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Real Estate - December, 2016

226 articles

• 6 Key Commercial Litigation Finance Trends For 2017
• 5 Ways To Fight Costlier Legal Malpractice Claims In 2017
• Texas Justices To Hear $3M Jackson Walker Ranch Sale Dispute
• Texas High Court Will Decide Drilling Unit Royalty Row
• Texas High Court To Review Longview Energy's $95M Fight
• NJ Tax Judge Limits Access To Merck Property Sale Deal
• Mediating E-Discovery Disputes Can Save Time And Money
• Top 12 Mississippi Gaming Stories Of 2016
• Appraisal Is An Appraisal Is An Appraisal, Except In Mass.
• Credit Suisse Pays $5.3B In Possible Last Post-Crisis Deal
• Tax Court Says Amended Info Can't Back $64.5M Deduction
• Deutsche Bank Inks $7.2B Mortgage Securities Deal With Feds
• Russian Investor Rips Judge In 9th Circ. Bid To Thaw $116M
• Royal Park Pushes for Class Cert. in $6.7B RMBS Suit
• Tax Court Sides With Landowners On Charitable Contribution
• BofA, Countrywide Seek To End Home Buyers' Appraisal Suit
• Petrobras Makes Deal To Sell $2B In Assets To Total
• Security National Makes Peace With Lehman Over Utah Loans
• Modular Building Firm Aims For Quick Del. Ch. 11 Exit
• EB-5 Couple Facing Contempt For Failing To Put Up $27M
• Fla. Court Says Judge's Remark Improper, Not Disqualifying
• JPMorgan Sues Fla. Law Firm For Risking Clients' Privacy
• The Current Status Of Florida's Concurrent Cause Doctrine
• Pa. Justices Snub Developer's $15M Arbitration Award Appeal
• 4 Texans Indicted In $242K 'Foreclosure Rescue Scheme'
• 9th Circ. Affirms Real Estate Investors' Fraud Verdict
• US Sues Barclays Over Pre-Crisis Mortgage Securities
• Ascott Enters Ireland With $58M Dublin Hotel Buy
• Real Estate Rumors: Jared Kushner, Codina, Fortuna
• 7 Real Estate Fraud Cases Are Single Claim, 9th Circ. Told
• Ashforth Closes $170M Sale Of Portland Office Tower
• Some Considerations As Fed Provides Volcker Rule Relief
• Fla. Court Reverses Judgment Against Trump Miami Resort
• Dow Lohnes Sees Al Jazeera's Malpractice Claims Trimmed
• Gas Exploration Co. Has Gas Rights Via Tax Sale: Pa. Court
• Orbitz Not a Retail Merchant, Indiana Tax Court Says
• Carlyle Group Sells $88M Brooklyn Hotel Stake
• DHS Sends EB-5 Reform Plan To OMB For First Look
• Green Courte Closes $503.2M Specialty Housing Fund
• Real Estate Rumors: Carl Icahn, Emerald Equity, AIG
• ModSpace To Drop $400M In Debt With Prepack Ch. 11 Plan
• Quiros Appeals Injunction In SEC's $350M EB-5 Fraud Case
• Trump Treasury Nominee Faces Questions On Dodd-Frank
• Risk Retention In CMBS: A Look Back And A Look Forward
• Building Momentum For The Pay Equity Movement In BigLaw
• HomeUnion Exec Says Rate Hike 'Creates Some Urgency'
• Are You Prepared For A 'Post-Fact' Jury?
