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Real Estate - August, 2018

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• Loan Servicer Sues McCabe Weisberg For Lost Foreclosure
• Calif. Residents Denied Quick Win In Tribal Trust Land Row
• Woodbridge Fights Trans Worker's Suit Amid Bankruptcy
• Justices Urged To Endorse Rule Against Quick Alice Wins
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Lynx, Westwood Financial
• New Pass-Through Deduction Will Pass Over Many Lawyers
• NYC Loans Developer $157M For Brooklyn Affordable Housing
• Real Estate Moguls On The Move
• The REIT Take-Private Process: Trends And Considerations
• Tribe Hits Feds With Suit Over Refusal Of Land Trust Bid
• How Reckless Judicial Impeachments Threaten Rule Of Law
• Firm Can Get Fees Despite Receivership, Judge Says
• Judging A Book: Fogel Reviews 'Good Judgment'
• NYC Brick & Mortar: How Law Firm Office Space Is Changing
• Judge Denies Redo Motions By Convicted Wilmington Execs
• NYC House Heist Ringleader Gets 10 Years In Prison
• NJ Court Says HOA Can't Stop Hudson River Apartment Plan
• Certilman Balin Helps With $71M Loan For Queens Properties
• Ex-NY Developer Busted After Investors Sue For $17M
• Skadden Steers Moody's $278M Buy Of Real Estate Data Co.
• Oregon Tribe Looks To Sell Former Racetrack Site For $17.9M
• Fla. Appeals Court Affirms Acupuncture School's Exemption
• Real Estate Rumors: Baring, Bridge, Jonas
• 10 Ways To Prevent E-Discovery Woes
• Westgate Resort, Castle Law Resolve Timeshare Suit
• Land Dispute Doesn't Belong In Tribal Court, ND Justices Rule
• Investment Firms Sue US Bank Over RMBS Trust Losses
• NJ Property Owner Accuses Engineering Firm Of Fraud
• Greenberg Traurig Boosts Firm With Ex-Squire Patton Tax Atty
• Pa. High Court Denies 2 Sunoco Pipeline Zoning Appeals
• Ala. City Establishes Voluntary Tax Agreement With Airbnb
• Gibson Steers News Corp's $210M Real Estate Tech Co. Buy
• Real Estate Rumors: WeWork, Henley, Blackstone
• Ross Stores Inks 1M-Square-Foot Industrial Lease In Calif.
• Why Courts Should Apply Escobar In Criminal Cases
• OCC Seeks Input On Lending Regs For Underserved Areas
• Millennium, Salesforce Towers Duke It Out Over Tilting Woes
• Landfill Operator Must Face Theft Charges, NJ Court Says
• Japanese-American Group Can't Block WWII Camp Land Sale
• Real Estate Rumors: Pan Am Equities, Sterling Bay, KKR
• Estefan Eatery Takes $2.4M Coverage Bid To 11th Circ.
• 'Securities Fraudster' Money Can't Pay Law Firm, SEC Says
• Moody's Agrees To Pay $16.3M To Settle SEC Ratings Probes
• Hogan Lovells, Skadden Steer Brixmor's $250M Notes Offering
• Japan Retail Fund Investment Paying $50M For Chiba Property
• Ponca Tribe Casino Gets Proposed Oct. Opening Date
• Common Offsite Problems Arising From Triple-Net Leases
• 4 Key Components To New Firm Partnership Agreements
• Landlords Can Be Liable For Tenants' Discrimination: 7th Circ.
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• NY Agency Says Kushner Cos. Falsified Construction Permits
• Real Estate Rumors: Fortis, WeWork, BofA
• $300M Brennan Investment JV Acquires 3-Building Portfolio
• Foley & Lardner Beats RICO Suit At 9th Circ.
• LaSalle Mulls Competing Offer To $4.8B Blackstone Deal
• GSA Underpriced Revised FBI HQ Plan, Watchdog Says
• Why Lead Paint Litigation May Go To The Supreme Court
• HomeAway Cries Foul Over New NYC Short-Term Rental Law
• On Harvey Anniversary, Voters OK $2.5B Flood Bond Package
• Australia's IOF Draws Sweetened AU$3B Blackstone Deal
• Open The Federal Courthouses
• Xenia Drops $100M For Denver Ritz-Carlton Hotel
• REIT Can't Intervene In $8M Retirement Fund Arbitration
• Developer Denied Coverage Bid For Suit Over Wall Ownership
• Brand Battles: Texas Fights For Famous Alamo 'Sand' Phrase
• Australian REIT Scoops Up Office Tower For $200M
• Calif. High Court Decision Is A Change Of Course For Zoning
• Investors In 'Ponzi-Like' REIT Seek Initial OK Of $13.5M Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Toys R Us, McSam Hotel, Mill Creek
• Calif. Panel Reverses Block Of Hollywood Target Superstore
• Airbnb Suit Challenges New NYC Rental Data Collection Law
• Qatar Removes $1B Suit Over NYC Hotel Deal To Fed. Court
• 6th Circ. Axes Contempt Order For Atty Who Missed Hearing
• Typo On Name Doesn't Invalidate Lien, IRS Tells 7th Circ.
