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Real Estate - December, 2013

306 articles

• No Magic Bullet In Post-Credit Crisis Investment Litigation
• Deutsche Bank, FHFA Agree To $1.9B Deal In RMBS Suit
• Builder Fights Ruling On 2nd Homeowner Implied Warranties
• Vikings Owners Hit With $103M Judgment In Fraud Case
• 6th Circ. Upholds Firm Win In Film Co.'s Malpractice Suit
• NYC Sees 17.6% Jump In Tax Revenue From Property Sales
• Pa. High Court Bombshell Could Reach Beyond Fracking
• Spurned Buyer Sues Tampa Port Authority Over Retail Center
• Miss. County Not Vital To Flood Insurance Fight, US Says
• CFPB Shakes Up The Consumer Mortgage Market
• NJ Developer Faces Ch. 11 Challenge Over $350M Land Row
• Real Estate Moguls On The Move
• Meadow Partners Drops $72M On Greenpoint Rental
• Pa. Appeals Court To Rehear $2M Construction Contract Row
• MGM Scores Md. Casino License With National Harbor Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hard Rock, Evonik, Vivendi
• FDIC Can't Revive $644M MBS Suits Against Countrywide
• Miami Hits BofA, Wells Fargo, Citi With Lending Bias Suits
• Fried Frank Aids Lease Extension As Citigroup Mulls HQ Move
• National Fire Ducks Coverage Of Construction Defect Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pam Moore
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Vorys Sater's Benita Kahn
• FTC Clears Pinnacle's Plan For $2.8B Ameristar Buy
• $30M Cut From Attys' Fees In Citigroup Settlement
• ResCap Attys Look Back On A Rollercoaster Bankruptcy
• Fresh & Easy Estate Gets OK For $41.5M Property Sale
• NJ Assembly Votes To Lift Nonresidential Developer Fee
• Property Sale Looms For Vikings Owners In NJ Fraud Case
• Fed's Taper Sends Mixed Message On Economy
• Can Miss. Hold Back The Flood Insurance Rate Hikes?
• What The Hail Is Going On In Texas?
• CORRECTED: Judge Holds Off On Sanctions In Fla. Condotel Spat
• NY Put-Back Claims Time-Barred In Deutsche Bank MBS Suit
• Ocwen Reaches $2B Deal In Mortgage Servicing Suit
• Pa. High Court Strikes Down Pro-Fracking Zoning Law
• Con Ed, Insurers Urge 2nd Circ. Rehearing In 9/11 Suit
• Hotel Conversions Hot, But Tricky To Seal Up
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Pat Rogowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Joan Rosoff
• Essex, BRE Properties Combine To Create $15.4B Public REIT
• Handshakes To Hashtags For Construction Deal-Making
• Deutsche Bank Dropped From $7B MBS Class Action
• Deutsche Bank Says FHFA's $567M RMBS Suit Is Too Late
• 6th Circ. Lifts Injunction On Tribe In Mich. Land Battle
• Fund Transfer In $200M UN Plaza Deal Draws Investor Suit
• Bankrupt NJ Casino's Exec Bonus Plan Adjusted By Judge
• SBE, Dranoff To Build $200M Tower In Philly Art District
• Brooklyn Groups Knock $72M In Public Funds For High Rise
• Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Jonathan Mechanic
• JPMorgan Agrees To Pay $22M In Force-Placed Insurance Suit
• Hunton Attys Needn't Testify In CDO Fight, Judge Says
• $300M NY Public Library Expansion Moves Forward
• Credit Suisse Duped Investors In $10B MBS Deals, NJ Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ober Kaler's Barbara Werther
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dechert's Cathy Botticelli
• How To Negotiate Nonrecourse Carveout Guarantees
• Greenberg Can't Escape Hard Rock Hotel Developer Suit
• Beirne Maynard Fights Appeal Over Partner's Land Deals
• Fla. Sen. Floats Bill Encouraging Private Flood Insurance
• Miami-Dade Votes To Hunt Downtown Soccer Stadium Sites
• Cantor Fitzgerald, American Airlines Reach $135M 9/11 Deal
• Ex-Dolphin Owed $1.5M From Botched Island Sale: 3rd Circ.
