Expert Analysis

Fannie, Freddie AI Rules Raise Stakes For Mortgage Lenders

Artificial intelligence governance frameworks recently released by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac impose monitoring an... (more story)

How Tenants Can Guard Against Unpaid Build-Out Allowances

As market pressures on landlords intensify liquidity problems and reimbursement disputes, commercial tenants nego... (more story)

Lessons For Banks From Recent FCA Enforcement Trends

While government relief programs rely on financial institutions in times of economic uncertainty, recent enforceme... (more story)

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SIMAD Can Tap Cash To Open Summer Camps In Ch. 11

SIMAD Holdings Ltd. won court permission on Wednesday to use some of its available $15.6 million of cash on hand as it races to open the 30 children's summer camps it owns for the season, after a freefall bank... (more story)

Sidley Plans Chicago Office Tower Move

Sidley Austin LLP is planning to move its Chicago office to the upcoming 45-story, 1 million-square-foot office tower in the city's Fulton Market neighborhood, the firm announced.

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How The 'Great Wealth Transfer' Will Impact Farmland

The "great wealth transfer" is shaping up to be a major storyline for the next couple of decades as the Baby Boomers begin to pass their assets to the next generation. Tyler Davis, president at land brokerage ... (more story)

NC Biz Court Narrows Fight Over Flopped Development Deal

A private lender and its top brass have shaved a host of claims from a dispute with the part-owners of a real estate development project that never got off the ground, with a North Carolina Business Court judg... (more story)

Paul Weiss-Led Data Center Operator Csquare Files IPO Plans

Data center operator CSquare Inc. has filed plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering, steered by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.

Mich. Township Says Pot Shop Missed Permit Deadlines

A west Michigan township has told a federal judge that a local cannabis business alleging the township improperly refused to issue it a permit and prevented it from opening in fact missed the deadline for the ... (more story)

Lender Says Co. Defaulted On $5M Loan, Tanked Pot Site Value

A cannabis real estate company and an affiliate gutted a $27 million cultivation facility, stopped paying taxes on it and defaulted on a $4.6 million clean-energy loan, according to a federal lawsuit by the le... (more story)

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Niger Says Town House Off Limits In $7.6M Award Feud

The Republic of Niger told a New York federal judge on Wednesday that its $35 million town house on Manhattan's Upper East Side can't be seized by a United Kingdom aviation services company looking to enforce ... (more story)

Fla. Panel Upholds Class Cert. In Apartment Fire Suit

A Florida appellate panel Wednesday upheld a lower court's class certification for several individuals suing a condominium association over being displaced by a Miami apartment fire, finding objective criteria... (more story)

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Harvard Report Warns Housing Costs Keep Squeezing US

The share of renters considered cost-burdened reached a new all-time high as the price of housing continues to confound tenants and homeowners alike, according to an annual report from Harvard University relea... (more story)

DOJ To Join Race Bias Suit Over Ill. City's Reparations

The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to join a lawsuit challenging a Chicago suburb's reparations housing program for Black residents, arguing the race-based benefits violate the Constitution's equal prote... (more story)

Real Estate Cos. Default In Native American Bias Suit

Two real estate companies that own several upscale Detroit area apartment buildings have failed to respond to a federal lawsuit accusing managers of subjecting a Native American engineer to repeated racist rem... (more story)

Mich. Court Says Rental Cap Affects Senior Care Home Value

The Michigan tax tribunal wrongly ruled that a senior care facility's low-income units shouldn't be considered when assessing the property, a state appeals court panel said, remanding the case back to determin... (more story)

Recycler Says City's Wrongful License Suspension Cost $10M  

The operator of a metal recycling scrapyard in Camden, New Jersey, currently facing two lawsuits over its handling of the facility has filed its own lawsuit in state court, alleging the city acted beyond its s... (more story)