Edward M. Rishty, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP who became chair of the firm's real estate group earlier this month, recently spoke to Law360 Real Estate Authority about his practice priorities, trends... (more story)

Environmental groups sued too early over a move last year by President Donald Trump to revive the prospect of Arctic oil and gas leasing in offshore areas that prior administrations deemed off-limits, an Alask... (more story)

Investment volume in U.S. commercial real estate grew nearly 20% annually in the first quarter, but the gains were uneven, driven largely by a recovery in the office and hotel sectors, according to a Cozen O'C... (more story)

The family of a woman shot and killed at a hookah lounge in Seattle are suing several companies connected to the establishment in Washington state court, claiming they negligently allowed violence to occur and... (more story)

The Internal Revenue Service's penalty imposed on a partnership for inaccurately reporting a Louisiana conservation easement transaction is considered a tax collection matter outside federal courts' jurisdicti... (more story)

Changes to the federal opportunity zone program, including broader reporting requirements, may mitigate some of the challenges state officials have encountered with the initial program, the Government Accounta... (more story)

A proposed class of Mississippi residents told a federal court that they are OK with SpaceX exiting their lawsuit, which accused a trio of companies led by Elon Musk of causing a public nuisance with the noise... (more story)

A Tennessee federal judge has instructed a settlement administrator in the rent price-fixing litigation against RealPage and others to send out new notices informing eligible class members they have not been l... (more story)

A divided Fifth Circuit has revived an architectural firm's copyright infringement claims over the use of its home designs in a Texas residential development, while affirming the dismissal of claims alleging t... (more story)

The Eighth Circuit decided Wednesday to affirm a more than $1 billion class action settlement that's supposed to resolve antitrust claims against the National Association of Realtors and multiple real estate b... (more story)

The Trump administration is withdrawing Biden-era guidance that encouraged banks and other lenders to offer specialized programs to boost credit access for underserved borrowers, according to a new Federal Register notice. 

A white nationalist association and other related parties have claimed that federal, state and local authorities are violating their constitutional free speech rights by conducting unfair investigations into t... (more story)

The U.S. Trustee's Office has asked an Oklahoma bankruptcy court to deny private credit firm YSA Investment's request to borrow $2 million in postpetition financing, contending the debtor has not filed require... (more story)

Greenberg Traurig and Kalamotousakis Law Group are among the law firms that scored work on the largest New York City real estate deals that became public last week, with a $65 million Manhattan trade leading the way.