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)
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)
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)
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)
Taxation With Representation: Goodwin, McGuireWoods
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Inc. combine, investment firms CVC and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert lead a group of investors to buy pharmaceuticals compan... (more story)
Mich. Man Says Township Razed Church Amid Rehab Project
A West Michigan man has asked a Michigan federal judge to deny the Charter Township of Trowbridge's motion to dismiss his suit alleging the township demolished a historic church he owned and was in the midst of rehabbing.