Expert Analysis

Fair Housing Takeaways From Colony Ridge Settlement

The recent settlement agreement between Colony Ridge Developments, the U.S. government and the state of Texas — pe... (more story)

Senior Housing Demands A Distinct Dealmaking Playbook

An aging population and evolving state regulations underscore a critical reality that senior housing assets can un... (more story)

Seeking A Policy Fix As Merger Reporting Fight Continues

A recently announced request by the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice for public comment on ... (more story)

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Fla. County Board To Discuss MLB Team's Ballpark Plan

The Board of County Commissioners in Hillsborough County, Florida, plans to hold an April 16 workshop meeting to talk about a proposal from Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays for a 31,000-seat ballpark pro... (more story)

Fla. Panel Says Pump Station Contract Recitals Aren't Binding

A Florida state appeals court issued a split opinion Wednesday upholding a lower court decision favoring a commercial developer in a dispute over the construction of a pump station, ruling a city can't rely on... (more story)

Data center deals are getting larger, more multifaceted and more complex, but pushback from the public sector is further complicating the sector. (iStock.com/tiero)
5 Legal Cases Over Data Center Projects

Litigation challenging zoning and other approvals for data center projects alleging violations of sunshine laws is rising across the U.S., including one suit in the country's biggest data center market that le... (more story)

NY, RealPage Spar Over Justices' Conversion Therapy Ruling

The New York Attorney General's Office contested RealPage Inc.'s argument that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against a Colorado conversion therapy ban bolsters its First Amendment suit against the state, dis... (more story)

Real Estate Lawyers On The Move

Holland & Knight and Dentons are among the law firms that have made recent real estate or construction hires.

Fried Frank Guiding Upsized New York Park Avenue Tower

RXR Realty and TF Cornerstone have filed new plans for their supertall tower at 175 Park Ave. with the companies now seeking to build 12 floors higher, and Fried Frank is assisting the venture on land-use matters.

These Law Firms Led Q1's Top Real Estate, Hospitality Deals

Clifford Chance, Wachtell and DLA Piper are among more than two dozen law firms that guided the biggest real estate and hospitality mergers announced in the first quarter, with the largest deal exceeding $10 billion.

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Calif. Student Housing Investor Hits Ch. 11 Ahead Of Auction

The owner of Element Student Living, an apartment complex near California State University Sacramento linked to real estate firm Versity Investments, filed for Chapter 11 protections in Delaware with at least ... (more story)

NJ Power Broker, Atty Brother Push To End Developer's Suit

South Jersey powerbroker George Norcross and his brother, Parker McCay PA shareholder Philip A. Norcross, asked a New Jersey state court this week to toss a civil racketeering suit from a real estate developer... (more story)

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NAR Ducks Another Membership Rules Antitrust Suit

A Michigan federal court tossed a case challenging rules requiring brokers to be members of the National Association of Realtors and its local affiliates in order to access multiple listing services, saying co... (more story)

2 Firms Help GTIS, Hovnanian Clinch $200M Homebuilding JV

GTIS Partners and Hovnanian Enterprises have closed on a $200 million joint venture to build and sell homes of various types across housing communities in five states, adding another deal to their long-running... (more story)

Ky. Expands Counties' Power To Collect Late Property Taxes

Kentucky bolstered counties' authority to enforce the collection of delinquent property taxes under a bill signed by the governor.

1 Year Later, How Tariffs Have Crept Into Real Estate Contracts

In the year since President Donald Trump's Rose Garden announcement of sweeping worldwide tariffs last April, real estate and construction lawyers have wrestled with how duties or potential duties fit into cli... (more story)

$8.7M FCA Whistleblower Attys Award Too High, 9th Circ. Says

The Ninth Circuit held Monday that a district court's award of $8.7 million in fees and expenses to attorneys representing a whistleblower who claimed Academy Mortgage submitted false insurance claims was too ... (more story)