Expert Analysis

Lessons For Banks From Recent FCA Enforcement Trends

While government relief programs rely on financial institutions in times of economic uncertainty, recent enforceme... (more story)

NY's Tax On 2nd Homes Compounds Residency Tax Risks

New York’s recently enacted surcharge on high-value second homes reflects a nationwide legislative trend of using ... (more story)

Texas Ruling Leaves Key Oil Royalty Question Unresolved

The Texas Supreme Court's recent decision in Fasken Oil and Ranch v. Puig clarifies that royalty reservations cont... (more story)

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NYC Real Estate Week In Review

Paul Weiss and Fried Frank are among various law firms that guided the largest real estate deals that hit New York City public records last week, two of which were nine-figure trades.

'Hard-Money' Lenders Stole Millions In Fees, Feds Tell Jury

Two Florida men used their "hard-money" commercial real estate finance company to steal millions, prosecutors told a Manhattan federal jury Monday, calling their operation a scam designed to reap upfront fees ... (more story)

Steven Reingold (from left), a partner at Saul Ewing; Andrew Diroll-Black, of American Lending Center; and Ronald Klasko, of Klasko Immigration Law Partners, participate in a panel on litigation at the JTC and Saul Ewing Advanced EB-5 Conference in Miami. (Nathan Hale | Law360)
EB-5 Leaders Talk Sunset Deadlines, Green Card Turmoil

Organizers of an annual conference focused on the EB-5 investment visa program stressed a theme of optimism at the event last week in Miami, but even as the program appears to have overcome many of its own pas... (more story)

Real Estate GC Jumps To Phelps Dunbar In Tampa

Phelps Dunbar LLP announced Monday that it tapped a former in-house counsel from a real estate private equity company to serve as a partner in the firm's Tampa, Florida, office.

High Court Reopens Review Of DOE Furnace Efficiency Rules

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated a D.C. Circuit decision that upheld Biden-era energy efficiency standards for furnaces and water heaters and ordered the circuit court to take another look in light of ... (more story)

Hotel Investment Firm Settles SEC Claims Of $86M Fraud

A hotel investment firm and its founder have settled claims brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accusing the company of raising about $86 million through "deceptive conduct," with a Texas fe... (more story)

Diocese Says Feds Already Working On Land Before Taking

Attorneys for the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces in New Mexico clashed with the government Friday over reports that Border Patrol contractors are already working on a stretch of church-owned land the governmen... (more story)

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Denver Developer Accused Of Lies To Dodge Loan Repayment

A real estate investment firm has claimed in Colorado state court that a Denver developer lied numerous times to refinance on three occasions a promissory note governing the development of a residential lot on... (more story)

Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

At the Delaware Chancery Court, a trial over World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s $21.4 billion merger with Ultimate Fighting Championship's parent company has been canceled, and a Reddit investor has filed a ... (more story)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani billed the city’s "Block by Block" plan as one that would guide the creation of 200,000 new affordable housing units over the next decade. (Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via AP Images)
Akerman Partner Unpacks NYC's Affordable Housing Blueprint

A plan released last week offers the most complete vision yet for how Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to confront New York City’s housing affordability crisis. Nora Martins, a New York land use and zoning partner a... (more story)

Mortgage Co. Held In Contempt For Flouting CEO Depo Orders

A Michigan federal judge held United Wholesale Mortgage LLC in contempt on Monday after finding the lender ignored repeated court orders to make CEO Mathew Ishbia available for deposition in a contract dispute... (more story)

Nationstar Escapes Suit Over COVID-19 Loan Change Denial

A Pennsylvania federal judge released Nationstar Mortgage from a homeowner's proposed class action, finding the company followed federal guidance when it rejected and later approved a pandemic-based loan modif... (more story)

High Court Won't Hear Florida Takings Case

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a long-running dispute between a city in the Florida Keys and landowners over increasingly restrictive zoning, leaving in place a decision that said the cit... (more story)

9th Circ. Revives TCPA Suit Against Keller Williams

The Ninth Circuit reinstated a proposed class action against Keller Williams Realty and an Arizona real estate solutions company over phone calls and texts asking a woman about selling her home, ruling she suf... (more story)