With Suning To Build Shanghai Bellagio
• Crane Collapse, Not Bum Advice, Doomed NYC Tower: Atty
• Grubb & Ellis Pursues Sale To BGC Through Ch. 11
• Q&A With Cadwalader's Bill McInerney
• 5 Tips For Distressed CRE Borrowers
• WP Carey Will Convert To REIT Following Merger
• Zell's Equity Raises Archstone Bid To $1.5B
• 4 Found Guilty In Ex-Cowboy's $20.5M Mortgage Fraud
• Grand Canyon Developer Accuses Tribe Of Skyway Takeover
• NYCLU Blasts Zuccotti Park Owner For Occupy Expulsion
• Vornado Reworks Debt On Crowne Plaza Hotel
• LandAmerica, Lloyd's $38M E&O Deal Isn't Fair: Insurers
• Beacon Defaults On $678M Loans Backed By London Building
• MSR Truce With Marriott Removes Ch. 11 Roadblock
• Review: Recent Securities Litigation, Rising Trends
• Law School, Meet Litigation PR ...
• Q&A With Munsch Hardt's Rick Kopf
• NY Appeals Court Wipes Out Ski Resort Contract Battle
• Century Urges 2nd Circ. To Dial Down Olin Coverage
• Resort Founder Sues Cushman, Credit Suisse For $2B
• Struggling Developer Can't Stop Manhattan Foreclosures
• NY Court Puts Sale Of $150M Casino Debt On Hold
• BofA Wants To Shield CEO From Depositions In MBIA Suit
• NYC Building's $80M Glass Facade Broke Lease: Landlord
• Amazon Buys 3 City Blocks In Seattle For Tower Complex
• Suit Over Broker Fee For 64-Story Pittsburgh Tower Still In Play
• Broker Seeks $23M From Yucaipa's Soho House Buy
• Chinese Property — Bubble Trouble?
• NY Public Library Starts Next Phase Of $1B Revamp
• Related Breaks Ground On $350M Santa Monica Residence
• Swire To Build $1B Mixed-Use Hub In Miami
• Carlyle, Extell Appeal Order For $16M In Condo Refunds
• Ex-Real Estate Exec Cops To $18M Ponzi Scheme
• Arbitrator Ignored Key Data In $57M Building Appraisal: Judge
• Q&A With Kirton & McConkie's William Meaders
• San Francisco Foreclosure Probe Shows Sweeping Law Violations
• Fontainebleau Counterclaims Stay Put In Lehman Case
• 9th Circ. Throws Out Calif. BofA Foreclosure Action
• Insurer Sues JPMorgan Over $52M In MBS Losses
• Some RE Investors Leave NY For Higher Risk, Reward
• Deutsche Bank Understated Risk Of $512M In RMBS: Suit
• Implications Of Magner On The Loose
• Tishman Takes Loss On $126M Civic Opera Deal
• BofA Refinancing Notices Lack Credit Score Info: Suit
• Foxwoods Casino Will Add 85-Store Luxury Outlet Mall
• Westfield, Canadian Pension Fund Form $5B Mall Venture
• MF Global's Fall Costs CME Up To $100M On Building Sale
• Citi Closes Door On DOJ's Reckless-Mortgage Suit For $158M
• St. Joe Shareholders Lose Bid To Revive Class Action
• Tucker Ellis Taps Business Ace To Lead Team
• Santa Clara Gives Thumbs-Up To 49ers' New $1B Stadium
• Q&A With Robins Kaplan's Richard Schloss
• Feds Extend Foreclosure Review Deadline By 90 Days
• Evidence Over Wells Fargo Execs' Probe Delay Stands
• HUD Withdraws Farm Credit Mortgage Insurance Plan
• Amazon To Establish 2nd Del. Hub For $90M
• FreshDirect Wins $90M Aid Package To Build Bronx Base
• Atlantic Yards Doesn't Need New Enviro Study: Attys
• SEC Wins Suit Over $6M Watermark Ponzi Scheme
• Top NY Judge Eyes City Foreclosure Section, Paperless Courts
• Crowell Loses 6 Partners To Thompson, Weil Amid Scandal
• Buchanan Nabs Thorp Reed Duo For Financial Services Group
• Q&A With Ballard Spahr's Bart Mellits
• BofA Mortgage Litigation Pro Decamps For Reed Smith
• The Wide-Ranging Applications Of Calif. Anti-SLAPP Law
• Investors Say Hotel Group Lied In Air Rights Deals
• Countrywide Tries To Knock Down Insurers' MBS Claims
• TMST Ch. 11 Trustee Inks $6.5M Deal With Ex-Execs
• Steiner Family To Build 50-Story Rental Hub In Brooklyn
• Ropes & Gray Snags Fund Partner From White & Case
• NY Landlord Says DSW Must Pick Up Filene's Lease
• Panel Won't Combine Dallas County MERS Case With MDL
• White House Sets Out $45B For HUD In 2013
• Special Servicer Takes Over $182M Hancock Center Loan
• Defunct Bank's Officers Kick Investor Suit Over Bad Loans
• Borrowers Go After CWCapital In Mortgage Contract Suit
• Sherman Oaks Dwellers Want Luxury Development Downsized
• Wynn's Macau University Donation Draws SEC Scrutiny
• Ex-Deputy Associate AG Returns To Alston Real Estate Team
• Q&A With Hodgson Russ' Sujata Yalamanchili
• Empire State Building Owners Plan $1B IPO, New REIT
• Case Study: Chapman Law Firm V. US
• Has LaSalle Delayed Economic Recovery?
