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3 Key Ohio Financial Services Developments From 2025

Ohio's banking and financial services sector saw particularly notable developments in 2025, including a significan... (more story)

What Fla. Trends Reveal About AI In Real Estate Development

Property developers can begin to understand how artificial intelligence tools are changing the real estate industr... (more story)

State Of Insurance: Q4 Notes From Pennsylvania

Last quarter in Pennsylvania, a Superior Court ruling underscored the centrality of careful policy drafting and ju... (more story)

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Real Estate Attys 'Not Going In Blind' Amid Data Center Boom

The explosion of artificial intelligence has created a sharp demand for new data centers with no signs of slowing down, posing challenges that have some real estate attorneys turning to well-worn playbooks fro... (more story)

USPS Claims No Obligation To Redevelop Wash. Parcel

The U.S. Postal Service urged a Washington federal court to dismiss a developer's suit over the parties' decades-old agreement to develop and sell a parcel of land in Washington, saying it was under no obligat... (more story)

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3 Firms Advise Apollo REIT's $9B Portfolio Sale To Insurer

A mortgage origination unit of Apollo Global Management announced Wednesday it will sell a $9 billion loan portfolio to an affiliated insurance company after the real estate investment trust's stock consistent... (more story)

Wash. Plaintiffs Fight NY Transfer Request In REIT Merger Suit

A proposed class of investors urged a judge to keep their securities case over a merger between two real estate investment trusts in Washington federal court instead of granting the defendants' request to tran... (more story)

Pa. Restaurant Wants Walmart To OK Roof Permit

A Pennsylvania restaurant claims in a complaint in Pennsylvania state court that its Walmart Inc. landlord has failed to approve a permit for replacing the restaurant's "old and deteriorated" roof.

FTC Requires Facility Sales For $835M Healthcare Deal

The Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement Friday allowing Sevita Health to move ahead with an $835 million deal for BrightSpring Health Services Inc.'s community living business, conditioned on the sal... (more story)

Feds Say Suit To Block Trump From Painting Building Is Moot

The federal government asked a D.C. federal court to toss a lawsuit seeking to stop President Donald Trump from painting a historic building white, saying the president has already agreed to pause his plan unt... (more story)

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Kempinski Picks Miami For 1st US Branded Residence

Kempinski Group, Europe's oldest independent luxury hotel company, revealed Friday that it plans to develop its first branded residential property in the United States with a two-tower project in Miami.

Fannie Mae Blasts Bid To Regain Minn. Apartment Control

Fannie Mae has asked a New York bankruptcy court not to return an apartment complex in Duluth, Minnesota, from receivership to its owner during a Chapter 11 appeal, saying the debtor is not to be trusted, give... (more story)

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Willkie, Latham Guide Homes.com Activist Clash At CoStar

With each side comparing the other to children, CoStar Group pushed back Wednesday against a new activist shareholder campaign from hedge fund Third Point that aims to force board of director changes and a res... (more story)

Del. High Court Won't Revive Goldman Heirs' Dispute

Delaware's Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an earlier finding that the late billionaire Sol Goldman's grandson has the right to administer his deceased father's property and settle his interest in the famil... (more story)

Winter Storm's Costs For Insurers Likely To Be Manageable

The winter storm that plunged much of the U.S. into a deep freeze this week will likely bring about insurance claims challenges related to cause of loss and business interruptions, though market analysts expec... (more story)

Colo. Co. Says Competitor Passed Condo Project As Its Own

A Colorado real estate management company alleged in state court that a Georgia competitor used its confidential information to build a condominium project in the same market and claimed two other condo projec... (more story)

2nd Circ. Backs Rental Assistance, Medicaid Fraud Conviction

The Second Circuit has upheld the conviction of a New York City man who was sentenced to 70 months in prison for running a more than $1.8 million rental assistance and Medicaid fraud scheme.