• More US-Targeted Real Estate Deals To Face CFIUS Scrutiny
• Rising Star: Cadwalader's Bonnie A. Neuman
• What White V. Commissioner Says About Partnerships
• 8th Circ. OKs FHFA's Fannie And Freddie 'Net Worth Sweeps'
• Real Estate Rumors: Extell, Carlyle, Mercantil Bank
• Calif. High Court Says Citizens Have A Say In Zoning Change
• German Co. Too Late To Stop China From Razing Buildings
• Disney Rejects $260M Tax Break Before Minimum Wage Vote
• Goodman, CPPIB Pour $1.75B Into China Logistics Venture
• Rising Star: Kasowitz Benson's Julia Sanabria
• NJ Condo Board Beats Suit Over Building Height Limits
• Japanese-Americans Sue To Block Sale Of WWII Camp Land
• Ex-Bank Exec Cops To Venezuelan Money Laundering Scheme
• Wells Fargo Gets Initial OK On $30M Post-Loan Interest Deal
• Ga. City Says Carveout Is Bid To Create Whiter City
• Ex-Congressional Aide Gets Time Served In Fraud Suit
• CBRE To Pay $100M To End Class Action By Realty Investors
• Wind Co. Claims Treasury Underpaid $4M From Grant Program
• IRS Takes Uncharitable View Of Property Donation Deductions
• Real Estate Rumors: Arnold Kozys, DRA, Rosenberg & Estis
• Norway's Wealth Fund Pays $291M For Boston Building Stake
• Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Mike Szczurek
• Policing Bad Claims In Consolidated Litigation: Part 2
• Realtors Charged With Defrauding Lenders In Kickback Case
• Mass. DEP's Denial Of Harbor Project Upheld On Appeal
• Del. Court Approves Woodbridge Group Ch. 11 Disclosure
• 17 AGs Say HUD Shouldn't Change Disparate Impact Rule
• High Court Sets Arguments For Tribal Tax, Hovercraft Cases
• Insurer Needn't Cover Damage From Pot Op, 6th Circ. Affirms
• Developer Sues Historic Cincinnati Hotel Over $9.5M Deal
• FHFA Chief Wanted Sexual Favors For Pay Hike, Official Says
• La. Real Estate Board Pushes 5th Circ. For Immunity
• Real Estate Rumors: TA, Michael Cohen, Fla. Church Campus
• Global Net Lease Lands $296M Loan For UK Portfolio
• Biz Groups Urge High Court To Hear Sherwin-Williams Case
• Manafort Found Guilty On Tax And Bank Fraud Charges
• Texas Panel Says Developer's $4.7M Win Should Be Trimmed
• Signature Bank Loans $113M For Manhattan Properties
• Opportunity Zones: Spurring Development In Indian Country
• Policing Bad Claims In Consolidated Litigation: Part 1
• Signed Texts Can Be Binding Real Estate Contracts
• Denial Of Iranian's EB-5 Visa Due To Evidence Gaps Upheld
• Texas High Court Urged To Enter El Paso Historic Site Row
• Nossaman Nabs Reed Smith Real Estate Veteran
• Manafort Jury Isn't Allowed Hung Option, For Now
• Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Wheatly MacNamara
• DLA Piper Lands Corporate Law Pro In Mexico City
• 'High Availability' — A Key Term In Law Firm IT Strategy
• Ex-Congressional Aide Says Trump Tweets Moot Sentence
• Transit Group Unlikely To Dodge Leaning Tower Of SF Suit
• SEC Secures TRO, Receiver In Alleged $135M Ponzi Scheme
• Jay Peak Receiver Settles Tax Dispute With Vermont Town
• Real Estate Rumors: 1stdibs, Redwood Capital, JPMorgan
• M7 Bolsters New Fund With $89.4M Seed Portfolio Buy
• Unregistered Brokers Sold Woodbridge Securities, SEC Claims
• NJ Appeals Court Revives FedEx Driver's Slip-And-Fall Suit
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• The 'Post-Fact' Jury In The 'Fake News' Era
• NY Lawsuit Challenging Federal SALT Cap: The Complaint
• SL Green Realty To Sell Stake In NY Building For $223M
• Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Kris Ferranti
• Manafort Judge Talks Threats In Not Releasing Jurors' Names
• Bowles Rice, Insurer Resolve $41M Fight On Eve Of Trial
• Trump Asks For Stay Pending Appeal Of Emoluments Suit
• Mining Error Not A Covered Accident, Ky. Justices Rule
• HUD Claims Facebook's Housing Ads Are Discriminatory
• Timeshare Co. Recklessly Disregarded FLSA, OT Suit Says
• Half-Built Fla. Resort's $39M Sale Gets Court Approval
• Feds Fire Back At Sheldon Silver's Post-Conviction Bail Bid
• PG&E Fire Liability Has Calif. Considering Ch. 11 Alternative
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• PennDOT Wants Out Of Pittsburgh Artist's Lost-Murals Suit
• Mass. Court Says Wells Fargo Can't Sue To Shield Foreclosure
• Loeb & Loeb Guides Morgan Stanley's $40M Loan To Fortuna
• CapStack TRO Denied By Chancery Over Speech Concerns
• Wall Installer Can't Restart Claims Against Related Cos.
