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Real Estate - January, 2019

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• Acting FHFA Head Spares Details On Plans In Reply To Dems
• DLA Piper Proptech Group Aims To Get Real Estate Connected
• Tax Court OKs $3M Bad Debt First Held By Alabama Coach
• Mich. Cities, Counties Can't Nix Tribe's Boundary Suit
• Pa. Justices Urged To Bar Fracking-Related Trespass Claims
• NYC Housing Authority Must Face Lead Poisoning Suit
• EPA Focus On Compliance Over Enforcement Stirs Questions
• Real Estate Rumors: Investcorp, Rampante, SL Green
• What Lawyers Can Do To Prevent And Combat Burnout
• The Laterals Audit: Tax Attorney Moves In January
• Brookfield Closes $15B Real Estate-Focused Fund
• Mont. Justices Ax 'Collusive' $12M Judgment In Mansion Row
• Term 'Sudden Collapse' Key To Allstate Row In 2nd Circ.
• Developer Guilty Of Bank Fraud Can't DQ 'Hostile' Judge
• King & Spalding Guides Bank OZK On $350M NYC Loan
• Real Estate Rumors: Toys R Us Store, Junius, Willis
• NCUA Raises Concerns With Wells Fargo's $43M MBS Deal
• Circle Squared, PRC Team Up On NJ Apartment Project
• Tribes Running Gov't Programs Need More DOI Help: GAO
• Can A Driller Trespass While Fracking On Its Own Lease?
• KKR Drops $43.5M On Rockefeller Group Industrial Building
• Cushman & Wakefield Overbiller Deserves 5 Years, Feds Say
• Real Estate Rumors: Baptist Health, Turnbridge, Anaplan
• Winston & Strawn, Kramer Levin Steer $410M NYC Loan
• Condos Win Fees From Insurers After $2.5M Storm-Costs Win
• NJ High Court Won't Take Up Hudson River Apartment Fight
• 9th Circ. Backs Calif. County Tax On Leased Tribal Lands
• PwC Says BofA To Blame In $400M Suit Over Bank Failure
• Opportunity Zones: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• Hedge Fund Bets $70M On Atlantic City's Former Revel Casino
• REIT Fights Investor's Attys' Fee Bid In Merger Suit
• Don't Let Deutsche Bank Ditch RMBS Suits, Investors Say
• June Trial Set For UK Convict Over Alleged Bar Works Fraud
• Armstrong Teasdale Continues East Coast Expansion In NYC
• Clark Hill Adds Blumling & Gusky RE Pros In Pittsburgh
• Real Estate Rumors: Carroll, The Wing, Chipotle
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• Sears Unsecured Creditors Challenge $5.2B Ch. 11 Sale
• J&M Sales Case To Convert To Ch. 7 Due To Lack Of Options
• Conn. Looking At New Car Levies To Reduce Property Taxes
• Court Halts Work On $2.2B Flood Mitigation Project
• Fugitive Ex-Hunton Atty Gets Nearly 7 Years For Fraud
• Woodbridge, CEO To Pay $1B To Settle Ponzi Fraud Claims
• In NJ, Arbitration Clauses Cannot Be Hidden In Fine Print
• Lenders, Law Firms Brace For Foreclosure High Court Ruling
• Collateralized Loan Obligations: Subprime Déjà Vu?
