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Ensuring Eligibility For Data Center Sales Tax Breaks

As states compete to lure data centers, sales tax exemptions are an important component of many incentive packages... (more story)

Being A Singer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Before law school, I spent seven years trying to make it as a professional singer in Los Angeles, and nearly every... (more story)

Navigating OFAC's 50% Rule For Cross-Border Exec Mobility

A recent Office of Foreign Assets Control guide signals that its 50% ownership rule can determine not only sanctio... (more story)

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Surgery Partners Stake Sale Values Idaho Hospitals At $1.2B

Surgery Partners, an owner and operator of short-stay surgical facilities, said Friday it has reached a deal to sell its stake in two Idaho hospitals for nearly $800 million to Salt Lake City, Utah-based Intermountain Health.

Taxation With Representation: Kleinberg Kaplan, Baker Botts

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Brookfield Asset Management acquires Aypa Power from funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners, Brookfield and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board buy... (more story)

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4 Firms Guide $1.2B Self-Storage REIT Merger

Two real estate investment trusts sponsored by SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc. affiliates have agreed to a $1.2 billion all-stock merger that's being advised by Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Venable... (more story)

Cushman & Wakefield 401(k) Climate Risk Suit Shipped To Ill.

A proposed class action accusing commercial real estate services giant Cushman & Wakefield of mismanaging its 401(k) plan by including a fund that ignores climate change-related financial risks has been transf... (more story)

WDP, Argan To Create $14.8B European Logistics RE Giant

Belgian warehouse landlord WDP and French logistics real estate investment trust Argan have agreed to combine in a deal that will create one of Europe's largest logistics REITs, with a portfolio exceeding €13 ... (more story)

Trump Touts Pledge As Ratepayer Protection From AI Boom

President Donald Trump during a Thursday event urged utilities, data center developers and states to sign a voluntary pledge to prevent average ratepayers from shouldering the cost of artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Colo. Nonprofit Says ICE Facility Violates Town's Land Codes

A nonprofit and a resident of Hudson, Colorado, claimed in Colorado state court Wednesday that the town is ignoring its own land use codes by allowing a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention cente... (more story)

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Housing Groups Sue Over HUD Grant Program Overhaul

Two fair housing groups asked a Massachusetts federal judge to block the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from slashing grants for a program to assist housing discrimination victims and funneli... (more story)

NYC OKs Proposals To Speed Up Permit Process, Land Sales

New York City's Commission on Government Efficiency voted on Thursday to advance five November ballot proposals that aim to speed up the process for selling off city-owned land, approving building permits, bui... (more story)

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Housing Law Backs New Models For Manufactured Housing

A newly passed federal law is making it possible to reimagine how manufactured housing is built in the U.S. Cozen O'Connor partner Thomas Casparian spoke with Law360 Real Estate Authority about the changes the... (more story)

House Panel Summons CEOs Over Private Listing Partnership

A House antitrust subcommittee requested a briefing with Midwest Real Estate Data CEO Rebecca Jensen and Compass International Holdings CEO Robert Reffkin over their companies' private listing partnership.

HUD Says States Aren't Harmed By Fair Housing Standards

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development told a California federal court to toss a suit filed by the District of Columbia and 15 states over past standards for receiving funding for fair housing en... (more story)

7th Circ. Backs Chicago's Tenant Payout Ordinance

The Seventh Circuit held Wednesday that a Chicago ordinance requiring owners of foreclosed rental buildings to pay tenants $10,600 to help with relocation costs is not an unconstitutional taking of property, s... (more story)

Data On Racial Gap In Home Premiums Spurs Oversight Calls

Research showing that residents of majority Black and Hispanic ZIP codes often pay more for homeowners insurance underscores what some experts say is a pressing need for more oversight of race-based discrimina... (more story)