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Real Estate - April, 2018

275 articles

• Real Estate Rumors: Natixis, IMC, Blackstone
• AccorHotels Buying Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts For $565M
• Catching Lies Landed Susman Godfrey $706M IP Verdict
• BNSF Pushes For Appeal In Wash. Tribe's Right-Of-Way Suit
• Fla. Club Unlikely To Win Aborted Sale Suit, Judge Says
• Calif. Leads In Eligible Opportunity Zones, Research Says
• Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Silver's 2nd Graft Trial Kicks Off
• High Court Won't Hear Navajo Right-Of-Way Case
• Ocwen Escapes Investor Suit Over Alleged Misstatements
• Pa. Court Axes Challenge To Sunoco's Eminent Domain Power
• Levee Work Should Resume In $2.2B Flood Project, Court Told
• NJ Builder Can't Shake Denial To Connect To Water System
• Kirkland, Paul Weiss Steer $4.7B Marriott-ILG Deal
• The Fastest Federal Civil Court For A Decade
• Ex-Lundy Beldecos Client Gets 3rd Shot At Malpractice Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Take Up Pa. Oil And Gas Rights Row
• Tax Pros Excited About Opportunity Zones But Want Clarity
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Gibson, Baker
• REIT Looks To Chuck Investor Suit Over $1.4B Merger
• Texas Atty Uses Free Speech Law To Get Fraud Claims Tossed
• Wells Fargo Appeals Workers' Cert. In Reimbursement Suit
• Kobe Steel Selling Majority Of Real Estate Unit For $678M
• 'Extraordinary' $46M BofA Award Upends Punitives Formula
• Real Estate Rumors: Lennar, Michael Feinstein, REI
• Atrium Sells Bucharest Mall For $115M
• Cushman & Wakefield Must Face Suit Over Philly Project
• Is A FERC Pipeline Policy Reset Coming?
• Panic Over Fla. Beach Law Unfounded, Experts Say
• Colony NorthStar Hid $375M Write-Down, Investor Says
• Ill. Court Takes First Step To Remove Convicted Judge
• Woodbridge Creditor Seeks Block On Shapiro Play For $133K
• Disbarred Mass. Atty Gets Nearly 5 Years For Investor Scams
• Mich. Fights Tribe's Challenge To Defenses In Boundary Row
• Don't Revive $2.5B Offering Suit, Barclays Tells 2nd Circ.
• Arbitrator Survives DQ Effort In Croatia Golf Course Row
• Insurer Needn't Cover Contractors In Chinese Drywall Suit
• Developer Wins At NY High Court In Atlantic Yards Bond Row
• Caddo Nation Fights To Keep History Center Suit Alive
• Not Enough Proof For Fees In Property, Investor Suits: Panel
• Newark Discloses Amazon HQ Bid Amid Public Records Suit
• Wachtell Guides QCP's $2B Welltower, ProMedica Deals
• NY AG Drops Bid-Rigging Claim Against Upstate Developer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Eli Lilly, TransUnion, Quality Care
• Comanche Urge 10th Circ. To Undo Chickasaw Casino Ruling
• Real Estate Rumors: Chicago Tower, PGGM, Florida Bank
• Hunton Steers $50M Trade Of NYC Commercial Condo Units
• GreenOak Raises $1.1B For Europe Property Purchases
• Paul Hastings Guides Sino-Ocean In $95M Chicago Hotel Buy
• SEC Gets $2.7M In Oil Field 'Man Camp' Judgments
• 10th Circ. Says Enable Can Keep Pipeline, At Least For Now
• Architecture Co.'s Error Cost $12.6M, NY Building Owner Says
• 4 Things Lawyers Need To Know About Data Center Deals
• 9th Circ. Affirms Reversal Of Ch. 7 Sanctions In RE Row
• Madison Realty Loans JDS $137M For Miami Condo Project
• NY Court Atty Resigns After Giving Advice To Hubby's Client
• Singapore REIT Grows Logistics Biz With $72.4M Facility Buy
• Real Estate Rumors: LCOR, Michael Smith, Ansca Homes
• State Tax After TCJA: Investment In Depreciable Property
• Pa. Judge Gives OK To Tear Down 19th-Century Buildings
• Review BofA Preemption Ruling, OCC Tells 9th Circ.
