Expert Analysis

2nd Circ.'s Cantero Redo Complicates Mortgage Escrow Issue

The Second Circuit's recent decision in Cantero v. Bank of America reflects the absence of definitiveness in mortg... (more story)

Texas Ruling Makes Avoiding Appraisal Nearly Impossible

By deciding that a coverage dispute doesn't nullify an appraisal clause, the Texas Supreme Court, in its recent Ac... (more story)

Data Center Developer Lessons From Maine's Vetoed Ban

The regulatory and political dynamics that recently led Maine’s governor to veto a popular bipartisan bill proposi... (more story)

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Sheppard Leader Sees Tariffs Weighing On Building Budgets

Developers are having to think twice about their construction budgets as tariffs continue to create pricing uncertainty 13 months after President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" Rose Garden speech, one of Shep... (more story)

Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Googl... (more story)

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Dallas Tops Cushman's Global Data Center Market Rankings

Move over Atlanta and Virginia, because Dallas is now the world's premier market for data centers, according to a report by brokerage giant Cushman & Wakefield on Wednesday.

Bears' Best Gameplan: Playing Ill. And Ind. Off Of Each Other

Creating a multibillion-dollar competition between Illinois and Indiana to build the Chicago Bears' new stadium is a strategy that has become increasingly popular among pro franchises that can leverage tax and... (more story)

Frost LLP Hires Two Commercial Litigation Pros For LA Office

Frost LLP has brought on two experienced commercial litigation attorneys who specialize in real estate and other practice areas as partners for its Los Angeles office in order to "increase the firm's capacity ... (more story)

Slate Grocery REIT Taps 2 Firms To Mull Takeover Bid

Slate Grocery REIT announced Friday that it received an unsolicited buyout offer from its external manager Slate Asset Management, with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP and Sidley Austin LLP advising the special ... (more story)

Fox Rothschild Hires Real Estate Litigator In New York Office

Fox Rothschild said it has added a former Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP partner with a background in real estate litigation to its New York office.

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Zillow's Chicago Home Listings Restored In Antitrust Case

An Illinois federal judge temporarily restored Zillow's access to some 40,000 Chicago-area home listings that the company argued were wrongly withheld by Compass and a multiple listing service after the platfo... (more story)

Texas Justices Say Appeal Bond Cap Applies Per Debtor

A split Texas Supreme Court on Friday found that each debtor of a $400 million judgment is subject to the state's bond cap, finding a joint $25 million bond by a group of three real estate defendants insuffici... (more story)

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NYC Real Estate Resigned To Pared-Down COPA

A newly revised and more narrowly tailored version of a New York City bill, if passed, would give approved nonprofits a chance to buy distressed buildings, but real estate attorneys say the bill would still in... (more story)

5th Circ. Seeks 'Sound Basis' To Gauge Water Antitrust Claims

The Fifth Circuit has remanded a real estate developer's antitrust claims over a Texas city's alleged illegal restraint on retail water utility services, saying a lower court did not give the appeals court a "... (more story)

Menzies Says $35M NYC Property Is Fair Game For $7.6M Award

A U.K. aviation services company's subsidiary that's seeking compensation for the more than $7.6 million arbitral award that it won by default against the Republic of Niger told a New York federal court that t... (more story)

Chicago MLS Says Zillow's Lost Access Is 'Self-Inflicted'

A multiple listing service said Friday that Zillow is risking the loss of 40,000 home listings over its effort to exclude nine privately circulated posts, as the company seeks to enforce a ban on private home ... (more story)

Don't Miss It: Cooley, Simpson Thacher Steer Hot Deals

A lot can happen in the world of mergers and acquisitions and equity fundraising over the course of a couple of weeks, and it's difficult to keep up with all the deals.