• Eminent Domain Fight Over Texas Rail Project Goes To Trial
• 5th Circ. Rules FLSA Plaintiffs Can Seek Emotional Damages
• Tribe Denied Early Win In Casino Fight With Ariz. Gaming Head
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Rethink Giving Casino Land To NY Tribe
• Kennedy Wilson, Takenaka Buy SF Landmark Bank For $135M
• Chesapeake Sells Off La. Natural Gas Acreage For $465M
• Citibank Renews Bid To Dodge $2.3B RMBS Class Action
• Activist Loses Appeal In Fight Over REIT's Boardroom
• McGlinchey Stafford Adds Dallas Litigator From Dykema
• Developer Secures $209M Loan For McDonald's New HQ
• NM State Judge Defends Authority Over Tribal Land Use Row
• DOI Can't Cancel 33-Year-Old Mont. Oil Lease, Court Told
• Greystone Injects $221M Into Calif. Affordable Housing
• 5 Insights From Abercrombie GC Bob Bostrom
• Academy Of Art Reaches $60M Deal With SF To Settle Suit
• Credit Suisse Gets Partial Win In $69M RMBS Suit
• Keeping Pro Se Litigants At Bay
• Top English Court Rejects Russian's Appeal Of $84M Award
• The Bartram Decision: Guidance For Foreclosure Actions?
• Jury Convicts 4 For Bid-Rigging Calif. Property Auctions
• Chancery Uses Market Price In LPS-Fidelity Deal Appraisal
• REIT Nabs 3 Embassy Suites Hotels In $124M Deal
• County, Rail Group Allowed To Weigh In On Pa. Well Denial
• Real Estate Rumors: Durst, IMC Equity, Raizada Vaid
• Disgraced Boston Cab King Sued Over $145M Buyout
• Gramercy Property Trust Drops $521M On Logistics Portfolio
• REIT Xenia Sells 4 US-Based Hilton Hotels For $119M
• PNC Doesn't Need Asset Info In $5.3M Default Suit: Atty
• GLP Sets Up $1.5B Logistics Property Fund
• Heineken Drops $379M On 1,900 UK Pubs
• Are Courts In The Discovery Driver's Seat?
• Developer Can't DQ Opposing Counsel In Bid-Rigging Suit
• Alcoa Loses Bid To Escape Liability In NJ Enviro Suit
• Goldman, Morgan Stanley Feature Heavily In DOJ's $15B Haul
• Real Estate Rumors: Gemini, Related, Morgan Stanley
• How Bad Data Analyses Can Sabotage Discrimination Cases
• Kirkland-Aided Warburg Pincus Clinches $2B China Fund
• Insurer Beats $100M Hail Damage Coverage Suit
• Dylan Chan Law Firm Guides $101M Queens Deal
• 3 Issues That Defined 2016's Real Estate Market
• Wis. St. Croix Chippewa Indians Score $79M Loan Facility
• Trump Picks Mont. Rep. Zinke For Interior Secretary
• Public Records Access V. Privacy: California's Struggle
• 'Order,' 'Judgment' Are Synonymous, Fla. Appeals Court Says
• Northern Arapaho Tribe Says BIA Must Award Contracts
• NYC To Create $100M Life Sciences Campus
• Cove Property, Baupost Nab NY Office Building In $330M Deal
• IRS And Treasury Look To Ease Burden Of Fractions Rule
• The Rise Of Shared Work Spaces: Tips For The Unwary
• Real Estate Rumors: Uniqlo, Market Street, TotalBank
• CORRECTED: Deutsche Seeks Revival Of Morgan Stanley RMBS Suits
• Apollo REIT Prices $180M Stock Offering
• Proposed $1.3B Oakland Raiders Stadium Gets Green Light
• NY AG's $11.2B Credit Suisse Suit Not Time-Barred
• Tax Court Chucks $5M In Almond Farmers' Deductions
• Rules Of Civil Procedure Updates Affect E-Discovery
• Real Estate Database Says Rival Stole Thousands Of Photos
• Golfsmith Real Estate Sale Teed Up With $22M Baseline Bid
• The Path To The California Bench
• REIT Hudson Pacific Drops $150M On Silicon Valley Campus
• National Storage REIT Prices $95M Stock Offering
• Porzio Bromberg Sued For Malpractice Over Loan Agreement
• No Quick Win For Mexico In $223M Fraud Suit
• Viking Pump Tops Biggest Insurance Decisions Of 2016
• Real Estate Rumors: Topgolf, TheaterMania, Dan Kodsi
• San Antonio Hail Suit Standing Orders: Here We Go Again!
