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Race Is On As California Housing Zoning Mandate Is Now Law

 A California law that took effect Wednesday and aims to increase housing near transit hubs has many cities up and down the state scrambling as they wait to hear back on their proposals for exemptions or exclusions.

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Atty-Turned-Developer Helped Add Teeth To Fla. Housing Law

Amendments to Florida's landmark Live Local Act, signed into law Friday, could make it harder for municipalities to discriminate against affordable-housing projects. Lawyer-turned-developer Michael Wohl, who lobbied for changes to the law after years of litigation, explained why he thinks the new provisions could make a big difference in Florida’s efforts to improve housing affordability.

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Attys Welcome Housing Bill But Say It's Not An Overnight Fix

Attorneys focused on affordable housing say that bipartisan legislation to address housing affordability contains welcome tweaks to existing programs, but will not fundamentally change the market dynamics that place housing out of reach for many.

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8 Ways 2026's Market Divide Is Rewriting Real Estate Risk

Josephine Bahn and Jeffery Mullen

As construction activity increasingly concentrates in data centers, healthcare and other resilient sectors, real e... (more story)

A Calif. Law May Aid Homeowner Recovery After LA Fires

Keith Meyer and Kya Coletta

Reconstruction bottlenecks following the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires mean that certain homeowners insurance... (more story)

Tracking The Rare 'Quick Look' Win In FTC's Zillow-Redfin Suit

Mary Helen Wimberly and Sandhya Taneja

The Federal Trade Commission’s suit claiming that Zillow illegally paid Redfin to exit the apartment rental market... (more story)

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Microsoft Data Center Upends Neighborhood Peace, Suit Says

A data center operated by Microsoft Corp. in southeastern Wisconsin emits "unreasonable and excessive noise," disrupting the lives of nearby residents, according to a proposed class action filed in federal court Wednesday.

San Francisco Gets State's OK For Housing Plan

The California Department of Housing and Community Development gave the city of San Francisco the green light Wednesday for its plan to implement a new housing zoning law, Law360 can exclusively report.

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Latham, Jones Day Guide $6B Hyperscale Data Center JV

Realty Income Corp., Cloud Capital and others have formed a hyperscale data center joint venture, advised by Latham & Watkins LLP and Jones Day, that's already agreed to acquire three Northern Virginia data ce... (more story)

DHS Proposes 'Major Revisions' To EB-5 Investor Program

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's bid to overhaul the EB-5 investment visa program targets fraud and national security threats, expands DHS authority and adds protections for good-faith investors, amo... (more story)

3 NJ Bills On Data Center Regulation Sent To Governor

The New Jersey Senate and the state's General Assembly recently passed three data center regulation bills that will be considered by Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

Calif. Judge Sends $2M Cannabis Land Dispute To Arbitration

A Los Angeles County judge has hit pause on a $2.2 million lawsuit accusing a cannabis company of misappropriating an investor's contribution after both sides agreed to take the case to arbitration.

The Top Firms Guiding Recent Sports Real Estate Deals

For a special summer issue on sports coinciding with the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Law360 Real Estate Authority took a look at which law firms have worked on arenas, stadiums and other recent sports real estate mat... (more story)

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Fla. Panel Backs Permit Holders' Win In Miami Dock Suit

A Florida appellate panel on Wednesday upheld a lower court win for two residents who took out a permit to build a dock at their Miami residence, finding that the dock didn't unreasonably obstruct a neighbor's... (more story)

Home Builder Fired Worker Over Pregnancy, EEOC Says

Senior employees at a home builder routinely talked about how they equated pregnancy with a lack of professional commitment before firing a pregnant worker, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday.

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NYC Landlord Attorneys Decry Rent Freeze, Expect Challenge

After the mayor-appointed board that sets rent increases each year voted to freeze rents in New York City's 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, enacting a key portion of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's agenda, attorn... (more story)

3rd Circ. Tests FERC's Attention To Public Input In Hydro Case

A Third Circuit panel Wednesday dug into whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission really listened to the concerns of residents of York County, Pennsylvania, about its initial approval of a hydroelectri... (more story)

Zillow Loses Bid To Exit IBM Sign-On Tech Patent Suit

A Washington federal judge has refused to let Zillow out of IBM's lawsuit accusing the online real estate marketplace company of infringing a user sign-on patent, rejecting Zillow's argument that the company's... (more story)

Calif. Court Rejects Challenge To FAIR Plan Fee Pass-Through

California's top insurance regulator has the authority to allow the private insurance companies that make up the state's FAIR Plan to recoup from policyholders payments the companies make to support the last-r... (more story)

Chinese Investors Say Wash. EB-5 Developer Misused Funds

Chinese investors have filed a RICO Act lawsuit in Washington federal court, alleging that developers of a partially completed mixed-use project on a former copper smelter Superfund site along Puget Sound misu... (more story)