
Nelson Mullins Looks To Beat The Opportunity Zone Curve
As Congress debates President Donald Trump's budget bill, which would extend the opportunity zone program started in his Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Nelson Mullins has ramped up the firm's practice in anticipation of a steady flow of investment work there, one of the group's leaders told Law360 Real Estate Authority.

Antitrust Experts Weigh In On Compass V. Zillow
The latest front in real estate antitrust litigation opened this week when Compass sued rival Zillow, alleging it violated antitrust law.

Sheppard Mullin Atty Sees Hotel Finance In A Long Downturn
The hospitality finance sector has still not recovered from the onset of COVID-19 more than five years ago, and tariff and interest rate questions are now adding more uncertainty on the lending front, Sheppard Mullin's hospitality leader told Law360 Real Estate Authority.
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A series of multibillion-dollar applications rolled in ahead of a June deadline for the three coveted casino licenses up for grabs in New York, with prospective developers promising millions for infrastructure... (more story)
The federal bankruptcy watchdog moved to dismiss the Chapter 11 case of the property-lease holding subsidiary of pharmaceutical manufacturing company National Resilience HoldCo Inc. late Monday, saying in Dela... (more story)

Real estate investment manager Faropoint launched its fourth industrial real estate fund under Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's guidance on Wednesday, and said it has its sights set on raising $1 billion in capital commitments.
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC announced Tuesday that an experienced New Jersey-based attorney has joined the firm from White and Williams LLP as a partner and the co-chair of its commercial real estate practice.
Four companies whose members are South African real estate investors have accused a now-disbarred Georgia attorney and his law firm in Georgia federal court of refusing to return funds he agreed to receive, ho... (more story)
King & Spalding has announced it hired a new partner from Alston & Bird who will join its real estate and funds team in Atlanta.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday evening signed into law two bills overhauling the state's landmark environmental law to knock down hurdles to new development in an effort to address the state's ongoing ... (more story)
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A Florida federal judge tossed a defamation suit between a senior federal judge in New York and former members of a condominium board where he owns a unit, saying neither party provided sufficient evidence of ... (more story)
A Missouri federal judge rejected Weichert Co. and eXp's bids to stay an antitrust class action accusing the National Association of Realtors and multiple brokerages of conspiring to artificially inflate buyer... (more story)

The director of the regulatory agency for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said he ordered the government-sponsored enterprises on Wednesday to explore how they can consider cryptocurrency reserves when conducting r... (more story)
A Markel unit insuring a pest management company told a Connecticut federal court it should owe no coverage to a property owner facing a woman's claims that she suffered injuries after a "volume of cockroaches... (more story)
A real estate listing company owned by broker Mauricio Umansky hit the National Association of Realtors with a renewed antitrust suit on Tuesday, alleging in California federal court that the trade group's cle... (more story)
Cammeby's Management Company LLC borrowed more than $173 million from NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC to refinance a luxury New York City apartment building in a deal guided by McGuireWoods LLP, according to ... (more story)
Commercial real estate finance firm Walker & Dunlop said Tuesday that it has closed a $240 million fund aimed at advancing affordable housing developments in 10 states.