Expert Analysis

Legal And Regulatory Keys To Sustainable Building Projects

While the federal government continues to roll back environmental regulations, market momentum toward high-perform... (more story)

Anticipating The Justices' Potential Ruling On Tax Takings

Recent oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court case Pung v. Isabella focused on rules for valuation, timing and a... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: April Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy identifies practice tips from three ... (more story)

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Burtech's 2nd SPAC Eyes $100M IPO To Launch Deal Hunt

A blank-check company targeting industries such as hospitality, technology and real estate to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering advised by Loeb & Loeb LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP and Ogier.

IRS Defends Ranch's Easement Deduction Disallowance

The Internal Revenue Service properly disallowed a partnership's nearly $26 million charitable deduction for a donated easement on a 110-acre pasture, the agency told the Eleventh Circuit, urging it to affirm ... (more story)

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REIT Capital Offerings Downshift, As Deal Activity Rises

Real estate investment trusts raised approximately $10 billion via capital offerings in the first quarter of 2026, a slight decline from the prior year, even as mergers and acquisitions activity sped up, per a... (more story)

Baltimore Attorney Pleads Guilty In Real Estate Sales Scheme

A Baltimore attorney has pled guilty to a federal bank fraud charge in connection with a real estate scheme that involved fake fees on property purchases inflated to deceive lenders.

Prologis Goes Big On Data Centers In Q1

Real estate investment trust Prologis Inc. dove deeper into the digital infrastructure industry in the first quarter of 2026, deploying more capital into data centers than logistics properties, its historical ... (more story)

Citizenship Questions Can't End Fraud Suit Against SL Green

A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused to toss a fraud suit accusing office-focused real estate investment trust SL Green Realty Corp. and several of its entities of conducting a fraudulent property tra... (more story)

Lockheed Birth Defect Trial Judge 'Disappointed' By Attys

A Florida federal judge said Tuesday he's "puzzled and disappointed" in counsel who appear "unprepared" on the eve of trial in a suit by children who blame their birth defects on Lockheed Martin's chemical han... (more story)

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Homebuyers Ask Fla. Court To Block Ill. Broker Fee Settlement

Homebuyers in a proposed class action accusing real estate brokerages of conspiring to hike up their fees asked a Florida federal court to block the companies from settling similar antitrust claims in an Illinois lawsuit.

Prosecutor's Office Slips Contractors' Due Process Claims

A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday tossed a suit brought against the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office by two contractors alleging they were illegally targeted in a criminal investigation over a business ri... (more story)

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Fla. Realtor Groups' Merger Will Reach Across County Lines

The Miami Association of Realtors on Monday announced plans to merge with the Broward, Palm Beach & St. Lucie Realtors, noting that the move would create the largest local Realtor association in the world.

CFPB Curbs Fair Lending Oversight In Latest Reg Rollback

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has moved to curtail enforcement of a decades-old federal fair lending statute, finalizing a rule that consumer advocates are condemning as an evisceration of antidiscr... (more story)

2nd Circ. Amends Revival Of Mortgage-Backed Securities Suit

The Second Circuit on Wednesday pulled back from a holding that mortgages underlying a union pension fund's mortgage-backed securities investments that tanked during the financial crisis were plan assets under... (more story)

Colo. Tenants Say Property Firm Charged $3M In Hidden Fees

A national property management firm was hit with a proposed class action in Colorado federal court alleging that it charges tenants nearly $3 million in unauthorized fees annually for gas, common area electric... (more story)

Canyon Partners Lends $123.8M For Miami Apartment Project

Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC said Wednesday it has provided a $123.8 million senior loan to private equity firm ACRE to develop a 337-unit, Class A residential complex as the second phase of a project in Miami.