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What They're Saying About Fla.'s New Property Tax Break

Florida voters pushed a controversial property tax break just over the finish line on Election Day despite warnings from local governments and police and firefighter associations that the proposal would eliminate billions of dollars used to fund public safety and other core services. Now comes the waiting period to see how local governments respond when they put their budgets together next year.

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Ohio Voters Lead Data Center Pushback In Ballot Questions

Voters on ballot questions across the country Tuesday broadly opposed building new data center projects, with Ohio voters enacting roadblocks to projects pitched by Amazon, Meta and others, in an electoral test for the buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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Interest Rate Uptick Adds New Wrinkle To Office Conversions

Three months after a structural failure at a prominent office-to-residential conversion in New York City prompted a sweep of inspections, investors are pursuing such projects as actively as ever, though rising interest rates pose a fresh challenge, according to a real estate leader at Polsinelli PC.

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What To Know About New Proposed Opportunity Zone Regs

Jessica Millett and Caroline Koo

The Treasury and IRS recently released proposed regulations for the permanent extension of the opportunity zones program, with ...(read more)

How Power Grid Delays Are Reshaping Data Center Deals

Kathryn Furman, Steven Zavodnick and Jeffrey Brum

Texas' pause on permits while it studies data centers' effect on its electrical grid highlights the nationwide problem of years...(read more)

How NYC Consumer Bill Could Expand Private Claims

Brian Turetsky

New York City's proposed Power Act could expose companies to sweeping private claims under its prohibition on unfair, deceptive...(read more)

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What's Next For Data Centers After Midterm Setbacks?

The new political landscape to emerge from last week's midterm elections could herald more oversight and slow data center development, but attorneys expressed optimism that deals will be done and could ultimately benefit l...(read more)

Trump Admin. Still Can't Cut Trees At DC Golf Course

A D.C. federal judge issued a scathing order refusing to pause her injunction blocking the Trump administration from cutting down more trees at East Potomac Golf Course, rejecting the government's attempt to decouple the t...(read more)

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Healthcare REITs Funnel Billions Into Senior Housing In Q3

The two biggest healthcare real estate investment trusts in the U.S., Welltower Inc. and Ventas Inc., have invested a combined $26 billion this year in buying senior housing for their respective portfolios, as new construc...(read more)

Zacua Ventures Clinches 2nd Fund With $135M In Tow

Venture capital firm Zacua Ventures, which focuses on investing in sectors such as construction, manufacturing, energy, mining and infrastructure, on Tuesday announced that it wrapped its second fund with $135 million in tow.

No 3rd Circ. Redo For Green Group Over Pa. Pipeline Permits

The Third Circuit won't grant an en banc rehearing to an environmental group's challenge to a pair of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. pipeline projects in Pennsylvania, after ruling in October that the state's permittin...(read more)

Milbank Moves To Newly Redone Century City Office In LA

Milbank LLP has taken space in a newly renovated office in Los Angeles, remaining in Century City.

Dechert Hires Alston & Bird Atty For NYC Global Finance Team

Dechert LLP has hired an Alston & Bird LLP partner who's worked on residential and commercial mortgage loan deals as a partner on its global finance team in its New York City office, the firm announced Tuesday.

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$9M Deal Settles Payment Fee Suit Against Mortgage Servicer

A North Carolina federal judge has approved a $9 million settlement reached between a mortgage servicer and a certified class of North Carolina borrowers over illegal processing fees for mortgage payments.

Michigan Judge Weighs RICO Claims In Tax Foreclosure Fight

A Michigan federal judge considered Tuesday whether to dismiss racketeering claims against a former mayor of the Wayne County city of Taylor who is accused of participating in a bribery scheme involving tax-foreclosed prop...(read more)

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Mamdani Administration Seeking 'Fast Affordable Housing'

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in contrast to his predecessor, has been aggressive in pushing for more affordable housing, and that vision, coupled with New York's new landmark City of Yes rezoning, is spurring a flurry of...(read more)

Firm Must Face Suit For Including Atty Fees In Collection Bids

A New Jersey appellate court on Tuesday revived four lawsuits alleging that a state firm violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, finding that the firm attempted to collect attorney fees and filing fees along with ...(read more)

Judge Rejects Zillow's Redo Bid For Antitrust Suit Ruling

A Washington federal judge on Tuesday rejected Zillow Group Inc.'s reconsideration request for a prior ruling that refused to dismiss a proposed antitrust class action, which alleges that the property listing giant runs a ...(read more)

MVPs: Orrick's Young Lee And Matthew Neuringer

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partners Young Lee and Matthew Neuringer have guided major projects in 2026, including the Federal Aviation Administration's multibillion-dollar modernization of its air traffic control an...(read more)

MVP: Simpson Thacher's Sam Rudik

Sam Rudik of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped advise Blackstone on financing for a $16 billion Oracle data center campus in Michigan and a $1.75 billion initial public offering for a data center investment vehicle, ea...(read more)