READY FOR 2ND EDIT -- SEP SUM -- As practitioners scrambled to meet deadlines to settle clients' disputes over conservation easement tax deductions, the IRS made a surprise announcement this month that it woul... (more story)

Latham & Watkins LLP-advised StepStone Group Inc., a private equity shop, on Wednesday revealed that it wrapped its latest secondaries infrastructure fund and related separate accounts with $1.7 billion in tow.

Investment volume in U.S. commercial real estate grew nearly 20% annually in the first quarter, but the gains were uneven, driven largely by a recovery in the office and hotel sectors, according to a Cozen O'C... (more story)

A property owner revived claims in South Carolina federal court that a group of companies cleared a site for development under the guise of a logging operation to avoid installing sediment and stormwater manag... (more story)

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has added to its real estate practice group in Boston an ArentFox Schiff LLP partner whose national practice spans more than 40 states, the firm announced Wednesday.

Andrew Elkhoury has made a successful transition from BigLaw to solo practice at Houston-based Elkhoury Law PLLC, highlighted by his selection by Texas' Harris County to develop and implement a design-build pr... (more story)

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's corporate and finance partner Elizabeth L. Banks has advised on major deals, such as multifamily real estate investment trust Elme Communities' $1.6 billion sale of a 19-property por... (more story)

Customers of Academy Mortgage Corp. have urged a Utah federal judge to grant the first OK to a nearly $2 million settlement they reached with the lender to resolve claims tied to a 2023 data breach.

A residential developer based in Denver has accused utility Public Service Co. of Colorado in state court of causing its business more than $25 million in damages after repeatedly failing to provide electrical... (more story)

The Eighth Circuit decided Wednesday to affirm a more than $1 billion class action settlement that's supposed to resolve antitrust claims against the National Association of Realtors and multiple real estate b... (more story)

A housing manufacturer defeated a white former manager's lawsuit alleging he was fired for complaining that he was treated differently compared to his Hispanic co-workers, with a Texas federal judge ruling col... (more story)

A Florida state appeals court on Wednesday reversed an order dismissing a lawsuit brought by a property company alleging that Hoffman Larin & Agnetti PA and one of its attorneys aided and abetted a breach of f... (more story)

An Allstate unit can't shake a claim that it acted in bad faith by denying a homeowner's fire damage claim, but need not face a claim that its conduct was grossly negligent and put the homeowner at risk of for... (more story)

Developer Millennium Parters has secured $856 million in total financing from Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Nuveen Green Capital for a Class A office and luxury residential tower that is the tallest building in... (more story)