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How Cos. Can Roll With NY's New Algorithmic Pricing Rules

Despite uncertainty from New York’s new ban on artificial intelligence and computer algorithms for setting rents, ... (more story)

How Workforce, Tech Will Affect 2026 Construction Landscape

As the construction industry's center of gravity shifts from traditional commercial work to infrastructure, energy... (more story)

Receivership Law May Streamline Real Estate Sales In Illinois

The Illinois Receivership Act, which goes into effect Jan. 1, provides much-needed clarity on the issue of receive... (more story)

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$10B Verdict Hinges On Witness Order, Katyal Tells Panel

Milbank's Neal Katyal urged a California state appellate panel to grant a new trial to a man who lost an estimated $10 billion verdict when a jury found he violated an oral agreement with his brothers over a r... (more story)

NY Regulators Back Dispensary Against Local Zoning

The New York State Office of Cannabis Management is putting its weight behind a Long Island dispensary's bid seeking to invalidate a township's zoning ordinance requiring such businesses to secure special perm... (more story)

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NY Board Approves 3 New Casino Licenses In NYC

The New York State Gaming Commission granted three casino licenses to New York City for projects proposed in Queens and the Bronx, finalizing a tiered license system tied to the size of applicants' investments.

Judge Clears Path For Trump Library Land Transfer

A Florida state judge on Thursday dissolved an injunction blocking the transfer of Miami-Dade College-owned land to the state for the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library and dismissed the suit challenging the transfer.

Hilton's $70M Tax Value Cut Appealed To Minn. Supreme Court

Drops in the tax valuations of a Hilton hotel and convention center in Minneapolis, including a $70 million cut during one year, were wrongly ordered by the Minnesota Tax Court, the local assessor said, urging... (more story)

NFL's Bears Dangle Ind. Move As Ill. Stadium Plans Stall

The Chicago Bears will consider locations for a proposed new stadium outside the city, including in Indiana, because Illinois lawmakers have not supported their plan for suburban Arlington Heights, team Presid... (more story)

Latham, Debevoise Steer Howard Hughes' $2.1B Vantage Buy

Texas-based Howard Hughes Holdings Inc., led by Latham & Watkins LLP, on Thursday announced plans to acquire private equity-backed specialty insurance and reinsurance company Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., advis... (more story)

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Top Property Insurance Decisions Of 2025

A major U.K. insurance ruling on aircraft stranded and seized by Russia joins a slew of important developments in smoke and fire damage coverage, and the arbitration rights of insurance companies, as some of t... (more story)

NY Jury In FARA Trial Over China Ties Says It's Deadlocked

The Brooklyn federal jury weighing the fate of a former top New York gubernatorial aide accused of secretly acting as a foreign agent for China said Thursday that it cannot reach a unanimous verdict, after fiv... (more story)

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UWM Nabs MSR-Focused REIT In $1.3B All-Stock Deal

Greenberg Traurig-advised mortgage lender UWM Holdings Corp. on Wednesday unveiled plans to acquire mortgage servicing rights-focused REIT Two Harbors Investment Corp., led by Jones Day, in an all-stock deal t... (more story)

Fla. High Court Says $5B Bond Deal Can't Be Set Aside

Florida's Supreme Court agreed Thursday that counties and tax collectors could not reopen a bond validation judgment issuing $5 billion in bonds for renewable energy and hurricane mitigation projects, ruling t... (more story)

New NJ Rules Combat AI And Housing Discrimination

The use of artificial intelligence in hiring practices is among the areas targeted by a sweeping new mandate enacted by New Jersey's Division on Civil Rights meant to shore up protections against discrimination.

NAR Brokers Are Antitrust Conspirators, 10th Circ. Told

Homie Tech Inc. told the Tenth Circuit that the National Association of Realtors can't paint its broker members as third parties in an effort to duck the residential brokerage startup's antitrust claims over a... (more story)

IRS Sets Unused Housing Credit Carryovers For 25 States

The IRS published Thursday the amounts of unused housing credit carryovers allocated to qualified states for 2025.