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Real Estate - October, 2018

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• Texas Mineral Cos. Deny Misleading Landowners In $5M Row
• Real Estate Firm Fights For Control Of Ex-Exec's Jet
• Ex-NY Sen. Cuts Deal On Charges, Avoids More Jail Time
• Transco Pipeline Access Is Constitutional, 3rd Circ. Says
• Texas Justices Told City's Taking Of Private Road Is Unlawful
• Ex-Venezuelan Oil Exec Pleads Guilty In $1.2B Fraud Scheme
• Pot Grower Wins First Civil RICO Trial For Cannabis Industry
• Security Co. Says It's Owed $4.5M For Harvey, Irma Patrols
• Real Estate Rumors: Joe Chetrit, Zagame, Southwest Value
• Cromwell European REIT Drops €384.4M On 23 Properties
• Singapore Real Estate Platform Raises $145M, Led By KKR
• Putting The Brakes On Construction Defect Suits In Texas
• An In-Depth Guide To The Opportunity Zone Guidance: Part 1
• Toys R Us Poised To Sell Asian Business To Debtholders
• NJ Bank Founder, Associate Indicted In Bogus Loan Scheme
• 7 Real Estate Lawyers Decamp Venable For Sheppard Mullin
• Real Estate Rumors: TA Realty, Flip, Square Mile
• Real Estate Experts Grilled On Pot Smell In RICO Trial
• Diplomats And Pandas: 2nd Circ. Mulls Trump Emolument Suit
• Pa. Fracking Decision Gives Towns Long-Awaited Answers
• 7th Circ. Voids 12-Year Sentence For Mortgage Fraudster
• Airbnb Tax Suit Remanded To Florida State Court
• Stroock Helps Minskoff Equities With 3 New Manhattan Leases
• Squire Patton Adds 2 To Paris Real Estate Practice
• Katten Muchin Adds Ex-Jones Day Tax Partner To UK Office
• Kirkland, Wachtell Steer WH Smith's $198M Airport Retail Buy
• Protecting Law Firm Talent At Both Ends
• Weyerhaeuser Can't Shake Specter Of Formaldehyde Claims
• Lehman Gets OK To Amend Claims Against Mortgage Sellers
• Skunk Smell Ruined Dream Home, Jury Told At Pot RICO Trial
• Real Estate Rumors: BridgeInvest, Rohatyn, Popular Bank
• Trump Accused Of Conning Thousands Into Bogus Deals
• Enviros Can't Sue FERC In NJ, Judge Says In PennEast Fight
• Woodbridge's Ch. 11 Plan Gets Confirmed In Delaware
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• Ill. Judge Behind Mortgage Fraud Deserves 2 Years, Feds Say
• Ex-Banker Gets 10 Years In Venezuelan Money Laundering
• Wendy Olson Talks Twin Falls, Tribes, Private Practice
• Prospects For Tax Policy In A Divided Post-Election Congress
• Tampa Construction Contracts Must Address Labor Shortages
• Paul Hastings Must Face Suit Over Lighter Co. Deal
• Pa. Appeals Court Upholds Town's Fracking Law
• Fla. Developer Inks $600M Deal For Work On Luxury Tower
• Mortgage Services Co. Takes CFPB Fight To 9th Circ.
