Expert Analysis

What Nonbank Lenders Should Watch In 'Open Banking' Redo

Nonbank mortgage lenders should prepare for several key changes in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's anti... (more story)

Banks Face Lighter CRA Burdens Under Regulators' Proposal

Banking regulators' recently proposed rule to redo the framework under the Community Reinvestment Act would materi... (more story)

Early Action Can Benefit Distressed Restaurant Franchisees

As rising costs put increased pressure on restaurants, as evidenced by recent bankruptcy filings by Popeyes, Farme... (more story)

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Interior Board Stays BLM Data Center Approval In Nevada

A U.S. Department of the Interior appeals board said Tuesday that environmental groups are likely to show that officials violated the National Environmental Policy Act when they used a review completed for a s... (more story)

Hotel Cos. Owe For Stalled Arbitration Costs, Fla. Judge Says

A Florida federal judge denied a request by two Spanish companies to avoid interest on an arbitration award involving missed rental payments to a Panamanian hotel-casino operator during the COVID-19 pandemic, ... (more story)

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Pondering New Life For Miami Courthouse On Auction Block

Amid the new towers reshaping Miami's skyline, one of the city's most prominent buildings is looking for its second act, as bids close this Friday in an auction for the shuttered Miami-Dade Courthouse. Law360 ... (more story)

7 Brew's $143M Bid Tops Dutch Bros. In Salad Chain Ch. 11

Coffee chain 7 Brew emerged as the top bidder for 73 of drive-thru chain Salad and Go's leases with a $143 million offer, besting competitor Dutch Bros.' stalking horse bid of $105 million for 65 leases, couns... (more story)

First Tenants Signed For Ft. Lauderdale Mass-Timber Office

Hines and Urban Street Development on Tuesday revealed the first office leases for their upcoming T3 FAT Village mass-timber office building taking shape in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with GXO Logistics and CBI... (more story)

SB Energy Launches Plans For Anticipated $5B IPO

Power generation infrastructure company SB Energy has filed plans to raise roughly $5 billion in its initial public offering steered by Latham & Watkins LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

ICE Says It Will Ditch Detention Site Fought By City

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security asked a Georgia federal judge to pause a city's suit attempting to block the conversion of an empty warehouse into a 10,000... (more story)

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8th Circ. Backs $110M Deal For NAR Broker Fees Suit

The Eighth Circuit sided against class action settlement objectors Tuesday and affirmed $110.6 million worth of settlements in antitrust class actions alleging the National Association of Realtors and brokerag... (more story)

4 Mass. Rulings You May Have Missed In August

Three fertility doctors defeated claims they violated a nonsolicitation agreement, while a consulting company failed in its effort to amend a four-year-old contract suit that has already been extensively litig... (more story)

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JLL Guides $856M Financing For Boston Mixed-Use Tower

Developer Millennium Parters has secured $856 million in total financing from Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Nuveen Green Capital for a Class A office and luxury residential tower that is the tallest building in... (more story)

Calif. Panel Signals SF Vacancy Tax Is Barred By State Law

A California state appeals court panel appeared primed Tuesday to strike down San Francisco's tax on vacant residential units, as a justice repeatedly cast doubt on the city's claims that the levy isn't preemp... (more story)

Insurer Can't Dodge Wire Fraud Coverage, Ala. Judge Says

Lenders are entitled to coverage for losses from a closing agent falling victim to wire fraud in mortgage refinancing transactions, an Alabama magistrate judge said Monday, finding that an exclusion barring co... (more story)

Northwest MLS Settles Compass' Listing Rules Antitrust Suit

Northwest Multiple Listing Service and Compass Inc. have reached a settlement ending Compass' antitrust lawsuit targeting Northwest MLS' policy requiring brokerages to list all properties on its platform befor... (more story)

Insurers Settle Connecticut Cockroach Injury Suit

Wesco Insurance Co. and Markel Insurance Co. have settled a dispute over coverage for a woman's claims that a property owner and a pest control company were to blame for injuries she sustained falling from a s... (more story)