• Atty Suspended For 5-Year Legal Fight With Neighbors
• Why 25% Foreign-Owned Blocker Corps. Must File Form 5472
• Real Estate Rumors: Lennar, Amerra Capital, Google
• Rising Star: Paul Hastings' David Hamsher
• Judging A Book: Lipez Reviews 'Last Great Colonial Lawyer'
• Shutts & Bowen Adds Real Estate, IP Talent In Tampa
• How FIRRMA Will Change National Security Reviews: Part 2
• Katten's Head Of Real Estate Eyes Lone Star State Expansion
• Judge's Wild Order Threatens To Make Warring Attys Kiss
• Judge Won't Rethink Trim Of Foreclosure Services FCA Case
• Will Law Schools Start Counting 'Generation ADA'?
• Ambac Sues Deutsche Bank Over $900M RMBS Trust Losses
• Fired Contractor Sues NY Condo Owner For Unpaid $4.15M
• Texas Court Won't Revive Hunt Heir Mortgage Fraud Case
• Wells Fargo Gets Immigrant Lending Bias Suit Trimmed
• Long-Awaited Bonus Depreciation Insight For Partnerships
• Real Estate Investment Co. A $135M Ponzi Scheme, SEC Says
• Real Estate Rumors: HNA Group, Avenir, Traina Cos.
• LaSalle Gets CA$350M Boost To Canadian Real Estate Fund
• JPMorgan Lends $138M For Miami Condo Tower Project
• How FIRRMA Will Change National Security Reviews: Part 1
• A Chat With Ogletree Knowledge Chief Patrick DiDomenico
• Time To Update Prop 65 Warnings For Residential Rentals
• In Closing, Manafort Defense Says Gov't Is 'Desperate'
• Appeals Court Stops Contempt Proceedings Against 2 Attys
• Bear Stearns Bankruptcy Suit Win Upheld By District Court
• Fla. Court OKs Jury Instructions In Hurricane Repair Row
• Mintz Levin Snags Ex-Jeffer Mangels Enviro Pro In Calif.
