Attorneys Tackle Office Conversion Puzzle Across The Country
Office conversion projects are taking hold across the country, as developers and their counsel clear the challenges of taking unused office space and repurposing it into apartments in a way that also makes business sense.
Miami World Cup Counsel Share Look At Prep Work, Impact
Counsel representing the FIFA World Cup's Miami Host Committee gave Law360 an inside look at their multifaceted work preparing for the upcoming event, which organizers say could have the economic impact of multiple Super Bowls.
States Consider Pumping The Brakes On Data Centers
At least six states, including Virginia, could prohibit new data center construction under proposed moratoriums this year, measures some attorneys say would be unprecedented for addressing concerns over resource usage and could invite constitutional questions.
Attorneys Tackle Office Conversion Puzzle Across The Country
Office conversion projects are taking hold across the country, as developers and their counsel clear the challenges of taking unused office space and repurposing it into apartments in a way that also makes business sense.
Miami World Cup Counsel Share Look At Prep Work, Impact
Counsel representing the FIFA World Cup's Miami Host Committee gave Law360 an inside look at their multifaceted work preparing for the upcoming event, which organizers say could have the economic impact of multiple Super Bowls.
States Consider Pumping The Brakes On Data Centers
At least six states, including Virginia, could prohibit new data center construction under proposed moratoriums this year, measures some attorneys say would be unprecedented for addressing concerns over resource usage and could invite constitutional questions.
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Duane Morris LLP announced that the firm has added a cross-border real estate pro from Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP to the firm's Dallas office, noting that the newest partner is licensed to practice in both Texas and Mexico.
Reed Smith LLP has hired a former WilmerHale attorney who specializes in corporate and securities matters as a global corporate group partner in Denver for the firm's business and finance department.
Commercial real estate's biggest office landlords said they're seeing growing companies and the emergence of artificial intelligence drive demand for top-tier office space in New York as more foreign investors... (more story)
Meta has started work on a more than $10 billion, 1-gigawatt data center campus in Lebanon, Indiana, telling local officials it plans to pay for the facility's energy use and return more water than the site consumes by 2030.
The U.S. Department of the Interior and other federal government parties have urged a D.C. federal court to grant them a quick win in a suit over the approval of a California tribe's 221-acre real estate devel... (more story)
After facing the threat of sanctions alongside three of his co-counsel, a Louisiana attorney told a federal judge that he was solely responsible for an error-riddled brief written with the assistance of artifi... (more story)
The town of Palm Beach, Florida, urged a federal court to rule that a homeowner can't claim ownership of their entire beachfront property, arguing Friday that public use existed before the homeowner bought the... (more story)
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Fintech firm Hometap Equity Partners LLC faces class action claims in New Jersey federal court that its "complex, confusing and high-risk" home equity products are predatory loans in disguise that violate fede... (more story)
AMCO Insurance Co. doesn't owe an Atlanta apartment complex coverage in an underlying dispute brought by a resident who was shot while sleeping, a jury ruled Wednesday, finding that the complex's delay in noti... (more story)
New lease rates stayed in the negatives for a trio of residential real estate investment trusts in the fourth quarter of 2025, with gradual growth expected in 2026 as oversupply continues to moderate and lease... (more story)
A California federal judge issued case-ending sanctions against the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office in homeless residents' suit over encampment sweeps, finding the harsh remedy is warranted by the city's ba... (more story)
Zillow Group Inc. and Redfin Corp. backed up their attempt to escape a Virginia federal lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission by arguing that the agency had overlooked the value to both renters and adverti... (more story)
Morrison Foerster LLP-advised Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd. announced plans Friday to acquire Tri Pointe Homes, advised by Paul Hastings LLP, in a $4.5 billion all-cash deal that will take the U.S. homebuilder private.
An Alabama tribe, the Interior Department and Auburn University are asking a federal district court to dismiss an ongoing challenge by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation over a sacred burial site, arguing a lack of s... (more story)