AI Bolstered Proptech Development, Growth In 2025
Amid the ongoing frenzy over artificial intelligence, the property technology sector showed signs of maturing in 2025 along with an upswing in investments.
A Blockbuster Year For Data Centers
Booming demand drove an explosive year for growth in the data center sector in 2025, with deals getting larger, more multifaceted and more complex for legal teams to pull off.
Attorneys Break Down COPA Bill Poised To Pass In NYC
As a bill to give nonprofits the opportunity to buy some residential buildings is gaining momentum toward possible passage in the New York City Council this month, real estate attorneys are analyzing the policy's potentially far-reaching impact.
Commercial More
Publisher Scholastic Corp. announced it has completed sale-leasebacks for its New York City headquarters as well as its largest distribution facility, noting the two deals generated $481 million in total proceeds.
The escrow agent holding $1.6 million related to the developer of the former Hudson Hotel near Manhattan's Columbus Circle has sued the debtor in Delaware bankruptcy court in an effort to resolve conflicting i... (more story)
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.
A D.C. federal judge gave President Donald Trump the green light to continue his East Wing ballroom plans, finding that the National Trust For Historic Preservation had not shown a "clear and present" reason t... (more story)
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Trump Media and Technology Group merges with fusion power company TAE Technologies, pharmaceutical company Cencora boosts its stake in cancer care company OneOncolo... (more story)
The real estate law firm Goggans Stutzman Hudson Wilson & Mize LLP announced that it has opened a new office in Athens, Georgia, to be led by a partner with more than 25 years of experience in commercial and r... (more story)
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)
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After 17 years of litigation, a certified class of homeowners got the final stamp of approval in California federal court for a $29.5 million settlement with PHH Mortgage and its captive reinsurer, both of whi... (more story)
A property transfer tax that adds 4% to 5.5% to the cost of Los Angeles real estate deals of more than $5 million is legal under the U.S. and California constitutions, a state appeals panel ruled, upholding a trial court.
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)
An insurer said it owes no coverage to a condo complex in 23 suits brought by unit owners who say they were forced to evacuate because the complex failed to maintain safe structural conditions, telling a Flori... (more story)
A pair of Democratic lawmakers from the House and Senate have introduced a bill that would prohibit landlords who take federal funding from evicting tenants or denying applicants just because they use or posse... (more story)
Democratic senators urged the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize Compass Inc.'s $1.6 billion buy of rival broker Anywhere Real Estate Inc., saying further consolidation c... (more story)
A North Carolina federal judge has certified a class of North Carolina borrowers who claim their loan servicer charged them exorbitant processing fees for paying their monthly mortgage by phone, finding there ... (more story)