• Challenge To Beckham's Miami Stadium Referendum Tossed
• House Dems Lose Bid For GSA Trump Hotel Docs
• Minn. High Court Nixes City's Development Infrastructure Fees
• BofA Seeks High Court Review Of 9th Circ. Preemption Ruling
• Housing Agency Must Face New Yorkers' Suit Over Lead Paint
• Pipeline Operator Seeks Easements For $220M Project
• 9th Circ. Seeks Wash. Justices' Help In Ferry Liability Row
• American Realty Investors Still Face $63M Judgment
• Morrison Cohen Guides $66M NYC Loan To Somerset Group
• Ex-NBA Player Aims To Sink NJ Conviction In Ponzi Scheme
• Real Estate Rumors: Lewis Swezy, Ford Motor Credit, WeWork
• How One Firm Moved The Needle On Disability Inclusion
• Woodbridge Says Creditor Claims Aren't Backed By Liens
• Alaska, Groups Weigh In On High Court Hovercraft Ban Case
• Cadwalader Guides Wells Fargo On $120M Loan To Vornado
• Goldman Investors Win Cert. After 2nd Circ. Reversal
• Chicago Rejects Thousands Of Airbnb Registration Requests
• RMBS Investors Can't Get Orders Tossed In Wells Fargo Suits
• Chinese Billionaire Asks 2nd Circ. To Deep-Six Conviction
• RBS Finalizes $4.9B Financial Crisis Settlement With DOJ
• Woodbridge Noteholder Group Slams Del. Ch. 11 Disclosures
• Ill. AG Takes On Trump Tower Over Wastewater Permit
• Gibson Dunn Helps Deutsche Bank With $56M NYC Loan
• Unclear Which Way Wind Blows After Reversal Of Alta Wind
• REIT Seeks To Arbitrate Homeowner's Joist Defect Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Columbia, Chiron, JPMorgan
• Horticultural Biz Broke Preservation Rules, NJ Justices Say
• Manafort's Defense Rests Without Bringing Evidence
• Using Ex Parte Seizures Abroad To Obtain IP Evidence
• Interview Essentials For Attorneys On The Move
• David Boies On How Dyslexia Shaped His Practice
• BigLaw's Mental Health Stigma Shows Signs Of Fading
• AirBnB Claims Immunity From Miami Apartment Owners' Suit
• OIG Says Gov't Landlord Not Properly Tracking Unused Space
• Deutsche Bank Gets Stay Of RMBS Indemnification Suit
• 10th Circ. Backs Feds' Win In Tribal Trust Account Dispute
• Enviros Can't Stop Calif. Housing Permit Over Density Worries
• 7th Circ. Backs Safeguard Properties In Debt Collection Suit
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• Lehman Judge Keeps Mortgage Suits In NY Bankruptcy Court
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Melo, Brookfield
• Cozen O'Connor Hires New Head For Calif. Franchise Practice
• GLP Sells Industrial Properties To REIT In $765M Deal
• 15 Minutes With WeWork's General Counsel
• Clerking For Ginsburg
• How The Legal Industry Lets Down Lawyers With Disabilities
• Gaining Access: Disabled Lawyers Share Their Stories
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Woodbridge Creditors Object To Claim Assignment Plan
• BIA Wants Out Of Suit Alleging Land Lease Plot
• City Can't Ax Neighboring Town's Walmart Contract Suit
• Defunct NC For-Profit Law School Must Still Honor Lease
• Chesapeake Energy Reaches $8M Deal On Gas Royalty Suits
• Pa. Drilling Law Case Could Set New Enviro Rights Standards
• Real Estate Rumors: Kavanagh, Splunk, Morgan Stanley
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 3 Surprises
• Sports Direct Buys House Of Fraser's UK Stores For £90M
• Ariz. Agency Need Not Consider Water Reserves, Court Says
• Condo Co. Not Owed Defense In IP Suit, 11th Circ. Affirms
• Real Estate Rumors: Aetna, NB Private Capital, Stiles
• Bay Area Multifamily Housing Project Scores $122M Loan
• Aronberg Goldgehn Lands Ex-Latimer LeVay Corporate Atty
• K&L Gates Adds Real Estate Partner From Reed Smith
• Cognizant Gets Investors' India Bribery Suit Trimmed
• 2nd Fla. Investor Cops To Online Foreclosure Auction Scheme
• States Back High Court Challenge To Hovercraft Ruling
• Oil & Gas Co. Strikes $3M Deal In Royalty Interest Row
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Builder's Arbitration Clause
• Jersey City Must Refund $2M From Tax Abatement Deals
• Newark Gives Final OK To Tax Breaks To Woo Amazon HQ2
• Wash. Tribe Urges Supreme Court To Review Fishing Decision
• Beverly Hills' Rent Law Flouts Privacy Rights, Suit Says
• Clerking For Ginsburg: A Superhero Supreme
• Bowles Rice, Title Insurer Set For Trial In $41M Contract Row
• Deutsche Bank RMBS Suit Should Not Get Cert., Judge Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Rockpoint, Schwartz Sladkus, Deutsche
• Ex-Lover Sues Redstone, Loeb & Loeb Atty Over Apartment
• Woodbridge OK'd For $215M In Del. Ch. 11 Noteholder Loans
• 4 Firms Steer KKR REIT's $100M Share Sale
• Dem Sen. Seeks More Info On Trump Role In FBI HQ Project
• 2 Strikes And You're Out: The Litvak Saga Comes To An End
• Virginia Data Center Project Lands $214M Loan
• DLA Piper Adds Duane Morris Litigator In Miami
• Fixing The 'Funk' Of Delinquent Loan Holders In Md.