• ResCap Strikes Deals Resolving $247M In Borrower Claims
• SUNY Committee Picks Fortis To Redevelop Brooklyn Hospital
• NJ Housing Agency Set To Blow Court Deadline, Group Says
• NYC Panel Landmarks South Village Neighborhood
• Westfield Wins Retail Lease For $1.4B MTA Fulton Center
• NY Real Estate Execs Not Confident In De Blasio, Survey Says
• Mass. Gaming Investigators OK Wynn Resorts' Casino Bid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Denise Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison & Foerster's Anna White
• Brand Swaps Picking Up Steam In Hotel Industry
• Realty Income Puts Up $503M For Inland RE Portfolio
• Real Estate MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Steve Horowitz
• SEC Wants $1M In Fines For Ex-Goldman Trader Tourre
• Hedge Fund Again Urges Olive Garden Parent To Reshape Biz
• Activist Says REIT Gave Bill Gates Sweetheart Resort Deal
• Treasury's Asset Manager Report Only Research, Official Says
• Vikings Owners Can't Nix Attys' Fee Bump In RE Dispute
• NYC Retail Boom Signals Monster RE Prices In 2014
• Akerman Launches Emerging Companies Practice
• Pension Funds Drop $189M On Edmonton Office, Warehouses
• 2nd Circ. Revives Fired Worker's Retaliation Claims
• Carrefour Drops $2.75B To Launch Shopping Mall Venture
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Maureen Jeffreys
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Ann Cathcart Chaplin
• Grand Canyon Skywalk Developer Denied High Court Appeal
• Real Estate MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Richard Giusto
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Versace, Dexus
• Philadelphia Approves Country's Largest Land Bank
• Wumart, CP Lotus Drop $302M Deal After Talks Stall
• Markel Can't Budge Texas Justices In $6M Coverage Suit
• $57.3M Hotel Sale Dispute Heads To Texas High Court
• Marriott Unit Loses Bid To Restore Manager Role At Fla. Hotel
• Record Settlement Payments, Record Tax Deductions?
• Japanese Real Estate Firm Enters NY With $210M Property
• BofA Asks Justices To Resolve Circ. Split On Ch. 7 Liens
• NY Class Action For Sandy Renter Rebates Gets Nixed
• Oil Driller's Trespass Case To Get Texas High Court Review
• Las Vegas Sands Nixes $30B Spanish Casino Proposal
• Cantor Fitzgerald, American Airlines To Settle 9/11 Row
• Wynn Gets OK To Change Land Deal In $1B Mass. Casino Plan
• Wachtell Guides Simon Property In Strip Malls Spinoff
• NJ Law Firm Escapes Malpractice Suit Over RE Deals
• Real Estate MVP: Dechert's David Forti
• Prospect Capital Pours $145M Into Rental Home Portfolio
• Wells Fargo Denies Fraud In Force-Placed Insurance Case
• MetLife, Norges Bank Ink CRE JV, Acquire Boston Tower
• BreitBurn Inks $282M Deal For Permian Oil, Gas Properties
• Nev. High Court Says Property Tax Abatement Not Retroactive
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Elizabeth Noe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bartlit's Rebecca Weinstein Bacon
• 5 Steps To A Successful Cross-Examination
• NH Gaming Panel Hands Lawmakers Casino Expansion Bills
• US Can Add Wells Fargo Exec To Insurance Fraud Suit
• Gov. Walker Signs Contested Wis. Landlord-Tenant Bill
• Bill Gates Pays $200M For Mexican Four Seasons