• Perkins Coie Adds Two Business Lawyers In Boise
• Lyon Homes Gets Nod On Ch. 11 Plan To Cut Debt By 36%
• St. Paul Drops Fair Housing Appeal Before High Court Review
• DLA Piper Lands Top Spot In Real Estate Ranking
• Ability To Close Affects Standing In Real Estate Suit: NY Court
• Law Firms To Blame In Part For NY Leasing Pullback: Brokers
• Law360 Ranks Largest Real Estate Practice Groups
• LaSalle, Quantum Form $1B Real Estate Venture
• Q&A With White & Case's Steven Vainder
• Spotlight On Intercreditor Agreements In Bankruptcy
• KB Home Resists Sales Workers' Class Bid In Wage Suit
• Billionaire Wynn Director Can Peek At Some Development Docs
• Proskauer Guides Accor in $211M Sale of NYC Hotel
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 2
• Mack-Cali Doubles Units In Upcoming $1B NJ Luxury Tower
• LPS Unit DocX Forged Foreclosure Docs: Indictment
• AHMS, Deutsche Bank Forged Bankruptcy Docs: Suit
• Banks' $25B Reprieve Over Housing Crisis May Be Fleeting
• 3 Investors Cop To Bid Rigging Foreclosure Auctions
• BofA Didn't Dupe Investors On MBS Losses: Judge
• Goldman Slams Allstate's Suit Over $123M In RMBS Losses
• Seattle To Recommend Lift On Building Height Limit
• Judge Pumps Atty Over Discovery In MBIA, Countrywide Case
• UDR Eclipses $1.5B In NY Residential Holdings
• Mayer Brown Real Estate Pro Will Head Katten's UK Office
• BofA Mortgage Unit Inks $36M FTC Deal For Overcharges
• Port Authority Greenlights $1B Retail Venture For WTC
• Q&A With Seyfarth's Joel Rubin
• UBS Sells 50 Fla. Acres For Potential Disney-Area Hotel
• Sniffing Out Vapor Intrusion
• Big Banks, Holdout States Ink $25B Deal Over Mortgages
• Builder Seeks To Block Town Vote On Grand Canyon Project
• Banks Put Up $25B In Blockbuster Deal To Stem Housing Slide
• Vornado Resolves Preservation Battle Over NY Building
• FDIC's Suit Against Morgan Stanley Sent Back To State Court
• 9th Circ. Questions Nevada Mortgage Suit Against BofA
• Wells Fargo Puts Insurer's MBS Fraud Suit To Rest
• Miles & Stockbridge Opens Office In DC
• Blackstone Drops $335M On UK Industrial Portfolio
• Harvard Goes After Cameroon Embassy Over Expired Lease
• Ex-Baum Attys Launch Mortgage Services Law Firm In NY
• Marriott Owner BF Saul Socked With OT Class Action
• Pearson Takes Final Anchor Spot On Hoboken Waterfront
• House OKs Bill Adding Fannie, Freddie To Federal Budget
• Q&A With Bradley Arant's Tom Trent
• WTC $2B Over Budget, In Need Of Private-Sector Help: Audit
• Can Secured Creditors Credit Bid In Ch. 11 Plans?
• Deutsche Bank Dodges 2 Suits Alleging $1.3B MBS Fraud
• Benefit Corps. — A New Structure For The New Economy
• GSA Picks Trump Organization For $200M Renovation
• Developer's $144M Award Stands In Hotel Deal Fight
• BofA Plaza Package Fetches $250M At Auction
• Fulbright, Texas A&M Property Investors Launch Dueling Suits
• RI Joins $25B Mortgage Relief Deal While Others Remain Unsure
• The Big Apple Deserves Big Retailers, NYC Group Argues
• Fannie, Freddie Wind-Down Raises Liquidity Worries
• Investors Call Claims Over $1B Las Vegas Project A Redo
• Real Estate Developer Eyes Philly Newspapers
• Seyfarth Shaw Scoops Up DLA Piper Real Estate Group
• Homebuyers Sue Insurer Over Property Valuations
• BioMed Realty Brings In Mass. Office Space For $119M
• FreshDirect To Stay In NY, Build $113M Headquarters
• $4B NY Event Center Project May Hinge On Slot Revenues
• Skating Rink Co. Sues Goldman, Others Over Construction
• WTC Contractor's Backer Sues Over $9M In Unpaid Invoices
• Covington Eyes Move To New DC Digs
• Q&A With Gilchrist & Rutter's Richard Close
• Case Study: In Re JER/Jameson
• Fed. Circ. Throws Out Contractor's Land Taking Suit
• Jersey City Entitled To Sue Over Embankment Sale: DC Circ.
