Expert Analysis

8 Ways To Prep For Calif. Fair Mortgage Lending Exams

California financial institutions face a new fair lending examination framework in January that adds formal reviews for certain...(read more)

What To Know About New Proposed Opportunity Zone Regs

The Treasury and IRS recently released proposed regulations for the permanent extension of the opportunity zones program, with ...(read more)

How Power Grid Delays Are Reshaping Data Center Deals

Texas' pause on permits while it studies data centers' effect on its electrical grid highlights the nationwide problem of years...(read more)

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Interior's Strategic Plan Calls For Federal Land Sell-Offs

The U.S. Department of the Interior this week outlined a plan to sell off, transfer and exchange federal public lands in an effort to "decrease the size of the federal estate," drawing criticism from conservation groups th...(read more)

4 Questions For Macfarlanes' Private Capital Real Estate Head

Assets such as data centers and digital infrastructure are proving resilient to economic and geopolitical volatility, Victoria Hills of Macfarlanes says. Hills talks here to Law360 about the biggest opportunities for prope...(read more)

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South Florida's Office Market Stays Hot Even As Rivals Gain

Miami and the surrounding South Florida office market continues to exhibit strong momentum and future potential, according to fresh data as well as the accounts of leaders from several major corporate transplants who share...(read more)

Coldwell Banker's Trade Secrets Win In Calif. Reversed

A split California state appeals court panel has reversed a directed verdict win for Coldwell Banker and some employees accused of stealing trade secrets from a rival real estate company, finding a lower court judge impose...(read more)

4 Firms Steer Rowan's $1.5B Deal For Data Center Pipeline

Blackstone-backed data center builder Rowan Digital Infrastructure said Thursday that it secured $1.5 billion in total financing to support its development work in transactions advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, De...(read more)

Feds, SpaceX Say Groups Can't Show Land Swap Injury

SpaceX and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service renewed their call for a Texas federal judge to toss a lawsuit challenging their South Texas land swap deal, saying that the groups that sued cannot base their alleged damages ...(read more)

Braemar REIT Pays $480M To Exit Exec's Management Deal

Luxury hotel owner Braemar Hotels & Resorts said it has named a new chief legal officer and other top officials as it completed a $480 million payment as compensation for terminating a management agreement with a company c...(read more)

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Texas Homeowners Say SpaceX Stalling In Rocket Noise Suit

Dozens of Texas residents who accuse SpaceX of knowingly allowing rocket launches to damage their homes asked a federal judge to deny the company's push to pause discovery, arguing its "answer to everything is delay."

NYC, LA, Other Cities Seek To Halt Latest HUD Grant Terms

New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and dozens of other cities across the country that have challenged the Trump administration's grant restrictions are asking a Washington federal judge to block a new round of funding conditio...(read more)

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Calif. Voters Reject Prop. 45 Fast-Tracking CEQA Reviews

Golden State voters have rejected the California Chamber of Commerce-backed Proposition 45, which would have limited reviews under the California Environmental Quality Act and allowed developers to fast-track most housing,...(read more)

Real Estate Broker Howard Hanna Accused Of 'Junk Fees'

Major real estate broker Howard Hanna has joined the firms being accused of charging homebuyers "junk fees," according to a proposed class action filed in Pennsylvania state court.

Compass Looks To Toss NYC Rental Listings Monopoly Case

Real estate brokerage Compass Inc. has urged a New York federal court to dismiss a proposed antitrust class action that accuses the company of monopolizing the Manhattan multifamily market by acquiring almost all of its ri...(read more)

Rent-To-Own Fintech Inks $183.5M Deal With AGs

The rent-to-own financing company Acima has reached a $183.5 million deal with 43 states to resolve claims that it misled consumers about the terms of its rental-purchase agreements and deceptively marked up prices, the Co...(read more)

Greenberg Traurig Helping With Miami Supertall Tower Project

Greenberg Traurig is representing a venture of Oak Row Equities, OKO Group and Mariposa Real Estate that's eyeing a 1,042-foot supertall tower in Miami and recently submitted a study request to the Federal Aviation Authori...(read more)