• Timber Co. Asks High Court To Reverse Frog Habitat Ruling
• Cadwalader, DLA Piper Steer $110M Deutsche NYC Loan
• New GM, Mich. Residents Dispute Provisions Of 2009 Sale
• Real Estate Rumors: Beacon, Chetrit, MMG Equity
• Cushman Beats Insurers' Bid To Bar Appraisal Suit Coverage
• Pair Of London Mixed-Use Properties Trade Hands For $69M
• Shell Unit Can't Duck Class Action Over Pa. Lease Bonuses
• Feds Want Prison For 5 Calif. Foreclosure Auction Riggers
• Fla. Can Shield Insurance Program From Public Records Law
• Toys R Us Fetches $235M Offer For Canadian Stores
• New Remedial Actions For Tax-Advantaged Bonds And P3s
• New VAT Rates May Help China Retain Multinational Firms
• Kelley Drye, Seyfarth Shaw Steer $92M NYC Hotel Loan
• NY Beefs Up Energy Efficiency Targets To Drive GHG Cuts
• Real Estate Rumors: Brookfield, Acadia Realty Trust, Edens
• Health Hires: Goodwin, Shook Hardy, Michael Best, Orrick
• Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Thompson, Davis
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Tribe Opposes Railroad's Appeal Bid In Right-Of-Way Suit
• Fed. Circ. Says Taking Claim Fails In Katrina Flooding Fight
• FDIC Fights Citibank, Others' Exit From $695M RMBS Suit
• Morris Manning & Martin Launches Gov't Contracts Practice
• Free Speech Law Covers Defamation Claims: Texas Justices
• Investing In US Real Estate On A (Possibly) Tax-Free Basis
• Rule 23 Changes: Avoid Delays In Class Settlement Approval
• Philly's Satellite Dish Rules Are Too Broad, FCC Rules
• Latham Eyes Real Estate Expansion With New Group Co-Chair
• Trespass By Fracking: Pennsylvania Court Weighs In
• Lehman Judge Fumes At RMBS Trusts' Distribution Moves
• Hunton Andrews Kurth Adds RE Partners In LA, Miami
• BlackRock, Royal Park Can't Toll RMBS Suits Against HSBC
• Dallas TV Producer Can Keep $2.5M Win Over Tossed Tapes
• BofA Predatory Lending Cleanup Cost $20M, County Says
• Margaritaville Developer Dodges Some Investor Claims
• Climate, Contracts On Table In FERC Pipeline Policy Revamp
• CMT Divests Singapore Mall To Joint Venture For $189M
• Tax Reform Creates New Opportunities For REITs
• Real Estate Rumors: Henley, Tommy Bahama, Atlas Capital
• CEO Leveraging Under Armour For Personal Gain, Suit Says
• Bon-Ton's Ch. 11 Liquidation Sale Approved By Del. Court
• Monument Expansion Overrides Timber Reserves, Group Says
• Privilege Can't Halt Depos In Timeshare Co.'s Contract Suit
• Girardi Can't Use Atty-Client Relationship To Nix Class Claims
• UK's Tritax Big Box REIT Eyes £156M Share Sale
• Best Practices For Building A Better Meeting
• Third Time's The Charm For Class In Pipeline Oil Spill Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Tishman, Venture X, Acore
• PHH Shareholder Sues Over Proposed $360M Sale To Ocwen
• Starwood Closes $7.6B Real Estate Fund, Its Largest Ever
• Fee Suit Against HomeAway Should Be Trimmed, Judge Says
• Energy Co. Seeks Redo On Pa. Fracking Well Trespass Claims
• Developer Fumbled $30M Retail Center Renovation, Suit Says
• Real Estate Rumors: CW Realty, KSL Capital, Zom Living
• Singapore Residential Development Site Sells For $262M
• Michael Rubinoff: From Commercial Real Estate To Broadway
• Wells Fargo Defeats Class Cert. Bid In Royal Park RMBS Suit