• RE Investment Firm Pays $11M For Newark Mixed-Use Space
• Insurer Contests Damages Limit In $1.8B Credit Suisse Row
• Real Estate MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Mark Edelstein
• Time To Revisit Mistaken Precedent On CGL Coverage
• Host Hotels Spends $20M To Own Times Square Marriott
• Shutts & Bowen Signs Lease In Downtown Miami Tower
• RE Cos. Going Farther For Returns Seek Firms With Reach
• Peebles Closes NYC Agency's Biggest Building Sale At $160M
• Pa. Ski Resort To Build $163M Lodge And Indoor Waterpark
• Caesars Sues Mass. Gaming Head Over Conflicts Of Interest
• Fannie, Freddie Must Pay Real Estate Taxes, 7th Circ. Hears
• Miami Developer Says $17M Foreclosure Suit Was Malicious
• Calif. Appeals Court Tosses LendingTree Subsidiary Suit
• Chase, Citi Beat FCA Suit Over Fannie, Freddie Payments
• Merrill Lynch Strikes $132M Pact With SEC Over CDO Claims
• US Hotel Development Trending Upward, Report Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Patti Santelle
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Debora De Hoyos
• No One Regulator Will Lead Volcker Enforcement, Lew Says
• Rouse Properties Drops $293M On Va., Md. Malls
• First American Title Unit Reaches Deal In Fee Case
• Class Claims Over Old Republic Warranties Nixed Again
• BofA Shakes Fraud Suit Over Subprime Mortgage Standards
• NYC OKs $120M Tax Breaks For Hudson Yards, Willets Point
• Ex-Troutman Atty Admits Lying In Nursing Home Buyout Suit
• Marriott Vacations Unit Can't Nix Time Share Insurance Suit
• GOP Blocks Vote On Bill To Delay Flood Insurance Rate Hike
• Fannie, Freddie's Footprint Could Grow Under New FHFA Head
• Greenwood Sweetens Bid To $961M In Md. Casino Proposal
• CPPIB, Dexus Up Bid To $2.8B For Aussie Office Trust
• Exxon, Others Scuttle Pollution Claim In La. Appeals Court
• Insurer Owes Lender For Construction Liens, 7th Circ. Told
• Defendants Can't Escape Liability In FHFA Securities Case
• Tax Deal For $133M Texas Hotel Complex Wins City Nod
• Credit Suisse Says NY AG's Suit Over RMBS Came Too Late
• A Guide To Real Estate Investment In So. Fla.: Part 1
• Dorsey Snags Real Estate Pro For Salt Lake City Office
• Nonrecourse Claimants Have A Claim In Bankruptcy
• DC Transit Agency Beats $100M Bid-Rigging Suit
• MetLife, UDR Team Up To Build $317M High-Rise
• NYC Council Approves $320 Million Bronx Ice Complex
• Real Estate MVP: Weil Gotshal's W. Michael Bond
• Wis. Governor OKs Bill Upping Historic-Building Tax Credit
• Sacramento Nixes Competitive Bids For $447M Arena
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison Cohen's Danielle Lesser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Liner Grode's Angela Agrusa
• ResCap Ends Bankruptcy As Judge Confirms Liquidation Plan
• Silent Ad Damnum Leaves NY Defendants High And Dry
• Despite Some Easing, Volcker Will Pose Challenges For Banks
• Volcker Rule Goes Easy On Real Estate Funds
• Swig Associates Can't Dodge Suit Over NYC Condo Project
• Senate Confirms Rep. Mel Watt As Next FHFA Head
• $1B Suffolk Downs Casino Faces New City Referendum
• Brooklyn Community Aims To Steer Gowanus Canal Project
• Condotel Buyers Want Previous Trump Testimony On Record
• Miami Atty Cops To Stealing From Urban Development Co.
