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Redevelopment Offers Opportunity To Allay Impact Of Tariffs

As global tariffs continue to create pricing uncertainties, adaptive reuse of existing buildings is offering developers pathways to minimize tariff-induced price spikes, one of Greenberg Traurig's real estate leaders told Law360 in an interview earlier this week.

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NYC, LA Office Markets Outpace Chicago And Houston In Q3

The office markets in Manhattan and Los Angeles showed resilience in the third quarter as availability rates in those areas dropped sharply from a year earlier, while downtown Chicago and Houston have shown little change in availability rates over the past 12 months, according to recent data from Savills.

These Law Firms Led Q3's Top Real Estate M&A Deals

Gibson Dunn, Thompson Hine, DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells and Skadden are among the nearly two dozen law firms that guided the biggest real estate mergers in the third quarter, including a $5.5 billion real estate investment trust acquisition.

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CFIUS Annual Report Reveals Enforcement Trends

Thaddeus McBride and Faith Dibble

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' recently published annual report to Congress shows that ... (more story)

Battles Over Murky Mineral Rights Stymie Pa. Energy Projects

Daniel Markind, Michael Egnal and Jack McGuire

Legal wrangling over a recently passed Pennsylvania law could affect billions of dollars of mineral royalty paymen... (more story)

How Evergreen Language Can Sink Landlord Credit Support

Peter Breckheimer and Kathryn Turner

A recent pattern in court decisions interpreting letters of credit underscores the importance of using precise lan... (more story)

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Mandelbaum Barrett Expands NJ Footprint With 9th Office

Mandelbaum Barrett PC has opened a Lakewood, New Jersey, office, marking the firm's ninth location and fifth outpost in the Garden State. 

Neighbors Say $26M Hotel Deal Skirted Sunshine Law

Two West Palm Beach neighborhood associations sued Palm Beach County, developer The Related Companies LP and others on Wednesday, challenging a $26 million deal to build a second convention center hotel that t... (more story)

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Sens. Probe Meta For Claiming Tax Credits On AI Data Centers

Democratic senators called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to explain why he's justifying the use of billions in federal research tax credits to pay for building the company's AI data centers, warning that doing s... (more story)

Widow's Forgery Claim Survives In $20M Co. Ownership Feud

A real estate executive must face portions of a lawsuit alleging he used forged tax records to attempt to erase a widow's majority stake in Ceruzzi Holdings LLC, as well as an altered invoice to claim company ... (more story)

NYC Comptroller Urges Anthropic To Ease Risks Before IPO

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine is urging Anthropic PBC to pause plans for an initial public offering it says could value the company at $2 trillion, calling on the business to first resolve concerns ove... (more story)

Family Wants $9.75M To End McCarter & English Estate Suit

The plaintiffs in a lawsuit accusing McCarter & English LLP and a now-deceased attorney of mismanaging a mall developer's estate want a Connecticut state judge to lift a stay on the proceedings so they can fil... (more story)

EQT To Buy US Property Investment Manager For $550M

EQT AB said Thursday that it has agreed to buy U.S. real estate investment manager Stockbridge for up to $550 million to expand its property sectors, investment products and client base in America.

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Judge Gives Final OK To $360M In RealPage Class Deals

A Tennessee federal judge has granted final approval for about $360 million worth of class action settlements with renters who accused dozens of corporate landlords of engaging in rent price-fixing by using Re... (more story)

Dems Want FTC To Investigate Online Homebuying Industry

Democratic U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren asked the Federal Trade Commission Thursday to conduct an antitrust investigation into the "anticompetitive and deceptive practices" of the country's onli... (more story)

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NYC Fights To Avoid Restarting 2nd-Home Tax Rollout

New York City asked a state appeals court to reverse a decision finding it must restart the rollout of its tax on high-value second homes, saying a group of property owners' complaints weren't fit for court review.

Eliot Spitzer Co. Accused Of Rent Overcharges In Brooklyn

A proposed class of current and former Brooklyn tenants accused a company connected to former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer of defrauding a state tax exemption program in order to illegally overcharge them for t... (more story)

Calif. Owners Claim Lennar Homes Have Cracks, Leaks

A group of homeowners in a California subdivision built by Lennar sued the homebuilder in state court, claiming that construction flaws such as cracking concrete and leaking plumbing have caused at least $1 million in damage.

Ex-Oakland Mayor Thao Put 'Power Up For Sale,' Jury Told

Prosecutors told a California federal jury during trial openings Wednesday that Oakland's then-mayor Sheng Thao put "power up for sale" when she and her boyfriend accepted bribes in exchange for potential city... (more story)

Havana Docks Wants $440M Cruise Cos. Judgment Revived

The Eleventh Circuit is taking up a case on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court related to a $440 million judgment against four cruise companies for trafficking in property seized by Cuba, with ex-concessionair... (more story)