• 5 Ways Law Firms Are Becoming More Like Hotels
• Goldman Investors Seek Cert. Again After 2nd Circ. Reversal
• Landmark Closes $3.3B Real Estate Secondaries Fund
• Hotel Owner Owes $4.2M, Must Do 4 Years, 9th Circ. Affirms
• Ex-Ethics Judge Deserves Jail For $3M Fraud, 3rd Circ. Says
• Steel Tariff Fears Wreaking Havoc On Construction Market
• Herbert Smith Freehills Steers NextDC's $218M Offering
• NJ Atty Accused Of Misusing Client's $275K, Lying To Police
• A Road Map For Protecting Secured Lender Interests Post-Liu
• Dropping Ranks: Lathrop's Rough Patch
• Why BigLaw's Partnerships Are Shrinking
• Dropping Ranks: Andrews Kurth's Pre-Merger Dip
• Dropping Ranks: Stroock's 'Shrink To Grow' Strategy
• Wilmington Trust Execs Say Crime Unproven, Seek Case Toss
• House Passes Bill To Transfer Cherokee Memorial Land
• Real Estate Rumors: Morgan Stanley, BofA, Sioni
• Sheppard Mullin Enters Texas Market With Dallas Office
• Construction Co. Can't Arbitrate Homeowner's Defect Suit
• Milbank Tweed Steers Eldorado Resorts On $328M Casino Buy
• Gorsuch's 1st Year Shows He Is A Conservative Activist
• Union Pacific Hit With Suit Over Houston Apartment Floods
• BofA Challenges 9th Circuit Panel's Preemption Decision
• 3 Firms Work On Pebblebrook's $4.3B Offer For LaSalle
• Tennis Club Serves Up Suit After Would-Be Buyer Quits Deal
• Icahn Unit Tropicana Inks $1.85B Sale For Casino Assets
• Dilworth Paxson Can't Dodge Suit Over Frivolous RE Cases
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• How 5 Firms Grew Without Merging
• The Law360 400
• Megafirms Find New Heights In Grounded Market
• No One-Size-Fits-All Ruling In Texas Retained Acreage Cases
• Goldman Fights Investors' Cert. After 2nd Circ. Reversal
• HCR ManorCare Gets Consensual Plan Confirmation
• Tax Increment Financing Faces New Scrutiny In Missouri
• HFF Nabs $145M In Financing For Calif. Office Building
• Weiland Golden Gets Bankruptcy Partner And New Firm Name
• $890M 'Save Toys R Us' Bid Made By MGA Entertainment CEO
• Real Estate Rumors: Edge, EY, Turnberry
• A Chat With Baker Botts CMO Gillian Ward
• DC Circ. Backs Acquisition Of Calif. Land For Tribal Casino
• Manulife Pays $387M For Office Towers In DC, Atlanta
• Dominican Republic Urges Toss Of $41M Ecotourism Row
• 1st Circ. Tosses Duped Renter's Suit Over Phony Resort
• Wells Fargo May Face $1B Fine For Customer Charges
• How PACA And PSA Super Liens Impact Real Estate Sales
• There Is Middle Ground For US Lawyers On AML Regimes
• Fla. Firm Fights Sanctions In Billionaire Sex Offender Row
• NJ Assembly Passes Charitable Donation SALT Workaround
• Chubb Stiffed Ex-Exec On $600K In Stock Pay, Suit Says
• Aronberg Goldgehn Adds Estate, Tax Planning Pro In Chicago
• Hospital Owner Can't Keep Ch. 11 Malpractice Row In Court
• Real Estate Rumors: Ruben, Augustus Miller, Walton Street
• Why Texas Contractors Should Watch Lon Smith V. Key
• NY Sole Practitioner Steers $57M Queens Real Estate Deal
• Fenwick To Move NYC Office To Tech Hub Flatiron District
• LA Decision 'Blows The Myth' About Property Rental Rules
• Finance-Savvy Millennials Are Shifting Business Of Law
• NY Fines Nationstar Mortgage $5M For Compliance Risks
• Conference Focuses On Sea Level Rise Resiliency For S. Fla.