• Report Calls For $2B In NY Property, Corporate Tax Cuts
• US Bank Reaches $53M Mortgage Settlement With Freddie Mac
• Pebblebrook Pays $132M For San Francisco Hotel
• Justices Asked To Revive FCA Suit Over St. Paul Contracts
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Kerry Berchem
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Cynthia Bast
• US Financial Regulators Approve Volcker Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, Siemens, Blackstone
• Fla. Sen. Seeks To Shrink Hurricane Fund's $17B Coverage
• Countrywide's $500M MBS Deal Gets Thumbs-Up
• Sidley Austin Partner Charged In Thanksgiving Sex Attack
• Attys In BofA Mortgage Row Urge 6th Circ. To Ax Sanctions
• Greenwood Says Md. Casino Report Has Pro-MGM Bias
• LA Targets BofA In 3rd Discriminatory Lending Suit
• Miami Condo's $13M Bankruptcy Sale Wins Judge's Nod
• MGM Defends Compliance Measures In $800M Casino Bid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Mary Murphy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Veronica Rendon
• Metro-North, SL Green Ink 20-Year Lease For NYC Offices
• 1st Public Casino REIT Makes $140M Property Buy
• Essex Discloses $4.5B Offer For BRE After Rumors Boil Over
• US Should Probe Forest City's EB-5 Visa Use, Watchdog Says
• NY Town's Housing Plan Ruled Biased Against Minorities
• Lloyds Lands $147M For RE Loan Portfolio
• How FRCP E-Discovery Amendments Could Affect You
• Deals Rumor Mill: Occidental, KKR, Freedom Group
• DLA Piper Hit With $80M Suit Over Misappropriated Funds
• Tainted Hess Oil Class Action Tossed By Judge
• Ohio Accountant Gets 3 Years For $9M Tax Fraud Scheme
• NYC Atty Halted From Securities Work Amid Fraud Probe
• NH Panel Gives Nod To Casino Expansion Bill
• Goldman Can't Escape $110M MBS Suit By German Bank
• Britain To Impose New Tax On Overseas Property Investors
• Miss. Says Halting Flood Insurance Hikes Would Benefit FEMA
• Insurer Must Defend La. Parish In Katrina Suits: 5th Circ.
• Buyer-Financed Development Is The New Normal
• $153M Fannie Mae, KPMG Fraud Class Settlement Wins Nod
• Developers For $335M Texas Hotel Land Financing, Marriott
• NYC Planning Board OKs $53M Coney Island Amphitheater
• American Safety Exits Coverage Fight Over Gas Pipe Leak
• Colo. City Wants Hotels' $824M Resort Challenge Nixed
• Macy's, Bloomingdale's To Open In Miami Worldcenter In 2016
• BASF Wins Tax Abatement On NJ Enviro Remediation
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Peggy Davenport
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Dusty Kirk
• NY Housing Authority Private Leasing Plan Survives Suit
• LA Says Citi, Wells Fargo Mortgages Crushed Tax Revenue
• A Growing Consensus In Favor Of Labor Arbitration
• Chatham Puts Up $40M For Savannah Marriott
• PNC, Freddie Mac Reach $89M Mortgage Settlement
• Lloyds Rakes In $420M For Irish Retail Mortgage Portfolio
• $1M Fine Against BofA May Be Too Low, Judge Says
• Barbados Firm Cooked Books, Made Death Threats, Suit Says
• BofA Reps' Bad Advice Harmed Credit Scores, Suit Says
• NJ Title Co. Hit With Class Action Over Closing Fees
• Plant Asks Texas Justices To Nix Damages In Light Of Cleanup
• Liberty Says It Owes No Coverage Over Resort Fallout
• ACLU Slams FHFA Over Eminent Domain Foreclosure Stance
• Mammoth Institutional Investors Cornering RE Market
• NLRB Says Realty Co.'s Employee Class Waiver Is Unlawful
• Kaufman & Co. Adds IP Atty To Beef Up New NY Office
• Unit Owners' $13M Bid Wins Fla. Resort's Bankruptcy Auction
• BRE Investor Urges Sale Amid Report of $5B Offer
• A Big Year For Coverage Rights
• Mass. Gaming Head Recused From $1B Wynn Casino Review
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Chadbourne's Lori Hoberman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: O'Melveny's Carla Christofferson
