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Key Post-Proposal Shifts Likely In CFPB Loss Mitigation Rule

Mortgage servicers, borrowers and consumer advocates should prepare for a likely narrowed version of the Consumer ... (more story)

Justices' Tax Sale Ruling Tees Up Auction Fairness Battles

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan, that taxpayers are not entitled to ... (more story)

State Of Insurance: Q2 Notes From Pennsylvania

Todd Leon at Marshall Dennehey highlights notable second-quarter insurance developments in Pennsylvania, including... (more story)

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Greenberg Traurig Adds Jones Walker Atty In Atlanta

Greenberg Traurig LLP has added a Jones Walker LLP partner in Atlanta, strengthening its construction law practice.

J&J Pans Talc Claimant's 'Absurd' Bid To Nix $25M Appeal

In a sharply worded memo, Johnson & Johnson told the Connecticut Appellate Court that it should deny a "nonsensical" dismissal motion from a real estate developer who won a $25 million asbestos-related cancer ... (more story)

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Landlords Tout Top-Tier Office Leasing Boom In Q2 Results

Two office landlords recently told investors they are raking in double-digit rent growth and planning new construction, as supply for the best space in elite markets such as New York and San Francisco continues to tighten.

Allen Matkins, UCLA Survey Finds Stabilizing CRE Market

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP and the University of California, Los Angeles found in a recent survey that developers are adapting to persistently higher interest rates, leading to a stabilizin... (more story)

Brookfield, NextEra Plan $100B Data Center Build At DOE Site

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP is advising Brookfield on a U.S. Department of Energy effort announced Wednesday to redevelop parts of an agency site in Paducah, Kentucky, into a $100 billion data center... (more story)

DOJ Probing Brothers Who Ran Summer Camp Empire

A federal grand jury is investigating the bankrupt summer camp operator SIMAD Holdings, its controlling shareholders and related entities, and the company has received a demand to produce documents as part of ... (more story)

Property's $108M Valuation Unfounded, Minn. Justices Told

The Minnesota Tax Court's $108 million valuation of a Minneapolis office building is not backed by the evidence, the building owner told the Minnesota Supreme Court, asserting that the local assessor's apprais... (more story)

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Fla. Judge Denies Bid To Toss 'Nuisance' Power Plant Suit

A Florida judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit Thursday brought by dozens of residents who allege a nearby power plant is causing a nuisance to their neighborhood, claiming the facility is severely disrupting t... (more story)

Greenberg Traurig Guides $415M NYC Rental Loan Extensions

Greenberg Traurig LLP advised as Milstein Properties reached an extension with UBS Bank on $415 million worth of loans that were set to come due this month on a pair of luxury residential towers in Lower Manhattan.

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Rare 3 Dissents In Fed Decision: Real Estate Lawyers Weigh In

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday unsurprisingly held interest rates steady, but in a rare twist, three members dissented, and real estate lawyers say keeping rates unchanged is a victory for the sector.

Pa. Paraquat, Gov. Shapiro's Neighbors: A Midyear Report

Mass tort and antitrust cases advanced this year in Pennsylvania, where attorneys await Philadelphia's first paraquat trial and more developments in the class action against the Law School Admissions Council over test fees.

Family Feud In Simry Ch. 11 Roils Over Dismissal Bid

Simry Realty Corp. and members of the Haruvi family who placed it into Chapter 11 have balked at a request by another member of the family to scrap the bankruptcy, saying the case was properly authorized and f... (more story)

Pinnacle Closes $41M Fla. Senior Housing Financing Deal

Pinnacle has obtained $41 million in financing for its eight-story, 110-unit affordable senior housing project in Florida's Miami-Dade County, the developer and construction company announced Wednesday.

SEC Says Fla. REIT Hid Losses In $152M Investor Scheme

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claimed two real estate investment trust executives raised $152 million in a fraudulent securities offering and misrepresented the company's bleak outlook in an exte... (more story)