Expert Analysis

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: April Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy identifies practice tips from three ... (more story)

How Developers Can Leverage The New Markets Tax Credit

An increased regulatory focus on affordable housing raises important legal considerations for structuring transact... (more story)

5 Takeaways From Capital Proposals For Community Banks

While much commentary has centered on how federal regulators' proposed capital overhaul would affect the biggest b... (more story)

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Nossaman Adds Procopio Construction Trio In California

Nossaman LLP has deepened its infrastructure group by adding a pair of partners and an associate to its Orange County roster who joined from Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP.

Clean Energy Lender Lands C-PACE Funding Up To $300M

Investment manager Ares Management provided up to $300 million for a Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy financing vehicle to an affiliate of Los Angeles-based commercial real estate finance firm AXCS Ca... (more story)

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Whistleblower Suit Alleges Wells Fargo Inflated CMBS Income

A whistleblower lawsuit unsealed this week in New York state Supreme Court accused Wells Fargo of inflating income of underlying properties across numerous commercial mortgage-backed securities loans it pooled... (more story)

Energy Tech Co., Execs Sued Over $2.4B AI Power Deal

Energy technology company Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc. and its top brass face an investor suit alleging they made misstatements about an agreement to deliver power to an artificial intelligence data cente... (more story)

Trump Admin Asks Court To Delay East Wing Injunction

The Trump administration on Tuesday asked a D.C. federal court to delay enforcing its order blocking the White House East Wing ballroom project, invoking national security after the court carved out an excepti... (more story)

NYC Building Goes Into Ch. 11 To Avoid Foreclosure Sale

A New York company connected to a local property manager filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition for its five-story, mixed-use building in downtown Manhattan, heading off a foreclosure sale that had been schedu... (more story)

Antitrust Suit Targets CoStar Noncompetes, Cross-Post Limits

CoStar Group faces a lawsuit in Virginia federal court alleging that the real estate information service has for years sought to prevent cross-listings by customers and shut out would-be competitors through ac... (more story)

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Walker Dunlop Lines Up $1.7B Refi For Starwood Portfolio

Commercial real estate finance firm Walker & Dunlop Inc.'s capital markets institutional advisory team has originated $1.719 billion worth of 10-year Freddie Mac loans to refinance more than 10,000 homes that ... (more story)

Zillow, Redfin Can't Use 4th Circ. Ruling In Antitrust Suit

The Federal Trade Commission and multiple states on Wednesday filed a proposed response pushing back on Zillow and Redfin Corp.'s bid to cite a published Fourth Circuit decision they say supports their attempt... (more story)

On March 12, the FTC announced its proposal seeking comments on "ways to protect consumers from unfair or deceptive rental housing fees and foster competition, price transparency, and marketplace efficiency." (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
26 State AGs Urge FTC To Ban Deceptive Rental Fee Tactics

A bipartisan coalition of 26 state attorneys general led by New Jersey and Colorado are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to adopt a requirement that residential landlords clearly disclose all costs to t... (more story)

Pa. Gov. Says Neighbors' Land Dispute Belongs In State Court

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit arising from a property dispute with his neighbors over a strip of land between their homes, arguing that the suit was canceled out... (more story)

Mortgage Co. Says Vets' Fraud Scheme Claims Distort Truth

Veterans United Home Loans told a Missouri federal judge that a proposed class action alleging the company directs veterans toward expensive mortgages fails to show the homebuyers were prevented from consideri... (more story)

NJ Towns Urge 3rd Circ. To Revive Suit Over Housing Law

A group of New Jersey municipalities and elected officials told the Third Circuit they have Article III standing for their tossed suit against the state government over a 2024 law that they claim unfairly forc... (more story)

Landlord Wants Out Of Fraud Claim In NJ AG's RealPage Suit

A New Jersey landlord is urging a federal court to revisit part of a March decision and dismiss claims against it under a state consumer fraud statute amid the New Jersey attorney general's antitrust suit agai... (more story)