• Rackemann Adds Local Condo Law Attorney In Boston
• Real Estate Rumors: Apollo, Borsa, Zeller
• Hartford's Calif. Depreciation Deal Nears Initial OK
• NJ Real Estate Atty Suspended Over Botched Mortgage Payoff
• FTC Won't Toss La. Real Estate Board Fee Case
• Cenveo Defends Bid To Hire Ex-VP As Bankruptcy Consultant
• Greenberg Traurig Snags Atty From Leading Japanese Firm
• Immigration Atty Appeals EB-5 Fraud Suit Loss At 9th Circ.
• Bon-Ton Liquidation Looms After Del. Court Nixes Bid Fee
• HUD Awards Record $28B In Disaster Recovery Grants
• SL Green Scores $700M From 3 NY Real Estate Sales
• Macquarie, KKR $100M Auction-Rigging Claims Advance
• Attorney-Client Privilege Is Alive And Well
• Dissolving Practice
• Process To Pick New Miami Court Plan Remains Unresolved
• NY Judge Iffy On Credit Suisse's Bid To Kill $1B RMBS Suit
• Shkreli Must Repay Investor $388K Over Property Deal Woes
• Panel Questions Gas Co.'s Stake In West Texas Oil Leases
• Real Estate Rumors: David Kahnweiler, PNC, Cary Tamarkin
• GGP Shareholders Sue To Block $9.25B Brookfield Merger
• Great American Won't Have To Pay $2.4M For Estefan Eatery
• Insurers Urge Tenn. Justices To Affirm $146M Flood Award Nix
• Flexible Office Co. Knotel Scores $70M From Investors
• Dechert Guides Aareal On $140M Loan For Times Square Hotel
• Dissolving Practice: How To Fix A Dysfunctional Law Firm
• Fried Frank, Sullivan Steer $1.8B Blackstone-Tishman Loan
• Actuary Agrees To Help Fla. Property Investors In $157M Suit
• 9th Circ. Nixes Enviros' Challenge To LA County Development
• SEC Accuses Pair Of Raising $3.8M In Ponzi, Drilling Schemes
• Leucadia Sells Auto Group, Stake In National Beef For $1.3B
• Billionaire Sex Offender Fights Firm's Sanctions Bid
• Real Estate Rumors: Extell, GCA Immobilier, ABJ Properties
• Prior Zoning Regs Apply To Apartment Plan, NJ Justices Told
• Legal & General Drops $258M On UK Industrial Property
• Pa. Justices Won't Rethink Scope Of Gas Lease Fund Use
• Dissolving Practice: Partner Agreement Clauses That Can Help
• Steptoe's Malpractice Win Kept Intact Amid Stolen-Asset Row
• Zillow Seeks To Ax Investor Suit Over Co-Marketing Program
• SEC Seeks Default Judgment Against No-Show Resort Co.
