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CFIUS Annual Report Reveals Enforcement Trends

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' recently published annual report to Congress shows that ... (more story)

Battles Over Murky Mineral Rights Stymie Pa. Energy Projects

Legal wrangling over a recently passed Pennsylvania law could affect billions of dollars of mineral royalty paymen... (more story)

How Evergreen Language Can Sink Landlord Credit Support

A recent pattern in court decisions interpreting letters of credit underscores the importance of using precise lan... (more story)

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9th Circ. Renews Coverage Suit Under Ariz. 'Fortuity' Test

The Ninth Circuit has revived a landlord's suit seeking coverage for $2.7 million in water damage after the Arizona Supreme Court for the first time defined a "fortuitous loss" in an insurance policy in respon... (more story)

DOJ Official Tells Attorneys Not To Answer Judge At Hearing

A top U.S. Department of Justice official told agency attorneys not to answer a D.C. federal judge's question Monday, in the latest clash between Trump administration attorneys and the judge presiding over a c... (more story)

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Sens. Probe Meta For Claiming Tax Credits On AI Data Centers

Democratic senators called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to explain why he's justifying the use of billions in federal research tax credits to pay for building the company's AI data centers, warning that doing s... (more story)

Justices Decline To Consider Police Raid Takings Circuit Split

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a pair of cases that ask whether there is a police power exemption to the Fifth Amendment's takings clause, a question that has fractured the lower courts.

GAO Wants Better Federal Office Occupancy Data Collection

The U.S. Government Accountability Office told the General Services Administration that the GSA needs to do a better job of collecting occupancy data for federal office space, saying that improved data collect... (more story)

Investment Co. Can't Exit Laos $5M Casino Award Fight

A federal judge has refused to dismiss an investment company from the government of Laos' latest bid to enforce about $5 million in arbitral awards stemming from an ill-fated casino venture, ruling that the fi... (more story)

6th Circ. Backs Insurers In $6.3M Crypto Fire Loss Suit

The Sixth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of two cryptocurrency mining companies' claims that Travelers Insurance Co. and Northfield Insurance Co. exacerbated their building's fire loss through the claim ha... (more story)

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Canada Gov't Cuts Data Access Deal With Brokers Association

Canada's antitrust authority and the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers have entered into a 10-year consent agreement that resolves the government's claims against the nonprofit, which the ... (more story)

NYC Ready To Fast Track Affordable Housing In Some Areas

A new policy rolled out this month targets a dozen New York City districts that the city has determined have been most hostile to new affordable housing development over the past year.

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NYC Fights To Avoid Restarting 2nd-Home Tax Rollout

New York City asked a state appeals court to reverse a decision finding it must restart the rollout of its tax on high-value second homes, saying a group of property owners' complaints weren't fit for court review.

Could A Criminal Sentencing Case Upend Loper Bright?

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is concerned that a ruling instructing trial courts to defer to the U.S. Sentencing Commission's interpretation of federal sentencing guidelines could blow a "pretty big... (more story)

Judge Gives Final OK To $360M In RealPage Class Deals

A Tennessee federal judge has granted final approval for about $360 million worth of class action settlements with renters who accused dozens of corporate landlords of engaging in rent price-fixing by using Re... (more story)

Dems Want FTC To Investigate Online Homebuying Industry

Democratic U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren asked the Federal Trade Commission Thursday to conduct an antitrust investigation into the "anticompetitive and deceptive practices" of the country's onli... (more story)

Eliot Spitzer Co. Accused Of Rent Overcharges In Brooklyn

A proposed class of current and former Brooklyn tenants accused a company connected to former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer of defrauding a state tax exemption program in order to illegally overcharge them for t... (more story)