• Calif. Gov. To Sue City Over Low-Growth Housing Plan
• Savills Studley Exec Sees Law Firms Trim Real Estate Budget
• NYC Neighbor's Construction Blamed For Millions In Damages
• Attys In $30M Wells Fargo Post-Loan Interest Deal Get $7.5M
• Dems Press FHFA Acting Chief On Agency's Agenda
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Texas Trio Duped Investors Out Of $45M, SEC Claims
• Real Estate Rumors: 3H Group, Trader Joe's, Bank OZK
• BNY Asks New York Court To Clear Up RMBS Interest Dispute
• Holland & Knight Can't Nix Malpractice Suit Over Tax Reports
• A Look At The Expansion Of Nonrecourse Carveouts
• Lawmakers Want To Nix Opportunity Zones Location Requirement
• A Primer On Real Estate Joint Ventures: Part 2
• 3rd Circ. Sex Bias Stance Could Stand Review, Pa. Judge Says
• Airbnb, Others Need Not Collect Fla. County's Tourist Tax
• Attorneys Face DQ For Using Privileged Info In Pleadings
• Deutsche Hospitality Buys Majority Of Zleep Hotels
• Pair Of Florida Apartment Complexes Trade Hands For $73M
• Real Estate Rumors: WeWork, SL Green, Silver Tree
• Mass. May Face Litigation Over Short-Term Rental Tax
• Mineral Owners Want Forced Drilling On Their Lands Outlawed
• Law Schools Should Be More Like Medical Centers
• Miami Developer Says 'Sham' Bribery Suit Is Defamatory
• A Primer On Real Estate Joint Ventures: Part 1
• Commercial Real Estate Valuation Platform Raises $33M
• Feds Seek Nearly 7 Years For Former Fugitive Attorney
• Bear Stearns Hits Reed Smith With $500M Malpractice Suit
• Miami's $1B Plan For MLS Stadium Faces Renewed Challenge
• Calif. Developer Can't Escape $9.5M EB-5 Fraud Claims
• Hunt Division Loans $72M For Student Housing Portfolio
• 5 Key Changes In Final IRS Pass-Through Deduction Rules
• Real Estate Rumors: Ken Griffin, New York DOT, Casa Hotels
• Mass. Gov. Seeks Faster Remittance, Taxes On Opioids
• Antitrust Deal 'Breaches' Must Be Arbitrated: Realtor Group
• NJ Can't Budge Judge On PennEast Pipeline Land Grab
• REIT Ashford Hospitality Drops $195M On Manhattan Hilton
• Trial Court To Review Miami Developer's Juror Bribery Claim
• Real Estate Rumors: SL Green, Related, Georgetown
• Another Former Wilmington Trust Officer Gets Prison Time
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• Courts Are Getting It Right On Litigation Funding Discovery
• High Court Won't Hear NY Builder's Fee Refund Case
• HFF Inks $171.5M Refinancing For Ohio Mixed-Use Project
• High Court Passes On Pipeline Eminent Domain Fight
• NJ Justices Won't Hear $2.7M Jersey City Tax Ruling
• How To Navigate US Real Estate After CFIUS Expansion
• GAO Calls Fannie, Freddie Reform Proposals Shortsighted
• Nationstar Asks Fla. High Court To Revisit Attys' Fees Case
• Mueller Disputes BuzzFeed Report Trump Told Cohen To Lie
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Real Estate Rumors: Lennar, Baptist Health, Bridge
• NY Court Widens Path For 'Consequential Damage' Claims
• Milbank Aids Tricky $325M Buy, 2018's Top NJ Office Deal
• Final IRS Pass-Through Deduction Rules Snub Team Owners
• Klövern Buys Swedish Office Building For $70M
• Settlement Counsel Key For Efficient Mass Tort Resolution
• NJ Atty Ducks Malpractice Suit Over Real Estate Proceeds
• 'Dark Overlord' Hack Another Cautionary Tale For Law Firms
• Union Pacific Owes For Cleanup, Former Property Owner Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Deutsche Bank, Essence, WeWork
• Catalyst Capital Invests €194M In Retail, Office Properties
• 1st Circ. Upholds $3M Award For Plumbers Benefit Fund
• Diversity's Next Step: Developing Minority Partners
• Investor Says Info On InfraREIT-Oncor Merger Is Misleading
• Bertram Partners Lands $72M Loan For 3 Calif. Properties
• Bank OZK Wants $46M Bad-Loan Suit Moved To Arkansas
• Expect More Suits Over Appraiser Bias, Colo. High Court Told
• OCC Chief Hopes To Work With Rep. Waters On CRA, Fintech
• Real Estate Rumors: SME, JP Morgan Asset Management, IDS
• GSA Ignored Constitution In Trump Hotel Analysis: OIG
• FHFA Won't Defend Leadership Structure Before Full 5th Circ.
• HFF Steers $25.9M Sale Of Pepsi Distribution Center
• FCA Suit Alleging Retaliation Against Ex-Underwriter Tossed
• High Court, With Kavanaugh, Rehears Pa. Takings Dispute
• Becker & Poliakoff Launches Opportunity Zone Practice
• Fried Frank Adds REIT Head, Tax Atty From Hogan Lovells
• Pa. Appeals Court Weighs Meaning Of 'On' In Gas Leases
• Arbitrators And Mediators Should Reflect Society's Diversity
• Senate Tax Panel Head Open To Renewing Credits For 1 Year
• CWA Shift Pushes Calif., States Toward Stricter Water Regs
• States, Tribes Back Swinomish In BNSF Appeal At 9th Circ.