• BofA To Settle Out Of Investor Suit Over $665M RMBS Notes
• Real Estate Rumors: Capital One, Cornell, Codina
• 9th Circ. Won't Nix Couple's $35M Penalty For EB-5 Fraud
• Ireland Aims To Cut Down On Airbnb Rentals With New Regs
• Judging A Book: Brown Reviews 'Dangerous Leaders'
• Cannabis Grower RICO Trial Puts Industry On High Alert
• WeWork Stays In-House With New GC Appointment
• Real Estate Rumors: Praedium, Chaim Nortman, Wells Fargo
• Miami Apt. Owners Can Seek Punitive Damages In Airbnb Suit
• Sears Gets Nod To Start Closing Sales At 142 Stores
• Skanska Sells New Boston Office Tower For $455M
• Tribe Says Mich. Counties, Cities Can't Exit Boundary Suit
• Katten Steers AIG On $201M Property Loan To Simon Baron
• Liberty Mutual, Contractor Must Show Docs In $36M Hotel Suit
• Member Wants EB-5 Investment Center's Financial Records
• Ex-Tenants Win Cert. In Suit Against Developer Over Fire
• Veteran Litigator Joins Goulston & Storrs In Boston
• Homeowners' Suit Against Brad Pitt Org Moved To Fed. Court
• Breaking The Rules: 3 Ways To 'Lead' A Direct Examination
• Lender Looks To Foreclose On NYC Condo Over $41M Loan
• Contract Suit Against Fla. Timeshare Exit Team Survives
• What To Know About Building In Tax 'Opportunity Zones'
• Calif. Realtor Groups Say Rival Broke Antitrust Settlement
• Decision Imminent On Woodbridge Ch. 11 Confirmation
• LXI REIT Drops $140M On 5 UK Properties
• Gas Co. Scores Quick Win In Tribal Land Pipeline Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Estate Investment, Savanna, Mishorim
• How Florida's Proposed Amendments Would Affect Taxpayers
• Ex-NY Senate Leader Gets 4 Years For 2nd Graft Conviction
• Real Estate Rumors: Landesbank, Belmont, CenterPoint
• Sheppard Mullin Steers $163M NYC Hotel Buy
• Calif. Firm Fights Malpractice Suit Over $30M Trial Loss
• CBRE Can Arbitrate Claims Of Terminated Whistleblower
• Fried Frank Guides Blackstone's $432M NYC Tower Loan
• Mayer Brown Lands Mortgage Banking, Financial Services Pro
• Avenatti On Hook For $4.9M Owed To Former Law Partner
• 10 Clarifications To The $100B Opportunity Zone Program
• Real Estate Rumors: AvalonBay, Kramer, Commerz Real
• Chicago Short-Rental Regs Unconstitutional, 7th Circ. Hears
• Madison Realty Lands $258M Financing For NJ Developments
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• Brown Rudnick, Ernst & Young Guide $54M DC Marriott Buy
• Liberty Mutual Loses Rebuttal Bid Against Texas Contractor
• 2 Insurers Exit $1.3M Construction Defect Coverage Row
• Bank Must Face Claim Of Stalling Wall Street Condo Sale
• Couple Sues Accounting Firm Over Woodbridge Ponzi Losses
• Opportunity Zone Regs Could Still Leave Openings For Abuse
• Worker Fired For Telling AG About Cooked Books, Suit Says
• Ex-Tribe Head's Testimony Shows Lack Of Reservation: Mich.
• High Court Urged Not To Review 9th Circ. Preemption Ruling
• Blackstone Real Estate Arm Buys Hawaiian Ritz-Carlton Hotel
• Toys R Us Lenders Become Stalking Horse For IT Biz
• Group Offers $3.8B To Take Over Shopping Center Owner Intu
• Jay Peak Receiver, Ex-Owner Ink Deal In $350M EB-5 Suit
• Ocwen, Others Want Fund's ERISA Suit Over RMBS Nixed
• Need Litigation Finance? Don't Skip These 5 Steps
• Real Estate Rumors: Belmont, NYC Labor Office, Coastline
• IRS Floats Rules On Deferring Gains From Opportunity Zones
• Trump Had FBI Drop HQ Move To Protect His Hotel, Dems Say
• Battle Brews Over Atty's Admission In Woodbridge Ch. 11
