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June 25, 2026
The first trial against California's last-resort insurer over an alleged underpayment of insurance benefits connected to the Los Angeles fires implicates pressing fire issues in the Golden State. Law360 breaks down the key proceedings so far.
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June 25, 2026
The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a municipal fair rent commission to get involved in a landlord-tenant eviction action in state court, finding the local body clearly has an interest in advocating for its statutory right to adjudicate complaints and enforce its own orders.
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June 25, 2026
An Eleventh Circuit panel appeared skeptical of a property insurer's argument that an exclusion for a failure to maintain an apartment complex freed it from defending the owner in a wrongful death suit stemming from arson.
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June 25, 2026
Property listing companies Zillow and Redfin urged a Virginia federal court not to presume that their $100 million partnership agreement, which is being challenged by the Federal Trade Commission and multiple states, is illegal before it holds an August trial for a consolidated antitrust suit.
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June 25, 2026
The 90-day window that conservation easement partnerships will have to accept an IRS deal to settle their charitable tax deduction dispute is based on the date when the taxpayer receives its settlement letter with the latest offer, the agency's acting chief counsel said Thursday.
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June 24, 2026
Attorneys focused on affordable housing say that bipartisan legislation to address housing affordability contains welcome tweaks to existing programs, but will not fundamentally change the market dynamics that place housing out of reach for many.
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June 24, 2026
Five years ago, tragedy struck the greater Miami community when Champlain Towers South, a 12-story condominium in the village of Surfside, partially collapsed in the early hours of June 24, 2021, killing 98 people. The legal response that followed would prove to be stunning in its own way.
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June 24, 2026
Issues with the original design and construction of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, lay behind the deadly partial collapse of the building, according to final technical findings the National Institute of Standards and Technology released ahead of the fifth anniversary of the disaster.
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June 24, 2026
A Florida federal judge ruled against a homeowner who alleged a town wrongfully took a portion of his beachfront real estate for public access after finding it had long been used by the public, but said he's allowed to place signs warning against trespassing on the portion not in question.
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June 24, 2026
Sun Communities Inc. has hired the former chief legal and compliance officer of SpartanNash, a Fortune 400 food solutions company, as its new general counsel, the manufactured housing-focused real estate investment trust announced.
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June 24, 2026
A Florida federal judge has paused a proposed broker fees antitrust class action that was filed against Douglas Elliman Inc. and HomeServices of America Inc. due to the pending final settlement approval for a separate but similar case.
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June 24, 2026
An affiliate of private equity firm Yellowstone Real Estate Investments borrowed $480 million in construction financing for a Midtown Manhattan office-to-residential conversion project, in a loan transaction advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, the law firm announced.
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June 24, 2026
The Connecticut Supreme Court has threatened to sanction GLG Law LLC and one of its attorneys for submitting documents in two cases "that misrepresented the law through the use of generative artificial intelligence," according to a Tuesday order that summoned them to appear in court next month.
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June 24, 2026
JPMorgan's construction debt on the books rose in the first quarter while Wells Fargo continued to pare its construction debt holdings during the period, showing contrasting narratives for the nation's two biggest bank holders of construction debt.
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June 23, 2026
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed an amended version of landmark housing legislation focused on expanding housing supply and lowering housing costs with a 358-32 vote, putting it on the track to President Donald Trump's desk.
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June 23, 2026
Developer Nasser Freres, advised by Goulston & Storrs, has secured $375 million in financing from Madison Realty Capital to build an apartment tower with a grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, according to borrower-side broker Walker & Dunlop.
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June 23, 2026
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that trial courts have discretion to order discovery before immediate possession hearings in condemnation proceedings, finding a lower court erred in concluding it lacked that authority.
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June 23, 2026
The owner of a Manhattan loft told a New York bankruptcy judge on Tuesday that it had reached a tentative agreement with lender JPMorgan Chase Bank NA that should enable the bank to take possession of the building as part of the debtor's Chapter 11 plan.
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June 23, 2026
Two Harbors Investment Corp. has once again delayed its special shareholders vote for a transaction that involves mortgage lender CrossCountry Mortgage LLC acquiring the mortgage servicing-focused real estate investment trust in an all-cash deal, the REIT announced Tuesday.
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June 23, 2026
A religious carveout has doomed a November ballot question seeking to bring back rent control in Massachusetts, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday, siding with a group of residents who challenged its certification to go before voters.
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June 23, 2026
A Michigan county did not violate the U.S. Constitution when it took the title of a home over a tax debt, then sold the home at a low price and refunded only that amount to the homeowner, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, agreeing with the Sixth Circuit on merits but remanding the case back to that court to address procedural questions.
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June 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court found Tuesday that a federal law allowing U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages automatically abrogates the sovereign immunity of state-owned entities targeted in such cases, clearing a path for Exxon Mobil Corp.'s bid for some $1 billion in damages.
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June 22, 2026
The U.S. Senate on Monday passed an amended version of landmark housing legislation focused on expanding housing supply and lowering housing costs with an 85-5 vote.
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June 22, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge granted the green light to a $1.5 million settlement to resolve claims from borrowers alleging PHH Mortgage Corp. sent notice of default letters containing "false threats" to speed up loan foreclosure, but reduced the attorney fees by nearly half, calling the requested amount "excessive."
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June 22, 2026
A proposed class of homeowners urged a Tennessee federal court not to allow a group of mortgage lenders and software companies to dodge their antitrust claims, saying their suit sufficiently alleged that the defendants are engaging in price fixing for residential mortgages.