• Real Estate Lawyers On The Move
• Real Estate Rumors: Rilea, Pan Am Equities, LIT Industrial
• Burford Gets Arbitration In Suit Over $50M Note's Sale
• Why AFAs Are Key To The Future Of Legal Practice
• Timeshare Owners Seek Fees Over Marriott's Withheld Docs
• NY Title Insurance Kickback Rule Revived On Appeal
• Medici Living, W5 Group Investing $300M In Co-Living
• London Lawyer 1st Fined Over Panama Papers Revelations
• 7th Circ. Questions Standing In Chicago Home-Share Reg Suit
• Royal Park, Wells Fargo End RMBS Trustee Suit
• UBS Takes Aim At Feds' Fraud Suit Over Crisis-Era RMBS
• NYC Hits Property Brokerage With $21M Illegal Airbnb Suit
• KREF Closed 7 Senior Loans Worth $908M In Q4 2018
• Ill. Landowners Ask Justices To Revive Suit Against Tax Hikes
• 11th Circ. Strikes Down $1.6M Lien Against Fla. Property
• Real Estate Rumors: Overseas Union, Amazon, Two Roads
• NJ Takes PennEast Pipeline Land Grab Fight To 3rd Circ.
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• Nationstar Inks $6.5M Deal Over Secretly Taping Customers
• Fed. Circ. Says TTAB Ignored Brands' Peaceful Coexistence
• Judging A Book: Barron Reviews 'The Clamor Of Lawyers'
• Singapore Real Estate Co. Buys Development Biz In $8B Deal
• Constitutional Challenges To Pipeline Takings Face Obstacles
• Facing The Challenges Of Eminent Domain Proceedings
• Pa. Properties With Billboards Could See Bigger Tax Bills
• Handling Corporate Congressional Probes In The Trump Era
• The Firms That Dominated In 2018
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• GrayRobinson Forms Religious Organizations Practice Group
• Real Estate Rumors: Tahir, JKM, Slate
• 10th Circ. Upholds Tribal Landowners' Win Over Pipeline Co.
• Builders Must Face High-End NC Hotel's Nuisance Suit
• Troutman Sanders Aids Bank Of China, ICBC On $61M Loan
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 2
• Bandera Partners Pushes For Changes To Luby's Board
• Foreclosure Suit With Lost Note Isn't Time-Barred: Fla. Court
• What All Attorneys Need To Know About The Shutdown
• 3rd Circ. Revives T-Mobile's Del. Cell Tower Zoning Fight
• Real Estate Rumors: Apple, TD Bank, Diageo
• Texas Oil Cos. Can't Dodge Suit Over Unpaid Royalties
• J&M Landlords Want Rent Paid Before Ch. 7 Conversion
• UK Student Housing Biz Lands £140M Development Deal
• Real Estate Moguls On The Move
• Pittsburgh Hotel Builder Sued Over Delays, Missed Payments
• What PE Attys Need To Know About Opportunity Zones
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 1
• In Pennsylvania, Drone Misuse Will Soon Be A Crime
• Public-Private Partnerships Key In Opportunity Zones
• Amrock Denied New Trial In Appraisal App $706M IP Row
• Developer Guilty Of Bank Fraud Wants 'Hostile' Judge DQ'd
• Fannie Mae Not A Reporting Agency Under FCRA: 9th Circ.