• CPPIB Buys Half Of $836M Retail And Office Portfolio
• 3 Tips To Avoid Being On The Outs With In-House Counsel
• Del. Justices Bar Logistics Co. Trustee's $6M Clawback Bid
• Hedge Fund Owner Sued For Using Investment On Property
• CitiMortgage Can't Dodge Detroit's Tax Suit
• Canadian Justices Say Fairmont Can't Redo Ill-Fated Tax Move
• DHS, USCIS Sued Over Delay In EB-5 Processing Times
• EB-5 Fraudster Urges Ill. Judge To Bypass Prison Time
• 2nd Circ. Hands DOI Another Win On Oneida Trust Land
• Fla. Condo Owners Get Class Cert. In Fee Overcharge Suit
• Australia OKs Beef Co.'s $290M Sale To Chinese-Aussie JV
• Army Corps Asks Fed. Circ. To Undo Katrina Liability Ruling
• Real Estate Rumors: Sterling Bay, Urban American, Duke
• Chancery Taps Grant & Eisenhofer To Lead Rouse Appraisal
• Companies Fight EPA's Superfund Listing In DC Circ.
• SF Mayor Vetoes Tighter Short-Term Home Rental Restrictions
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Wilson, Freshfields
• Man Convicted In $50M Scheme Asks 11th Circ. To Reverse
• Maui Marriott Resort Reaches Finish Line Of $100M Facelift
• Minn. Judge Stiff-Arms Stinson From Role In ResCap MDL
• The Horrible Conflict Between Biology And Women Attorneys
• Axis Gets Win In University Construction Coverage Suit
• CORRECTED: Ex-Cantor Fitzgerald Trader Charged With Fraud
• Real Estate Rumors: Thor Equities, JBL, Ares Management
• Squire Patton Boggs, Shearman Lead $85M Loan For NY Hotel
• Morguard REIT Reaches $133M Notes Deal
• Real Estate MVP: Simpson's Gregory Ressa
• Miami To Enter Talks With Developer For City's Offices
• Chinese Billionaire Denied Separate Trial In UN Bribe Case
• Federal Capital Sells $328M Multifamily Portfolio Near DC
• Lawyer EQ: Finding Success In Every Interaction
• Pa. Appeals Court Won't Revive $370M Philly Hotel Spat
• Pryor Cashman Malpractice Claim Revived By Appeals Court
• NHL HQ Heads To Brookfield Tower On Manhattan's West Side
• Understanding Ohio's Downtown Redevelopment Districts
• TC Latin America Partners Snags $268M For RE Project Fund
• Real Estate MVP: Davis Polk's Brian S. Lichter
• Managing Intergenerational Differences Within Your Law Firm
• Real Estate Rumors: BlackRock, Acore Capital, AutoNation
• PHH And The Future Of CFPB: 10 Questions And 9 Answers
• Tribes Urge Justices To Nix DOI's Land Trust For Cowlitz
• Ohio Residents Want 6th Circ. To Rehear Fracking FCA Case
• Chase Beats Rental Property Co.'s Fraudulent Charges Suit
• Tribe Says Ariz. Official Can't Show Fraud In Casino Row
• 4 Drivers Of Real Estate M&A In 2016
• Real Estate Rumors: MasterCard, Chetrit, Gold Capital
• Practice Arguments For Real Appeals
• Philip Hirschkop: Quietly Making Noise For 50 Years
• The Biggest Fla. Court Cases Of 2016
• RLJ Lodging Trust Gets $286M For Pair Of Manhattan Hotels
• Real Estate MVP: Skadden's Evan Levy
• Atty Gets Bond Waived While He Fights $10M HUD Penalty
• SBE's Nazarian Heading To Trial Over Miami Hotel Deal
• Mass. Tribe Asks 1st Circ. To Allow Martha's Vineyard Casino
• Ala. Tribe Wins Permanent Block On Local Tax Assessments
• Latham Reps Acore On $188M NYC Loan To Chetrit
• NJ Developers Win Appeal Over $8.5M Special Assessment
• After Activist Pressure, Forest City Alters Share Structure
• Real Estate Co. Tells 11th Circ. To Vacate $396K Award
• Timbers Gets $96M Financing For New Hawaiian Resort
• Jones Day, Davis Polk Steer $3.6B Verizon-Equinix Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: KFH Capital, Crossix, Wells Fargo
• Waterton Nabs $250M Loan From Barings For Chicago Towers
• Ford Says Plant Buyer Stalling On Enviro Cleanup Release
• Real Estate MVP: Kelley Drye's Robert D. Bickford Jr.
