Expert Analysis

Lessons For Banks From Recent FCA Enforcement Trends

While government relief programs rely on financial institutions in times of economic uncertainty, recent enforceme... (more story)

NY's Tax On 2nd Homes Compounds Residency Tax Risks

New York’s recently enacted surcharge on high-value second homes reflects a nationwide legislative trend of using ... (more story)

Texas Ruling Leaves Key Oil Royalty Question Unresolved

The Texas Supreme Court's recent decision in Fasken Oil and Ranch v. Puig clarifies that royalty reservations cont... (more story)

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SIMAD-Linked New Orleans Office Tower Hits Ch. 11

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Monday agreed to give bankrupt summer camp and real estate company SIMAD Holdings Ltd. interim permission to use cash collateral, which the debtor said it needed to keep its ca... (more story)

NYC Real Estate Week In Review

Paul Weiss and Fried Frank are among various law firms that guided the largest real estate deals that hit New York City public records last week, two of which were nine-figure trades.

Steven Reingold (from left), a partner at Saul Ewing; Andrew Diroll-Black, of American Lending Center; and Ronald Klasko, of Klasko Immigration Law Partners, participate in a panel on litigation at the JTC and Saul Ewing Advanced EB-5 Conference in Miami. (Nathan Hale | Law360)
EB-5 Leaders Talk Sunset Deadlines, Green Card Turmoil

Organizers of an annual conference focused on the EB-5 investment visa program stressed a theme of optimism at the event last week in Miami, but even as the program appears to have overcome many of its own pas... (more story)

'Hard-Money' Lenders Stole Millions In Fees, Feds Tell Jury

Two Florida men used their "hard-money" commercial real estate finance company to steal millions, prosecutors told a Manhattan federal jury Monday, calling their operation a scam designed to reap upfront fees ... (more story)

Real Estate GC Jumps To Phelps Dunbar In Tampa

Phelps Dunbar LLP announced Monday that it tapped a former in-house counsel from a real estate private equity company to serve as a partner in the firm's Tampa, Florida, office.

High Court Reopens Review Of DOE Furnace Efficiency Rules

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated a D.C. Circuit decision that upheld Biden-era energy efficiency standards for furnaces and water heaters and ordered the circuit court to take another look in light of ... (more story)

Hotel Investment Firm Settles SEC Claims Of $86M Fraud

A hotel investment firm and its founder have settled claims brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accusing the company of raising about $86 million through "deceptive conduct," with a Texas fe... (more story)

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Gilmore Bell Opens In Texas With 5 Robinson & Cole Attys

Public finance law firm Gilmore Bell has expanded its affordable housing and real estate financing offerings with the launch of an Austin, Texas, office and the addition of five lawyers who previously practice... (more story)

Equity Residential GC Joins AvalonBay Execs In Merged REIT

Equity Residential's general counsel will lead the legal functions of the company once it completes a combination with fellow real estate investment trust AvalonBay Communities in a transaction set to create a... (more story)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani billed the city’s "Block by Block" plan as one that would guide the creation of 200,000 new affordable housing units over the next decade. (Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via AP Images)
Akerman Partner Unpacks NYC's Affordable Housing Blueprint

A plan released last week offers the most complete vision yet for how Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to confront New York City’s housing affordability crisis. Nora Martins, a New York land use and zoning partner a... (more story)

Denver Developer Accused Of Lies To Dodge Loan Repayment

A real estate investment firm has claimed in Colorado state court that a Denver developer lied numerous times to refinance on three occasions a promissory note governing the development of a residential lot on... (more story)

Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

At the Delaware Chancery Court, a trial over World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s $21.4 billion merger with Ultimate Fighting Championship's parent company has been canceled, and a Reddit investor has filed a ... (more story)

Mortgage Co. Held In Contempt For Flouting CEO Depo Orders

A Michigan federal judge held United Wholesale Mortgage LLC in contempt on Monday after finding the lender ignored repeated court orders to make CEO Mathew Ishbia available for deposition in a contract dispute... (more story)

Nationstar Escapes Suit Over COVID-19 Loan Change Denial

A Pennsylvania federal judge released Nationstar Mortgage from a homeowner's proposed class action, finding the company followed federal guidance when it rejected and later approved a pandemic-based loan modif... (more story)