• Herrick Feinstein, Golenbock Eiseman Steer $50M NYC Loan
• $1M In Hotel Damage Wasn't Due To Hurricane, Insurer Says
• Ill. High Court Says Ameren Can Take Land For Power Line
• Real Estate Rumors: WeWork, Impulsive, Casey Wasserman
• $2.6M Atty Fee Cut Upheld In Tribal Land Buyback Suit
• 4 Things To Watch In The Sears Bankruptcy
• Hotel JV Gets $46M Loan, Eyes Greek, Spanish Investments
• Foreign Investors May Benefit From Opportunity Zones
• Updated Rules For NYC's 421-a Tax Exemption Beneficiaries
• 3 Firms Guide Oncor's $1.3B InfraREIT Acquisition
• Builder Hits SF With $150M Suit Over Terminal Delays
• Calif. Firm Accused Of Cornering Landowner Into Bad Deal
• Jaguars Owner Pulls £600M Wembley Stadium Bid
• A High Court Milestone Stirs Hope Of Gender Parity
• Jury Awards RE Broker $2.5M Over Vegas Hilton Sale Fee
• Creditors Say Fla. Insurance Co. Fraudulently Dumped Assets
• Alston & Bird Guides Wells Fargo's $275M Loan To SL Green
• Texas Panel Told Noncompete Row Belongs In Arbitration
• Apartment Seller Stated False Occupancy Rate, $4M Suit Says
• KKR's Auction Abuse Claims Dismissed As 'Joke' In Apt. Row
• Zoning Changes Doom NYC Nursing Home Permit, Court Says
• Real Estate Rumors: TPA, Thor, New Wave Loans Residential
• Assignment Of Benefits Faces A New Hurdle In Florida
• Enviros Sue For Info On Massive LA County Development
• How FTC Is Stepping Up Its Consumer Protection Efforts
• DC-Focused PE Real Estate Firm Clinches $255M Fund
• Royal Park Pushes For Sampling In Deutsche Bank RMBS Suit
• NY High Court Says Deutsche RMBS Claims Still Untimely
• Burford Seeks Arbitration In Suit Over $50M Note's Sale
• San Jacinto River Authority Claims Immunity In Takings Row
• Mayer Brown Adds NY Tax Partner For Fund Practice
• 1,200-Room Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel Trades Hands
• Real Estate Rumors: Madison Realty, Sard Verbinnen, CBS
• AT&T Looks To Nix Cable Contamination Suit
• NJ Hospital, Jersey City Reach $4.9M Deal Over Property Tax
• Real Estate Lawyers On The Move
• A Holistic Approach To Client Retention
• Chancery Asked To Boot Real Estate Co. Manager, Seize Docs
• NJ Atty Must Face Malpractice Row Over Construction Dispute
• The Path To Becoming A Supreme Court Advocate
• Timeshare Condo Group Looks To Exit Marriott Vacations Row
• A Chat With Allens Pricing Chief Pier D'Angelo
• Nomura Reaches $480M Deal Ending RMBS Probe
• Diamond Dealer Sued By IRS For $88M, Blames Dad's Attys
• Ga. Atty Convicted In $26M Firm Embezzlement
• Gender Disparity At The High Court: How Top Law Firms Measure Up
• Sears Authorized To Tap DIP Loan In 1st Day Of Ch. 11
• Feds Back Tribe Against Wis. Village In Apple Festival Row
• Pittsburgh's 'Welcome, Stranger' Tax Appeals Contested
• Real Estate Rumors: Midtown Capital, McSam, City National
• DPW Holdings Helps Nab $85M Loan For Tribeca Hotel
• Investors Can't Undo $480K Costs In Archstone Buyout Row
• InfraRed Closes 4th European Real Estate Fund At $687M
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• Sherwin-Williams, ConAgra Denied Cert In Lead Cleanup Suits
• Market Evidence Will Likely Be Key In Sears Bankruptcy
• What Financial Cos. Can Expect If Democrats Win House
• Oil & Gas Development Goes On Trial With Colo. Voters
• Sears Files Ch. 11 In NY With Sale, Store Closing Plans
• Will The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar Be Female?