• Hooters Casino Hotel Lender To Bid $60M At Auction
• FGIC Targets Ally Over Additions To $991M MBS Trust
• BLP Boosts Real Estate Finance Team With Dechert Partner
• Fraudster Gets Up To 16 More Years For Prison Hit Plot
• LA Fitness Lands New Home In Calif.
• Meridian Founder Seeks Lighter Sentence For $100M Fraud
• Jury Orders Liberty To Pay $13M For Defective Window Deals
• Q&A With Cadwalader's Steven Herman
• FRB Snapshot: Housing Investment Opportunities
• $130M Chinatown Planned For NC Triangle
• TMST Shares To Be Deregistered Over Missing SEC Reports
• RBS Units Misrepresented Safety Of $90M In MBS: Suit
• CIM, Kushner Take On SoHo Office, Retail Building
• Syms Shareholders Ask To Submit Ch. 11 Plan
• WTC Operator, AMR Agree To Let 9/11 Suit Move Forward
• Delayed Fla. House Vote Kills $4B Casino Resort For Now
• 9th Circ. Quashes Appraisers' Countrywide RICO Claims
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $13M Award In Rail Yard Contract Dispute
• REITs, PE Funds Elbow Family Firms Out Of Big NY Deals
• Q&A With Stroock's Chauncey Swalwell
• BofA Escapes Allstate Suit Over Countrywide Liability
• Trends In M&A, Spin-Offs, Hostile Deals And PE
• Venable Taps Stroock Partner To Head RE Practice Group
• State Street's Subprime Bets Cost Prudential $77M: Judge
• Vegas Housing Fraudsters Shouldn't Get New Trial: US
• White House Ready To Start Fannie, Freddie Wind-Down
• Wrigley Building Clears First Hurdle To Landmark Status
• NY Developer Inks Deal For $500M Stalled Boston Tower
• Groups Seek To Rout SF Hotel On Historic Army Base
• Calculating Contract Damages In A Volatile Market
• Goldman Investors Win Class Cert. In Action Over Risky MBS
• NY Sues Wells Fargo, Others Over Use Of Mortgage Database
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 1
• UBS Underestimated Mortgage Securities Risk: Insurer Suit
• Fla. AG Can't Appeal Robosigning Subpoena Ruling: Court
• Kuwait Investor Lands NY Luxury Tower Lease For $134M
• Roommate Seekers Can Discriminate: 9th Circ.
• JPMorgan, Others Sued Over $500M In MBS Sales
• Homebuilder Ryland Can't Duck Salespeople's FLSA Action
• LA Sues Northern Trust Over $95M Pension Fund Losses
• Landlord Can't Sue For Rent On Former Bank: 9th Circ.
• Deadline On $25B Mortgage Deal With Banks Postponed
• Resort Owner MSR Wants More Time To Spruce Up Ch. 11
• Starwood-Led Group Snaps Up Miami's Gansevoort Hotel
• NY Luxury Condo Owners Settle Claims Against Developer
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' Eric Stern
• Case Study: In Re River East Plaza
• Zell Co., Brazilian PE Firm Circling $1.3B Building Biz
• Dec. 20, 2011 — 3 Big Decisions
• 7 Real Estate Attys Garner Top Honors From GCs
• Brooklyn's Skyscraper District Reaches Landmark Status
• DWT Snags 3 DLA Piper Attys To Launch Real Estate Group
• Old Republic Paid Realtors Kickbacks For Referrals: Suit
• Force Fannie, Freddie To Lower Loan Principals: Lawmaker
• White House Unveils Mortgage Refinancing Plan
• BofA To Shed Office Space In NY, NC
• Oregon Joins $25B Mortgage Settlement With Lenders
• FHFA Inspector Probes Freddie Mac 'Floater' Investments
• Fiduciary Duties Stand Firm In LLC Pacts: Del. Court
• Insurers Want Out Of Failed $170M NC Skyscraper Suit
• Akin Shakes Malpractice Claim Over Failed LA Development
• Skadden, Gibson Aid Felcor In $115M Knickerbocker Hotel Buy
• Fried Frank Helps SL Green Buy 8 NY Properties For $416M
• Q&A With Dechert's Richard Jones
• 7 Things To Remember In UAE Real Estate Deals
• Fannie, Freddie Kick Off Foreclosure Purchase Program
• A Swelling Tide Of Costly Natural Disaster Losses
• Ex-Credit Suisse Bankers Cop To Overvaluing Bonds