• Discovery Delayed In $450M Goldman Sachs MBS Suit
• Westfield Pays $800M For Remainder Of WTC Retail Space
• Federal Contracts Alter Usual Rules For Commercial Leases
• No Coverage For Fraudulent Withdrawal Of Electronic Funds
• MGM Inks Town Mitigation Deal For $800M Casino Proposal
• NJ Council Expedites American Dream Mall's Bond Process
• Lenders In $767M Oppenheimer Suit Say Damages Provable
• $150M Nashville Ballpark Dodges Delayed-Construction Fee
• Fannie, Freddie Tax Ruling Violates Law, 8th Circ. Told
• Trump Says NY AG Sought 'Favors' During Investigation
• Refi Principal Cap Could 'Wreak Havoc,' Texas Justices Told
• Marriott Dodges Claims In Texas Resort Cost Overruns Suit
• Fifth Third To Pay $6.5M For Faulty Crisis-Era Accounting
• PHH Settles NJ Consumer Fraud Probe For $6.2M
• Philadelphia Launches Property Tax Relief Program
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Negligence Claim In 9/11 Tower Collapse
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Lisa Sotto
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Emily Yinger
• Deals Rumor Mill: GM, Essex Property, Men's Wearhouse
• ResCap, Bondholders Make Peace Over Ch. 11 Plan
• Sealing The Deal: Greenberg Steers Versace Mansion Buy
• The Demise Of Deficiency Judgments In Residential Loans
• Jury Awards Lennar $1B in Defamation, Extortion Case
• NYC Real Estate Market Roars, With No End In Sight
• Sales of Manhattan Retail Space Bounce Back
• Sunstone Seals $262M Deal For San Francisco Hyatt Hotel
• Taylor Bean Trustee, Ginnie Mae Reach Deal For $610M Claim
• London Shopping Center Switches Hands In £80M Deal
• Fed. Circ. Affirms $5.8M Takings Award For Ark. Floods
• Brown Sims Hit With Fraud Suit Over Atty Misconduct
• IHG To Build Even Hotel In Downtown Brooklyn
• Vote On $1B Mass. Racetrack Project Put On Hold For Now
• Skanska Lands $95M In Lab Sale To REIT
• Pa. Judge Delays Trial In Steelers Stadium Expansion Fight
• Mass. Slot Bidders Face Arbitration Without Community Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Bridgepoint, Toshiba
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Janice Hartman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: JAMS' Kimberly Taylor
• S&P Says 'Unwieldy' DOJ Fraud Case Requires 8-Month Trial
• PVH Corp. Renews, Expands Warnaco's Manhattan HQ
• Chinese Developer Xinyuan Puts Up $213M For 4 Properties
• TMT Creditor Seeks To Pursue $2.7M Real Estate Transfer
• Crescent Ex-President Not Owner Of Interest, Tax Court Rules
• Financial Risk Panel's Flaws Hurting Oversight Mission
• Canada Atty, Millions In Client Funds Missing, Reports Say
• Miami Beach Restaurateur Seeks $6M Over Delayed Project
• Shui On Reaps $394M In Sale Of China Office Property
• Judge Won't Revisit Partial Toss Of Ex-Troutman Atty Suit
• Mass. Sues Tribe Over Martha's Vineyard Gambling Plan
• Downtown Manhattan Leads Q3 Office Leasing, Report Says
• FirstBank Pushes Court To Throw Out Island Resort's Ch. 11
• ASB Real Estate Drops $222M On DC-Area Apartment Towers
• Texas Cities Seeing Spike In Condo Sales, Report Says
• Topland Snaps Up $139M In Menzies UK-Based Hotel Assets
• Pa. Minimum Gas Royalties Not Divisible, Appeals Court Rules
• Sierra Club Suit Over Tahoe Projects 'Myopic,' Agency Says
• Vornado Refinances Eleven Penn Plaza For $450M
• DOJ Eyes $1.1M Penalty For Ex-Countrywide Exec
• Devonshire PGA Holdings Wins Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• Surplus Flood Insurers Need Path To Market, Regulators Told
• Fannie, Freddie Revamp Mortgage Insurance Guidelines
• A Guide To Making O&P Payments On Texas Roof Repairs
• Hotel Owner Scores $480M Refi For European Portfolio
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Tara Lee
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Lizanne Thomas
• BofA, Freddie Mac Reach $404M Mortgage Settlement