• Supreme Court Women: A Vet & 1st-Timer Talk Gender Disparity
• Ex-NY Senate Boss Asks For Light Sentence After Conviction
• Feds Assert Ownership Of Island In Key West Harbor
• 7th Circ. Ends Ill. Property Owners' Tax Bout With County
• Alaska Hunter Says Feds Can't Justify Hovercraft Ban
• Woodbridge Property Investors Take Issue With Ch. 11 Plan
• Percoco Seeks To Remain Bailed During 2nd Circ. Appeal
• Pa. Jury Convicts 'Deal-Closer' In $54M Ponzi Scheme
• Real Estate Rumors: Vanbarton, Mill Creek, Cornell Realty
• REIT New Senior Investment Group Refinances $720M Loan
• Texas Justices End 46-Year County Boundary 'Death Match'
• Woodbine Buys 375-Room LA Hotel From Carlyle For $151.5M
• LXi REIT Raises $230M Through Share Sale
• The ABA Was Dead Wrong About Model Rule 8.4(g)
• Insurance Co. Fights Coverage Over Malibu Home Defects
• New Polsinelli Group Eyes Opportunity Zone Deal Work
• Permian Water Disposal A Thorn In Our Side, Oil Execs Say
• Experts Highlight Real Estate's Key Role In Fla. Pot Market
• Sexual Assaults Occurred At WeWork Events, Ex-Worker Says
• Disney Nixes Anaheim Hotel Amid Minimum Wage Ballot Row
• Real Estate Rumors: AHS, Fisher, Bill Ussery Motors
• The Supreme Court Should Become Boring
• Dilworth Paxson Settles Homeowner's Frivolous Suit Claim
• Keep In Mind The ABCs Of Commercial Leasing
• Back To School: BC's Kent Greenfield Talks Corporate Law
• In Reversal, Injured Texas Worker Told He Can't Depose CEO
• Sears Adds Turnaround Expert To Board Amid Ch. 11 Reports
• Finance Atty Joins Holland & Knight In Denver
• No Commission On $75M Fla. Land Deal, Appeals Court Says
• Chevy Chase Land Drops $90M On Va. Apartment Complex
• Ute Tribe Seeks Judge's Recusal In Tribal Water Theft Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sears, WeWork, Bayer
• Real Estate Rumors: Alexandria, Atlantic Pacific, Fidelity
• DOJ Rules Out Life Term Bids For Ex-Wilmington Trust Execs
• Day Pitney, Morrison Cohen Steer $85M NYC Loan
• Sunoco Wants Pa. Pipeline Damage Class Action Trimmed
• Mass. Residents Blast Tribe's Stay Bid In 1st Circ. Trust Row
• Fla. Court OKs No-Bid Sale For Beckham's Miami Stadium
• Japan Ends Airbnb Antitrust Probe After Listing Rule Waived
• Kavanaugh Cannot Be Compelled To Recuse Himself
• Utah Justices Flip 'Clearly Erroneous' Foreclosure Ruling
• Westgate Suit Against 'Timeshare Exit' Firm Moves Forward
• NCUA Seeks Sub To Bring RMBS Suit Against Deutsche Bank
• Royal Park Can't Revive $3.7B RMBS Suit, NY Court Rules
• MoFo Guides Parking Facility REIT On $100M IPO
• HSBC Finalizes $765M Mortgage-Backed Securities Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: FPA, Pentaurus, Mautner-Glick
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ackman, HNA Group, Trian Partners
• Texas Atty Flagged After 'Attacks' On Judges' Integrity
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• Pittsburgh Housing Authority Looks To Can Artist's Mural Suit
• Knowledge Management: An Unsung Hero Of Legal Innovation
• SEC Wants Subpoenas Enforced For ICO Pump & Dump Docs
• High Court Unlikely To Solve ESA Issues In Frog Habitat Case
• UPDATE: Ill. Atty, Developer Freed From Claims They Defamed EB-5 Fund To Chinese Investors
• Trump Family Tax History: A Professional Evaluation
• Meridian Guides $258M Funding For NJ Construction Projects
• Real Estate Rumors: Thor, Warehouse Goods, Fla. Hotel
