Real Estate

  • September 26, 2025

    Judge Criticizes Email-Only Talks In NY Smoke Shop Dispute

    A New York federal judge chided attorneys for the Cayuga Nation and the smoke shop it's suing on Thursday for not actually speaking to each other when resolving a combative documents dispute, warning them that she might sanction them if they don't follow her orders more closely next time.

  • September 26, 2025

    NJ Riverfront Site Owner Hits Ch. 11 Ahead Of Sheriff's Sale

    A property owner accused of defrauding an investor with phony development plans for a New Jersey site on the Hudson River sought Chapter 11 protection ahead of a sheriff's sale Friday, claiming it owes $67.3 million to creditors that include a foreclosing developer.

  • September 26, 2025

    High Court Pauses Distribution Of $4B Foreign Aid

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Trump administration can hold onto $4 billion in frozen foreign aid funding while Congress considers a proposal to cut it, pausing a lower court order that required the federal government to spend the money before the end of the month.

  • September 26, 2025

    Justices Urged To Review Suit Over Mich. City Tenant Info Law

    Real estate companies have pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Sixth Circuit decision upholding the dismissal of a constitutional contract claim in their suit against a Michigan city over a law requiring commercial landlords to provide prospective tenant information in order to obtain a license to rent to them.

  • September 26, 2025

    Jones Day Hires NY Public Finance Attorney From Orrick

    Jones Day announced that its New York office has gained a former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP lawyer who advises issuers, underwriters and lenders on public finance and real assets transactions.

  • September 26, 2025

    Mass. Tax Board Cuts $1M Home Value To Sale Price

    A Massachusetts home valued at $1 million by a county assessor should have the value lowered to the price the home sold for, the state Appellate Tax Board ruled. 

  • September 26, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty OneSteel sue its collapsed former lender Greensill Capital, television personality Janice Dickinson hit ITV with a personal injury claim after falling over while appearing on “I’m a Celeb …”, and energy investor Blasket bring fresh litigation against Spain amid a row over a $416 million arbitration award. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • September 26, 2025

    Holland & Hart Brings On Perkins Coie Commercial Litigator

    Holland & Hart LLP has added a former Perkins Coie LLP partner to enhance its capacity to handle commercial litigation and advise high-net-worth individuals about a variety of matters.

  • September 25, 2025

    Housing Authority Targets Ex-Chief's Home In $3.1M Suit

    A Connecticut municipal housing authority that is embroiled in litigation with its former executive director has asked a state court judge to make him pledge his Middlebury home to satisfy a potential multimillion-dollar judgment against him.

  • September 25, 2025

    NY Judge Approves Hold On Cannabis Store Proximity Rule

    A New York state judge has signed off on an agreement between marijuana stores and cannabis regulators to temporarily halt enforcement of a recent regulatory reinterpretation of store location requirements that threatened to upend more than a hundred cannabis businesses.

  • September 25, 2025

    Ex-FTE CEO Gets 12 Years For $13.6M Accounting Fraud

    The former chairman and CEO of FTE Networks Inc. on Thursday was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a multifaceted $13.6 million ploy to conceal the telecommunications and real estate company's shaky financial condition and embezzle company funds.

  • September 25, 2025

    Property Manager Didn't Pay For Meal Break Work, Suit Claims

    Leasing agents and maintenance technicians, in a proposed collective and class action filed on Thursday, have accused a property management company of making them work during unpaid meal breaks, while not keeping track of this time and refusing to pay overtime. 

  • September 25, 2025

    SEC's $1.2M Deal In EB-5 Fraud Case Gets Judge's OK

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a Nevada federal court has ordered a real estate developer and one of her companies to pay over $1.2 million to settle the agency's claims that they used $10 million raised from overseas investors hoping to immigrate to the U.S. to instead pay down an unrelated project loan.

  • September 25, 2025

    Sens. Renew Bipartisan Push To Fund Schools On Federal Lands

    A group of U.S. senators have reintroduced legislation that would increase funding over a five-year period from the U.S. Department of Education's Impact Aid program for public schools located on federal lands.

  • September 25, 2025

    DC Court Upholds Transfer Tax On Long-Term Leaseback

    The $39 million sale of a Washington, D.C., property and a long-term deal to lease it back to the seller constituted two separate taxable transactions, an appeals court said Thursday, rejecting a claim for a $1 million refund.

  • September 25, 2025

    NJ Amusement Park Co. Won't Get Hearing On Shore Project

    New Jersey appeals court found Thursday that a Jersey Shore amusement park owner isn't entitled to a hearing before an agency that approved a grant making way for a luxury housing and retail development on the site of a nearby parking lot.

  • September 25, 2025

    CSX Says Biz Owner Rehashing Claims In Rail Crossing Suit

    Railroad company CSX Transportation Inc. has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to permanently ax a local business owner's request for punitive damages amid a dispute over access to a railroad crossing, arguing the owner is repeating claims the court already rejected.

  • September 25, 2025

    NJ Panel Tosses Suit Over West Windsor Industrial Project

    A New Jersey appellate court on Thursday backed the permanent dismissal of a suit filed by two West Windsor residential property owners over the township's approval of a zoning ordinance for a more than 5 million-square-foot commercial and industrial project.

  • September 25, 2025

    Flagstar Seeks Instant Win In Ex-Live Well VP Fraud Case

    Flagstar Bank has urged a Michigan federal judge to grant it an early win against a former executive of the now-bankrupt Live Well for his role in a scheme to defraud lenders by inflating the value of bonds, saying because the executive already pled guilty to securities fraud, he cannot now deny liability in the bank's civil case.