• Columbia U. Seeks To Slip $16M Tower Construction Suit
• NJ Appeals Panel Denies Revival Of Redevelopment Challenge
• Dissolving Practice: The Unfinished Business Doctrine
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Fried Frank, Schulte
• Kushner Cos. Acquires 360-Unit NJ Property In $100M Deal
• Cozen Must Face Suit Over Ex-Partner's Philly Project Role
• 1 Law Firm Guided 2 Largest Q1 Hotel Deals
• Post & Schell Grows Construction Group With Latest Pa. Hire
• More Claims Advance In RCS Creditor Trust's Schorsch Suit
• Blackstone Offers €1.9B For Spain Hotel REIT Hispania
• Windstream, Investors Float $10.5M REIT Suit Settlement
• BIA Win In Okla. Oil Lease Row Affirmed By 10th Circ.
• PennEast Needs NJ Land For $1B Pipeline, Judge Told
• Wichita Tribe Asks Oklahoma Court To Nix Land Row Suit
• NJ Gov. Sends Prepaid Property Tax Bill Back For Changes
• Real Estate Rumors: HCP, Puma, Related
• Texas Homeowners Sue Engineering Co. Over Harvey Damage
• NJ Panel Advances SALT Cap Workaround To Full Assembly
• Woodbridge Creditor Seeks To Halt Ponzi Class Actions
• Fla. Atty Convicted Of Mortgage Fraud Faces Disbarment
• MGM REIT To Pay $1B For Hard Rock's Ohio Rocksino
• Fried Frank Guides GMS' $627M Purchase Of WSB Titan
• $84M Awardee Says Offshore Assets Are Within Court's Reach
• Anadarko Wants To Keep Drilling Dispute Win At 10th Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: Portland, Country Garden, BAC Florida
• Romanian Bank Shells Out €315M For Eurobank Units
• Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley Settle RMBS Suit
• Fla. Justices Won't Hear County's Tax Fight Over Condo Land
• Fla. Hotel Project Struggles Highlight EB-5 Risks
• Activist Challenges Newark Effort To Shield Amazon HQ Bid
• More Than A Dozen Firms Aided Largest Q1 Real Estate Deals
• Woman Who Helped Bribe Top Diplomat Cops To FCPA Counts
• Ill. Court Hands Win To Gov't In IRS Lien Typo Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Peter Wood, Wells Fargo
• Apt. Complex's Policy Covers Water Damage But Not Pipe
• Gov't Coy On Retrial For Exec Accused Of Cuomo Aide Bribe
• Amazon's Public Search Occurs In Dark, Watchdog Contends
• Fieldwood Energy Gets OK For Prepackaged Ch. 11 Plan
• Tax Reform's Impact On Private Equity
• Drinker Biddle Faces Defamation Claim Over Scotched Clinic
• Defunct Philly Firm Can't Dodge Malpractice Counterclaims
• REIT Directors Duck Investor Suit Over $41M Loan Write-Down
• FCP Offloads Maryland Apartment Portfolio For $302M
• 50 Years After MLK's Death, Housing Segregation Persists
• Tax Court Far Undervalued $33M Land Gift, DC Circ. Told
• DOJ Sues Calif. Over Federal Land Protection Bill
• 7th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Construction Loan Case
• Ill. County FHA Suit By Bank Of America Trimmed But Alive
• 9th Circ. Takes Lloyd's Off Hook For $5M Excess Policy Claims
• Holland & Knight's $35M Malpractice Loss Nixed On Appeal
• Real Estate Rumors: Matt Lauer, Welltower, Ian Read
• Pa. Panel Revives Trespass Claims Over Fracking Well
• Singapore REIT Drops $103M On Germany Data Center
• Jackson Walker Picks Up 4 Gardere Wynn Partners
• Failed Developer Asks 1st Circ. To Undo Bankruptcy Judgment
• NY Trump Hotel Dodges Worker's Race, Retaliation Claims
• Stillwater Loses Appeal Over Transfer Claims For 11 Funds
• Navigating The Protections Of Various Lien Waivers
• Goldman Sachs Slams 'Irrelevant' FDIC Motion In RMBS Row
• Real Estate Moguls On The Move
• Husch Blackwell Adds 14 From Gardere Wynne In Texas