• Doc, Manager Must Pay $15.5M For Alleged EB-5 Scheme
• Mortgage Lender's Arbitration Agreement Stands In Wage Row
• Real Estate Rumors: PNC Bank, Sotheby's, CitizenM Hotels
• 1 Firm Handled 3 Largest Hotel M&A Deals Of 2018
• REIT Ascott Residence Sells Singapore Property For $261M
• No Holds Barred In Commercial Real Estate Acquisition
• Real Estate Investment Firm Carmel Clinches $1.28B Fund
• 7 Questions To Add To Your Lateral Partner Questionnaire
• Convicted Judge Should Face Sanctions, Ill. Regulator Says
• Condo Developer, Lenders Resolve NYC Loan Fight
• Real Estate Rumors: BridgeInvest, WarnerMedia, Galaxy
• Mortgage Fraud Mastermind Gets 13 Years In Prison
• WeWork Nabs $47B Valuation After New SoftBank Investment
• Carlyle, Metropolitan Close Secondaries Fund With $1.2B
• NY's High Court Further Clarifies RMBS Legal Landscape
• A Chat With Reed Smith Chief Marketing Officer Sadie Baron
• Russian Lawyer Linked To Trump Charged With Obstruction
• Justices Eye Debt Collection Law's Reach In Foreclosure Case
• Hoboken Can't Block High-Rise Plans With Zoning Changes
• Fla. Court Approves Condo Deal In EB-5 Fraud Suit
• Convicted Wilmington Trust Execs Seek Bail During Appeal
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• ABM To Pay $5.4M Over Required Worker Cellphone Use
• GrayRobinson Adds Two Attorneys To Southwest Fla. Offices
• FEMA Supervisor Left Job Too Soon To Keep Harassment Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Ashkenazy, Life Time, Javier Cruz
• High Court Won't Hear FCA Dispute Over Watershed Use
• Atty Can't Leave Fla. Timeshare-Exit Contract Suit
• HFF Lands $96.5M Financing For Ore. Luxury High-Rise
• NY County Appeals Cayuga Nation Property Tax Ruling
• NY Tax Minutes: December Review And 2019 Preview
• NJ Towns Must Back Up Need To Take Land When Challenged
• No Future Gain Tax For Foreigners Investing In US Property
• Unique Risks Posed By REIT Acquisition
• 'Flexible Work' Makes Freelancing More Viable In BigLaw
• A Call To Permit Judicial Substitution In MDL Proceedings
• Judge Weinstein On Activism, Gobbledegook, Going Robeless
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Confusion Over 'Fulcrum' Hits Tipping Point In Texas TM Suit
• RE Exec's Bid To Pull Plea In $22.9M Scam Falls Short: Feds
• Foreclosure Challenger Can Collect Atty Fees, Fla. Court Says
• Manhattan Leasing Market Surges To Highest Point Since 2000
• Lloyd's Group Urges Arbitration Of $1M Storm Damage Row
• Investors' Suit Seeking $50M Over Real Estate Fraud Revived
• Contractor Says Ex-Bloomberg, Turner Execs Killed Business
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Simpson, MoFo
• Inconsistent Claims Again Sink NJ Gas Station Pollution Suit
• Sotheby's Real Estate Unit Must Face Ex-Client's Fraud Suit
• More Than A Dozen Firms Aided Top 2018 Real Estate Deals
• Blank Rome Adds 'Storied' Atty To LA Corporate Group
• 9th Circ. Denies Redo On $35M EB-5 Fraud Judgment
• Countrywide Can't Slip Fraud Claim In Ambac's RMBS Case
• Arent Fox Nabs 7 Kay & Merkle Attys In San Francisco
• Litigation Funder Sues NY Firm Over 'Unwinnable' Resort Row
• HFF Inks $62M In Equity To Develop Chicago Towers
• Gunster Adds GrayRobinson Atty To Firm's Corporate Practice
• What To Expect From Technology-Assisted Review In 2019
• Investor Wins Fraud Ruling Against $200M Ponzi Schemer
• Mass. Expands Occupancy Tax To Include Short-Term Rentals
• Opportunity Zones: Whose 'Opportunity' Is It Really?
• Airbnb, HomeAway Win Freeze To NYC Data Ordinance
• Gencom Buys 2 Tampa Bay Hotels For $100M
• Real Estate Rumors: Florida East Coast, Onni, Transamerica
• LA Siblings Win $34M In Row Over Reclaimed Property In Iran
• Weyerhaeuser Joist Defect Suit Paused For Settlement Talks
• Real Estate Rumors: Delshah, Realterm Logistics, Frisbie
• 10th Circ. Won't Rehear Okla. Landowner's Drill Permit Suit
• Simpson Thacher Helps Blackstone With $567M Refinancing
• Atty Who Copped To Money Laundering Agrees To Disbarment
• Marriott Vacations Hit With Sanctions In Timeshare Suit
• Sidley Austin Lands CLO Pro As Partner In NY Office
• Ballard Spahr, Venable Steer $135M Md. Logistics Loan
• 10th Circ. Nixes Anadarko Win In Drilling Rights Dispute
• Fla. Keys City's Win Reversed In Property Rights Case
• 2019 Will Bring More Good News For Litigation Finance
• Bryan Cave, MoFo Steer $600M Omega REIT, MedEquities Deal
• Radisson Tells Investors To Spurn Consortium's $778.4M Bid
• 2 Circuits Clear Up NGA Questions For Pipeline Cos.
• Why More Law Firms Will Embrace Remote Work In 2019
• Financial Services Litigation To Watch In 2019
• California Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2019
• NYC Real Estate Legislation, Regulation To Watch In 2019
• Real Estate Cases To Watch In 2019
• Real Estate Trends To Watch In 2019
• Calif. Real Estate Legislation, Regulation To Watch In 2019