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California FAIR Plan Is Outgrowing Last-Resort Role

With a recent rate increase, a litigation win and pending legislation to reshape operations, the California FAIR P... (more story)

DOJ's FCA Push Creates Risks For Construction Contractors

The construction industry may be uniquely vulnerable to a new generation of False Claims Act enforcement driven by... (more story)

Fed Report Underscores Focus On Nonbank, CRE Risks

The Federal Reserve Board's latest supervision and regulation report highlights that broad systemic stability will... (more story)

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DHS Says Big Bend Border Wall Enviro Waivers Are Legal

Immigration officials told a Texas federal judge that construction of a barrier along the Mexico border near Big Bend National Park is a national priority and the need for quick construction outweighs complian... (more story)

Brad Pitt Beats Oligarch Firm's Winery Funds Claim

A Los Angeles judge on Monday dismissed a cross-complaint filed against Brad Pitt by a Russian oligarch's company in the legal battle over his ex-wife Angelina Jolie's sale of her portion of a French winery, f... (more story)

CoreCivic announced that it sold a detention facility in Minnesota and another in Kansas to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a combined $734 million. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
CoreCivic Continues ICE Sales Streak With $734M In Deals

CoreCivic announced Wednesday that it has sold two detention facilities to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a combined $734 million, adding to the company's recent run of deals with the federal government.

No Evidence Of Bias In Dulles Bid Protest, Judge Says

A California company that wants to build a private luxury terminal at Washington Dulles International Airport has failed to convince a federal court to block the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority from... (more story)

Crypto, Data Center Noise Has 'Shattered' NC Town, Suit Says

A cryptocurrency mining and artificial intelligence data center in rural North Carolina is emitting a cacophony of noise that is destroying local residents' quality of life, according to neighbors who allege t... (more story)

2 Firms Advise Ryman's $1.38B Fla. Luxury Resort Buy

Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. will pay $1.38 billion to real estate investor Trinity Investments for a 409-acre Orlando, Florida, luxury resort complex in a deal guided by Bass Berry & Sims PLC and Greenbe... (more story)

UWM Sues REIT For Over $500M, Claiming Merger Sabotage

UWM Holdings Corp. and subsidiary UWM Acquisitions 1 LLC hit Two Harbors Investment Corp. with a more than $500 million suit on Monday, accusing the real estate investment trust in Maryland federal court of de... (more story)

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4 Firms Guide TPG Mortgage's $117M Cherry Hill REIT Buy

Residential mortgage real estate investment trust TPG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc. will acquire fellow residential mortgage REIT Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp. for more than $117 million in a cash and... (more story)

NYC Real Estate Week In Review

Cole Schotz and Fried Frank are among the law firms that landed work on the largest New York City real estate deals that became public last week, with a $238 million Manhattan trade leading the way.

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NYC Extends Deadline For Pied-À-Terre Tax Exemptions

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has extended the deadline for applying for exemptions from a "pied-à-terre" tax on second NYC homes that the city values at $1 million or more, setting the new deadline as Sept. 18.

NYC Homeowners Say City Flubbed 2nd Home Tax Launch

A trio of New York City homeowners sued over the city's implementation of the "pied-à-terre" tax on certain second NYC homes, claiming the city shouldn't have made their names and addresses public, and also wr... (more story)

3 Firms Guide £400M Blackstone, Regis UK Housing Deal

Government pension organization Border to Coast Pensions Partnership will pay £400 million ($539.6 million) to U.K. landlord Leaf Living, which was founded by Blackstone and real estate giant Regis, for an 866... (more story)

Trump Renews Bid To Oust Fed's Cook Over Mortgage Claims

The White House has notified Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook that President Donald Trump is "considering" moving again to oust her from the central bank, setting up another potential legal battle after the U.S.... (more story)

CoStar Fights CREXi Bid To Stay Suit Over Quinn Emanuel DQ

CoStar is urging a California federal court to reject a bid by Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc., or CREXi, to pause a copyright suit while CREXi asks the Ninth Circuit to undo the disqualification of its Q... (more story)