• Justices Won't Hear Retailers' Marathon Refinery Challenge
• Spanish Billionaire Buys Miami Office Tower For $500M
• Carson's HUD Nom Adds To Fair Housing Advocates' Worries
• Texas High Court Rejects Family's Fight With Marathon Oil
• EB-5 Applicants Seek Judgment In Hospital Row
• Calif. Court Nixes Ex-Disney Trustee's $50M Defamation Row
• Buchalter Adds Litigator From Archer Norris In Los Angeles
• Simpson, Troutman Steer Blackstone's $480M Loan
• Atty Wants Bond Waived In Appeal For $10M HUD Penalty
• From Horseless Carriages To Driverless Carriages
• Real Estate MVP: Kirkland's Scott Berger
• Starwood REIT Plans $500M Debt Offering
• Firms' Bid To Increase IndyMac Fee Falls Flat In 2nd Circ.
• Singapore's GIC To Invest $261M In Indonesian Cinema Biz
• Real Estate Rumors: Bklyn Commons, TLC, Guardian
• $1B REIT Ponzi Suit Belongs In Chancery Under CAFA: Judge
• NJ Trio Ran Bogus Foreclosure Services Cos., State Says
• NY Couple Awarded $47K After Post-Ch. 7 Discharge Pursuit
• NJ County Not Obligated To Take Land In Grocery Row: Judge
• Calif. Atty Lays Into CFPB, Cordray In High Court Appeal
• No Coverage For Building Without 'Collapse,' 9th Circ. Told
• Gibson Dunn Attys Score $5M Fees After Developer's Forgery
• Kennedy Wilson Closes $364M In Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: PAI Partners, Ladder Capital, Fitbit
• Texas High Court Will Hear $24M Contamination Suit After All
• El Paso Housing Agency Stifles Competition, Developers Say
• Marriott Sells St. Regis SF For $175M To Qatar Fund
• Real Estate Rumors: David Berley, Related Midwest, Bomnin
• 5 Insights From Airbus Group's Joshua Walker
• Court Urged To Chuck EB-5 Suit Over Guarantees
• McDonnell Doesn't Help Magnate In UN Bribery Suit, Feds Say
• Ill. Atty Says PNC Bank Suit Against Him Is Too Late
• Maine Tells 1st Circ. Not To Expand Tribe's River Rights
• Real Estate Rumors: A&E, Allegra, Deutsche
• Chrome Maker Showed Good Faith In Enviro Row, Judge Says
• RI Biz Group Urges 1st Circ. To Revive Wind Farm Fight
• Landlords Get Class Cert. In Philly Gas Liens Suit
• Real Estate Moguls On The Move
• A Dock Isn't A Building, Judge Rules In Insurance Case
• Fla. Policyholders Gain Slight Edge In Property Damage Cases
• CareTrust REIT Pays $96M For Texas Portfolio
• Airbnb To Enforce Limits On Rentals In London, Amsterdam
• Key Changes In EPA's Waste Generator Improvements Rule
• Texas Jury Slaps Mortgage Lenders, CEO With $93M Verdict
• House Dems Raise Conflict Issues Over Trump's DC Lease
• Former Cuomo Aide, Ex-SUNY Prez Deny Graft Charges
• Hemfosa Inks $95M Deal For Swedish Property Portfolio
• Insurer Must Pay When 1 Cause Is Covered, Fla. Justices Say