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 RBG Lessons On Having It All
• 3 Firms Steer Starwood's $2.6B GE Energy Finance Biz Deal
• US Bank Backs Sampling Ban In Royal Park RMBS Suit
• Real Estate Broker Gets 3 Years For Short-Selling Scheme
• Biz Is Debt Collector Like Popeye's A Sailor, 3rd Circ. Says
• Most Of Obama Oil And Gas Royalty Rule Kept By Wyo. Judge
• Opportunity Zones Abound But Investors, Tread Carefully
• FTC Asks 5th Circ. To Stay Out Of La. Real Estate Board Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Mack, Midtown Capital, Riviera Resort
• Fewer Gov't Contractors Suspended, Debarred In 2017
• Calif. Realty Group Prepares Backup Property Tax Measure
• Mich. Counties, Cities Seek Nix Of Tribe's Boundaries Suit
• Does The Word 'Will' Clearly Accelerate A NY Mortgage Debt?
• Philippines To Cancel Lease On $1.5B Manila Casino Project
• Clerking For Ginsburg: How To Play The Long Game
• 5th Circ. Says Texas Fraudster Was Tried In Correct Venue
• How To Avoid Errors And Maximize Benefits In Rooftop Leases
• HSBC Gets Stay Of RMBS Indemnification Suit
• CBRE Reaches Deal In $157M Embezzlement Class Action
• Red Stone Equity Closes $144M Real Estate Fund
• Chevron Slams Saudis' 'Sham' $18B Award In Dismissal Bid
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Mautner-Glick, Bank OZK
• 2nd Circ. Revives Some Counts Against Convicted Ex-NY Sen.
• Pa. Justices Order Redo In Residential Drilling Challenge
• Firm Sues Disbarred Atty Over 'Misappropriated' Funds
• Landowners Say Cos. Posing As Drillers Took Their Royalties
• Ore. County Can't Make Airbnb, Others Collect Lodging Tax
• New York Life Lends $131M For NJ Luxury Apartment Tower
• Clerking For Ginsburg: In Pursuit Of Precision
• HSBC To Pay US Regulators $765M To Settle Loans Probe
• EB-5 Investors Bilked Of $21M In Fla. Hotel Scam, SEC Says
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Texas Justices To Rule On Border Counties' Taxation Question
• Chancery Denies Quick Breakup For $1B Development Firm
• Real Estate Rumors: Preston Giuliano, Natixis, Vista
• Seyfarth Steers $110M Brooklyn Property Loan
• Ex-Tenants Seek Cert. In Fire Class Action Against Developer
• Developer Shvo, JV Score 100K-Square-Foot 5th Ave. Space
• Holland & Knight, Fried Frank Steer $257M NY Property Deal
• Norton Rose Snags Real Estate Duo From Mayer Brown
• Clerking For Ginsburg: My RBG Guide To Judging
• What Lawyers Must Know About Financial Elder Abuse Claims
• Freedom Mortgage Can't Shake 2 TCPA Class Actions In NJ
• Injunction Denied In Property Spat Between Ex-NFL Players
• 2nd Circ. Backs Toss Of RMBS Suit Against US Bank, BofA
• NJ Township Wins Restoration Of Complex's Age Restrictions
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revisit FBI Field Office Lease Dispute
• Fla. Court Affirms Spa Owner's Win Against Trump Resort
• Bowles Rice's $10M Coverage Bid Halved In Insurance Row
• Senate Aims To Boost Checks On Foreign RE Ownership
• Startup Fights Paper's Bid To Unseal Records After $706M Win
• Lien Holders May Challenge Land Use Plans, NJ Justices Say
• Real Estate Rumors: Providence, Centerline, Calif. Mansion
• Real Estate Brokerage Leads 2 IPOs Exceeding $973M
• Mortgages And Equity Pledges: A Cautionary Tale For Lenders
• REIT Investor Says $1.4B Merger Suit Has Legs
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 Things I Learned
• Atty Fees Chopped By $1.6M In Energy Newsletter IP Suit
• KKR Loans A Combined $416M For Fla., Ga. Properties
• Real Estate Rumors: Ramrock, Extra Space Storage, Innovo
• RMR, Portnoy Launch $306M Office-Focused RE Fund
• Canadian Real Estate Investor's $74M Mexico Claim Trimmed
• Insurers Get $2.7M Irma Coverage Row Sent To Arbitration
• Real Estate Moguls On The Move
• Equity Residential Utility Outage Suit Stays In Fed. Court
• SF Lawmakers Propose Ban On Tech Worker Cafeterias
• Wells Fargo To Pay $2B Over RMBS Failures
• Retail Commercial Real Estate Is Evolving, Not Dying
• Clerking For Ginsburg: The Equality Lessons