  • September 25, 2025

    SmartLabs Accused Of Dodging Rent On Cambridge Lab

    Boston-headquartered SmartLabs is facing a lawsuit over millions in unpaid rent owed to the landlord of one of its Cambridge facilities, according to a complaint filed in Massachusetts state court.

  • September 25, 2025

    Calif. City Asks Justices To Reboot Housing Law Challenge

    The city of Huntington Beach, California, has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to revive its claims challenging state laws that require the city to build enough housing to keep up with population growth, arguing an appeals panel wrongly found the city can't bring a federal constitutional challenge against its parent state.

  • September 25, 2025

    Wis. Judge Backs Wildlife Refuge Land Swap Deal

    A Wisconsin federal judge has granted summary judgment to the federal government and two utility companies against all claims in a suit filed by conservationist groups that alleged that the government wrongfully approved a land exchange deal with the utilities so the companies could build part of a 101-mile transmission line project through a wildlife refuge.

  • September 24, 2025

    Tower Developer Linked To Menendez Ally Wants Suit Tossed

    The developer behind a disputed high-rise project — once led by a businessman convicted in the bribery scheme involving former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez — is asking a New Jersey judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a neighboring municipality, arguing the case is incurably flawed.

  • September 24, 2025

    Greystar Resolves Wash. AG Action On Military Housing Fees

    Greystar, the largest apartment management firm in the U.S., reached a deal Tuesday with Washington state over allegations that the company charged illegal housing fees to military service members, according to an announcement by the state's attorney general.

  • September 24, 2025

    Minn. Court Says Landlords Waive Evictions By Taking Rent

    The Minnesota Supreme Court said Wednesday that landlords in the state can't evict public or private housing tenants for breaching their leases if the landlords knew about the specific lease violations when they accepted the tenants' rent payments, ruling against a Minneapolis property owner that had filed an eviction suit against a tenant.

Expert Analysis

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths

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    Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

  • Fla. Condo Law Fix Clarifies Control Of Common Areas

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    Florida's repeal of a controversial statutory provision that permitted developers of mixed-use condominium properties to retroactively assert control over common facilities marks a critical shift in legal protections for unit owners and associations, promoting fairness, transparency and accountability, say attorneys at Pardo Jackson.

  • Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing

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    Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

  • EDNY Ruling May Limit Some FARA Conspiracy Charges

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    Though the Eastern District of New York’s recent U.S. v. Sun decision upheld Foreign Agents Registration Act charges against a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, its recognition of an affirmative legislative policy to exempt some officials may help defendants charged with related conspiracies, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • 9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard

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    District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

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    Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Opening myself up to new experiences through competing in modern Olympic pentathlon has shrunk the appearance of my daily work annoyances and helps me improve my patience, manage crises better and remember that acquiring new skills requires working through your early mistakes, says attorney Mary Zoldak.

  • Shifting DEI Expectations Put Banks In Legal Crosshairs

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    The Trump administration's rollbacks on DEI-friendly policies create something of a regulatory catch-22 for banks, wherein strict compliance would contradict established statutory and administrative mandates regarding access to credit for disadvantaged communities, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • The State Of Play In Copyright Protection For Floor Plans

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    With questions over copyright protections for floor plans potentially teed up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys in the real estate industry should take steps to clarify and strengthen clients' rights and reduce the risk of litigation, says Dylan I. Scher at Quinn Emanuel.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech

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    New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.

  • How AI May Reshape The Future Of Adjudication

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    As discussed at a recent panel at Texas A&M, artificial intelligence will not erase the human element of adjudication in the next 10 to 20 years, but it will drive efficiencies that spur private arbiters to experiment, lead public courts to evolve and force attorneys to adapt, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.

  • When Legal Advocacy Crosses The Line Into Incivility

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    As judges issue sanctions for courtroom incivility, and state bars advance formal discipline rules, trial lawyers must understand that the difference between zealous advocacy and unprofessionalism is not just a matter of tone; it's a marker of skill, credibility and potentially disciplinary exposure, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.

  • Florida Case Could Redefine Construction Defect Damages

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    If a Florida appellate court overturns the trial court in a pending construction contract dispute, the state could experience a seismic shift in construction defect damages, effectively leaving homeowners and developers with an incomplete remedy, says Andrew Gold at Akerman.

  • Texas Bill Could Still Boost Property Rights In Gov't Disputes

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    The passage of a bill in Texas that would provide litigants with access to a greater swath of judicial remedies in immunity disputes with government entities and officials would be an invaluable boon for property rights, says Nathan Vrazel at Munsch Hardt.

  • Indemnity Lessons From Mass. Construction Defect Ruling

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    The Massachusetts high court's decision in Trustees of Boston University v. CHA, holding that a bespoke contractual indemnity provision means that a construction defect claim is not subject to Massachusetts' statute of repose, should spur design and construction professionals to negotiate limited provisions, says Christopher Sweeney at Conn Kavanaugh.

  • Va.'s Altered Surcharge Law Poses Constitutional Questions

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    Virginia's recently amended consumer protection law requiring sellers to display the total price rather than expressly prohibiting surcharges follows New York's recent revision of its antisurcharge statute and may raise similar First Amendment questions, says attorneys at Stinson.

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