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Tracking The 2027 Va. Bills That May Tighten Data Center Regs

Data center developers and operators should monitor Virginia legislation responding to the state's new data center... (more story)

CFIUS Annual Report Reveals Enforcement Trends

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' recently published annual report to Congress shows that ... (more story)

Battles Over Murky Mineral Rights Stymie Pa. Energy Projects

Legal wrangling over a recently passed Pennsylvania law could affect billions of dollars of mineral royalty paymen... (more story)

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NYC's Balcon Nightclub To Repay Lenders Via Property Sale

Bankrupt New York City nightclub Balcon Salon has reached a deal to sell its property and distribute the proceeds, most of which would go to its lender, and sought to hire a real estate adviser.

NJ Panel Urged To Apply Bias Law To Commercial Tenants

A clothing boutique owner urged a New Jersey appellate court Monday to revive her sexual harassment claim against her landlord, arguing that the state's discrimination law applies to commercial tenancies.

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Sens. Probe Meta For Claiming Tax Credits On AI Data Centers

Democratic senators called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to explain why he's justifying the use of billions in federal research tax credits to pay for building the company's AI data centers, warning that doing s... (more story)

Ex-NYC Pol Denies Bribery Charges As Corruption Trial Opens

Counsel for Eric Ulrich, former commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings, told a state judge Monday that prosecutors wrongly branded his long-standing borrowing from "friends and confidants" a... (more story)

NYC Real Estate Week In Review

Phillips Nizer and Morici & Morici are among the law firms that scored work on the top New York City real estate deals that became public last week, with the five largest deals spread across four boroughs.

9th Circ. Renews Coverage Suit Under Ariz. 'Fortuity' Test

The Ninth Circuit has revived a landlord's suit seeking coverage for $2.7 million in water damage after the Arizona Supreme Court for the first time defined a "fortuitous loss" in an insurance policy in respon... (more story)

DOJ Or Trump: Judge Asks Who Is Deciding Golf Course Plan

Trump administration lawyers continued to insist at a hearing Monday there is no final plan to remake East Potomac Golf Course, and they changed their tune about whether one would require environmental review,... (more story)

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RE Firm Settles Suit Over $200M Contaminated NC Homes Buy

A real estate firm has settled its North Carolina federal suit alleging a multifamily property owner and its affiliates wrongfully kept $2 million in earnest money deposits even after the firm learned of conta... (more story)

Colo. Justices Agree To Hear Short-Term Rental Fee Challenge

The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear, as a matter of first impression, a rental owner's challenge to the town of Breckenridge's imposition of a regulatory fee on obtaining or renewing licenses f... (more story)

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NYC Fights To Avoid Restarting 2nd-Home Tax Rollout

New York City asked a state appeals court to reverse a decision finding it must restart the rollout of its tax on high-value second homes, saying a group of property owners' complaints weren't fit for court review.

Compass Retaliates With MLS Suit In Listing Access Fight

Brokerage Compass shot back at the country's second-largest multiple listing service in California federal court with a lawsuit arguing that rules prohibiting home marketing methods off the online platform are... (more story)

Rosenberg & Estis Launches NYC Pied-A-Terre Tax Resource

Rosenberg & Estis PC has launched a new web page that aims to provide legal analysis and guidance regarding New York City's luxury second-homes tax, also known as the pied-à-terre tax, the firm announced Monday.

Canada Gov't Cuts Data Access Deal With Brokers Association

Canada's antitrust authority and the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers have entered into a 10-year consent agreement that resolves the government's claims against the nonprofit, which the ... (more story)

Justices Decline To Consider Police Raid Takings Circuit Split

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a pair of cases that ask whether there is a police power exemption to the Fifth Amendment's takings clause, a question that has fractured the lower courts.