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Attys Welcome Housing Bill But Say It's Not An Overnight Fix

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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An Oral History Of The Surfside Collapse Litigation

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.

Landmark Housing Bill Heads To Trump After House Vote

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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A Calif. Law May Aid Homeowner Recovery After LA Fires

Keith Meyer and Kya Coletta

Reconstruction bottlenecks following the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires mean that certain homeowners insurance... (more story)

Tracking The Rare 'Quick Look' Win In FTC's Zillow-Redfin Suit

Mary Helen Wimberly and Sandhya Taneja

The Federal Trade Commission’s suit claiming that Zillow illegally paid Redfin to exit the apartment rental market... (more story)

How Reserve Studies Fit Into Condo Association Compliance

Michael Willner, Jesse Dimitro and Robert Baker

In the five years since the Surfside condominium collapse and as states like New Jersey establish related safety m... (more story)

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Insurer Says NJ Atty Sank Coverage By Not Cooperating

Hanover Insurance Co. has asked a New Jersey federal court for a declaratory judgment finding that it doesn't have to defend an attorney and his firm in a suit over a real estate deal gone wrong, telling the c... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Sidley, Paul Weiss, Kirkland

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Germany's Merck KGaA acquires life sciences tools supplier Bio-Techne Corp., drugmaker AbbVie buys clinical-stage biotechnology company Apogee Therapeutics, and bui... (more story)

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4 Firms Advise Public Storage's $1.2B Acquisition Deal

Public Storage will acquire Public Storage Canada in a $1.2 billion cash and shares deal guided by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Torys LLP, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP and Osler Hoskin & Har... (more story)

Faegre Drinker Adds Withers Int'l Arbitration Atty In NY

A former Withers litigation and arbitration special counsel has joined Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a New York partner.

REIT Execs Hid Queens Megacampus Woes, Suit Says

A stockholder for life sciences-focused real estate investment trust Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. has alleged in California federal court that the REIT's top executives lied about how much money the co... (more story)

Jones Day Hires Ex-McDermott Real Estate Pro For NYC Office

Jones Day has brought on a former McDermott Will & Schulte partner who specializes in commercial real estate deals for its New York City office, the firm announced.

CoStar Customers Say Antitrust Suit Must Stay In DC

Customers asked a D.C. federal court to reject CoStar's bid to transfer their proposed antitrust class action, which claims the company ran an anticompetitive scheme to protect its monopoly for commercial real... (more story)

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Firm Beats DQ Bid Over Deposition In Housing Authority Suit

A Connecticut judge has denied a bid to disqualify Rose Kallor LLP from representing a Connecticut housing authority and related entities in litigation accusing a former employee of misappropriating funds, say... (more story)

FAIR Plan To Face 1st Coverage Trial Over Los Angeles Fires 

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... (more story)

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JPM's Construction Debt Grows As Wells Pulls Back By $1.6B

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 big... (more story)

Conn. Justices Say Local Rent Board Can Enter Eviction Fight

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 advocat... (more story)

11th Circ. Challenges Exclusion In Arson Death Dispute

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.

Zillow, Redfin Tell Court Their Partnership Is Not Illegal

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 ... (more story)

Easement Offers Have 'Rolling' Deadline, IRS Official Says

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 ... (more story)