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New Tactics In The Data Center Wars: Incentives, Moratoriums

A rising tide of public opposition and scrutiny of artificial intelligence has culminated in several states repealing tax incentives for data centers and one state enacting the nation's first moratorium, prompting developers to look for friendlier pastures.

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Attorneys Size Up Woes At Old Pfizer Building

While city agencies investigate the cause of a structural failure at the old Pfizer building, New York City's largest office-to-residential conversion, attorneys assess whether it could impact the conversion market and the potential for legal liability. The developer, MetroLoft, has faced lawsuits at other conversions.

Housing Bill Becomes Law Without Trump's Backing

A bipartisan bill to promote more housing supply and limit Wall Street firms from investing in single-family homes became law Saturday by default after President Donald Trump withheld his signature but did not veto the measure.

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AI-Fueled Pro Se Suits Pose Rising Risk For Lenders

Joseph Briggett

Harris v. Pinnacle Bank, a recently decided Mississippi federal court case, illustrates how pro se borrowers are u... (more story)

How Litigants Are Testing Conversion Therapy Ruling's Scope

Anwar Graves, Lauren Weinstein and Simon Hedlin

Litigants are already using the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Chiles v. Salazar ruling, which applied strict scrutin... (more story)

Occupier Contract Strategies For Locking In Expansion Rights

Josh Winefsky

In a market defined by record-setting demand, shrinking availability and rising rents, large commercial office occ... (more story)

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Seyfarth Adds Ex-King & Spalding RE Pro In Charlotte

Seyfarth Shaw LLP has hired former King & Spalding commercial real estate partner Christopher D. McCoy for a partner role in its Charlotte, North Carolina, office, the firm recently announced, with McCoy telli... (more story)

NJ Panel Rules Town Board Can Redo Warehouse Review

A New Jersey appeals court rejected a developer's request for automatic approval of its development plan in a local warehouse district, siding with a trial judge in finding a local planning board correctly sou... (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)

NJ Panel Backs Big Box Denial Over Traffic Study Gaps

A New Jersey appellate panel on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling that vacated a planning board's rejection of a proposed one-story, 161,000-square-foot big box retail project.

Shutts & Bowen Adds Real Estate Atty From Nelson Mullins

Shutts & Bowen LLP has grown its real estate capabilities with a new partner in Orlando, Florida, from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.

Kirkland Adds Willkie Real Estate Partner In Dallas

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has added a Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP real estate partner who advises his clients on digital infrastructure transactions and construction financing.

Groups Seek Win In Suit Over Big Bend Border Wall Waivers

Environmental and community groups asked a Texas federal judge Friday to grant them summary judgment in their lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's waiver of dozens of environmental and other federal ... (more story)

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Mass. Panel Says Competing Atty Fee Awards Can't Be Offset

Massachusetts' intermediate-level appeals court Monday determined that a housing court was wrong to offset attorney fees awarded to a landlord against fees granted to the tenant on the other side of a housing ... (more story)

NYC Real Estate Week In Review

Wachtel Missry and Herrick Feinstein are among the law firms that assisted with the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, with a $100 million Manhattan transaction leading the way.

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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)

Greystar Settles Out Of Kentucky's RealPage Antitrust Case

Kentucky has settled its antitrust claims against landlord Greystar Management Services LLC, which the state accused in federal court of using RealPage's revenue management software to engage in rent price-fixing.

NYC Building Owner Seeks $8.6M Ch. 11 Sale Approval

New York luxury property broker Ilan Bracha is under contract to buy a Manhattan mixed-use building in a bankruptcy for at least $8.6 million, after the death of a property owner in 2024 triggered a foreclosur... (more story)

Apartment Manager Accused Of Denying Full Wages, Breaks

Greystar, the largest apartment management firm in the U.S., failed to pay hourly workers for off-the-clock labor and missed breaks, according to a proposed class action filed in Washington state court.

Lenders, Tech Cos. Seek Exit From Antitrust Suit

A group of mortgage lenders and software companies once again pushed for the dismissal of a proposed mortgage price-fixing class action filed by homeowners in Tennessee federal court, arguing that the claims s... (more story)