• 3rd Circ. Puts Chem Co. On Hook For Past Cleanup Costs
• Dayton Street Scores $32M Loan For Ill. Logistics Buy
• NJ Appeals Court Says Inheritance Tax Owed On House's Full Value
• Chesapeake Beats Ohio Class Cert. As Attys Criticized
• Verizon OK'd For Cell Tower, Ending Dispute With Mass. Town
• Holland & Knight Adds Real Estate Finance Pair From Seyfarth
• Feds Seek $1.8M From Disbarred Ex-Fugitive Atty Over Fraud
• 2 Consumer Groups Hit Conn. Bank With Redlining Suit
• Atty Looks To Check Out Of Timeshare-Exit Contract Suit
• Asset Management Firm CEO Charged With $16M Fraud
• Identifying Investment Contracts, From Chinchillas To Crypto
• Sedgwick's Ch. 11 Filing 'A Success Story,' Judge Told
• Bankrupt Verity Health Fights Leases, Citing $25M Loss
• Bank Units Urge Judge To Deny FDIC A Redo In Colonial Suit
• 7th Circ. Affirms $500M Tax Hit Against Exelon
• Cushman Appeals Attorneys' Fees On Top Of Age Bias Verdict
• Key Firms Aided Top Q3 Real Estate M&A Deals
• Becker & Poliakoff Lands Partner Trio In Fla. Offices
• Couple Asks 2nd Circ. To Rethink Tax Residency Ruling
• Real Estate Rumors: Priderock, Invesco, Welltower
• 11 New Insurance Laws After California Wildfires
• How New Prop 65 Amendments Impact Calif. Businesses
• Deutsche Bank Investors Win Cert. In Preferred Securities Suit
• Pa. High Court To Review Squatter's Rights Dispute
• NM Tribe Ordered To Produce Docs In Land Claim Suit
• Takings Claims Should Go Right To Fed. Court, Justices Told
• Deutsche Sues BofA For $253M Over Loan Warranty Breaches
• Lehman Judge Nixes Bids To Transfer Lender Indemnity Suits
• Latham Steers Sumitomo Mitsui's $203M Loan To Rockefeller
• Skip The New 'Civility Courses' And Think Like A Lawyer
• Fla. Developer Lands $558M Loan For Luxury Development
• 6 Firms Guide Kennedy Wilson Venture's $130M Dublin Buy
• SC Bank Pays Kickbacks For Mortgage Referrals, Suit Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Fortress, Extell, Trump Group
• Pros And Cons Of Office Sharing Agreements
• Why Law Firms Should Monitor The Dark Web
• Lehman To Add Indemnity Claims Against Mortgage Sellers
• CEQA Doesn't Require Health Analysis, Calif. High Court Told
• Prologis Sells $1.1B Property Portfolio To Mapletree
• NJ City Can't Shake Suit Over Denied Billboard Application
• Zillow Escapes Investor Class Action Over CFPB Probe
• NYC Short-Term Rental Rule Flouts Constitution, EFF Says
• ND Judge Nixes Suit Over Reservation Oil, Gas Lease
• Lawyer Gets 5 Years In $22.9M Chicago Mortgage Fraud
• FTC Clears $2.8 Billion Casino Merger
• Real Estate Rumors: Fla. Home, Cockroach Labs, Knickpoint
• Tribe Slams City's Latest Opposition To Iowa Casino
• Does Rule 45 Protect Nonparties From Undue Burden?
• Real Estate Moguls On The Move
• Sedgwick Files For Ch. 11 Bankruptcy
• Supreme Court Rebuffs Tech Billionaire's Beach Access Suit
• White & Case Adds 13 Pircher Nichols Attys In Chicago
• Justices Focus On FWS Discretion In Frog Habitat Oral Args
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Wells Fargo, Elion Partners
• High Court Won't Reinstate $30M Verdict Against Fla. Town
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• French Retailer Sells €565M In Assets, Looking To Shed Debt
• Pittsburgh Can't Escape FCA Housing Suit, Groups Say
• 6th Circ. Encourages Insureds To Be Open With Insurers
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Ex-Bryan Cave Corporate Atty In Chicago