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3 Key Ohio Financial Services Developments From 2025

Ohio's banking and financial services sector saw particularly notable developments in 2025, including a significan... (more story)

What Fla. Trends Reveal About AI In Real Estate Development

Property developers can begin to understand how artificial intelligence tools are changing the real estate industr... (more story)

State Of Insurance: Q4 Notes From Pennsylvania

Last quarter in Pennsylvania, a Superior Court ruling underscored the centrality of careful policy drafting and ju... (more story)

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Hotel Lender Says It Had No Part In Latham's Loan Error

The lender that benefited from an allegedly botched $152 million Miami hotel loan, in a reply last week to counterclaims, said there was no error on its part and said claims against it are barred because the b... (more story)

Blank Rome Nabs 5 Jeffer Mangels Hospitality Pros

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP founding partner Jim Butler has decamped to Blank Rome LLP with a team of four other hospitality pros, who will help build out the firm's hospitality and real estate teams,... (more story)

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3 Firms Advise Apollo REIT's $9B Portfolio Sale To Insurer

A mortgage origination unit of Apollo Global Management announced Wednesday it will sell a $9 billion loan portfolio to an affiliated insurance company after the real estate investment trust's stock consistent... (more story)

Town's Northeastern Univ. Land Grab Divides Mass. Top Court

Justices on Massachusetts' highest court appeared split Monday over whether a town's use of eminent domain to prevent Northeastern University from expanding a research center was a proper use of that power.

NJ Panel Backs Dismissal Of Longtime Redevelopment Feud

A New Jersey appellate court on Monday upheld the dismissal of multiple claims involving two Jersey City parcels that were related to a long-running redevelopment dispute between business partners.

Latham, Gibson Dunn Steer Brookfield's $1.2B Peakstone Buy

Private equity giant Brookfield Asset Management, advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, on Monday unveiled plans to acquire Latham & Watkins LLP-led Peakstone Realty Trust in a $1.2 billion take-private transaction.

Real Estate Attys 'Not Going In Blind' Amid Data Center Boom

The explosion of artificial intelligence has created a sharp demand for new data centers with no signs of slowing down, posing challenges that have some real estate attorneys turning to well-worn playbooks fro... (more story)

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JPMorgan Seeks Ch. 11 Trustee Or Ch. 7 For NYC Landlord

EDITING--JPMorgan, the mortgage lender to a Manhattan loft owner, has urged a New York bankruptcy court to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee in the landlord's bankruptcy case or convert it to a liquidation under Ch... (more story)

Kempinski Picks Miami For 1st US Branded Residence

Kempinski Group, Europe's oldest independent luxury hotel company, revealed Friday that it plans to develop its first branded residential property in the United States with a two-tower project in Miami.

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Willkie, Latham Guide Homes.com Activist Clash At CoStar

With each side comparing the other to children, CoStar Group pushed back Wednesday against a new activist shareholder campaign from hedge fund Third Point that aims to force board of director changes and a res... (more story)

FTC Requires Facility Sales For $835M Healthcare Deal

The Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement Friday allowing Sevita Health to move ahead with an $835 million deal for BrightSpring Health Services Inc.'s community living business, conditioned on the sal... (more story)

Fannie Mae Blasts Bid To Regain Minn. Apartment Control

Fannie Mae has asked a New York bankruptcy court not to return an apartment complex in Duluth, Minnesota, from receivership to its owner during a Chapter 11 appeal, saying the debtor is not to be trusted, give... (more story)

Del. High Court Won't Revive Goldman Heirs' Dispute

Delaware's Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an earlier finding that the late billionaire Sol Goldman's grandson has the right to administer his deceased father's property and settle his interest in the famil... (more story)

Winter Storm's Costs For Insurers Likely To Be Manageable

The winter storm that plunged much of the U.S. into a deep freeze this week will likely bring about insurance claims challenges related to cause of loss and business interruptions, though market analysts expec... (more story)