The Seventh Circuit upheld a decision holding that Enbridge Energy is trespassing on Wisconsin tribal lands, but vacated and remanded a $5.2 million restitution order and timeline for a portion of the Line 5 p... (more story)

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff have freed some types of data center financing from having to comply with Dodd-Frank Act rules on credit risk retention and conflicts of interest, agreeing with La... (more story)

Two office landlords recently told investors they are raking in double-digit rent growth and planning new construction, as supply for the best space in elite markets such as New York and San Francisco continues to tighten.

Cannabis retail chain Velvet Holdings Inc. claims it is out millions of dollars after a contractor abandoned a storefront project, resulting in Los Angeles building officials refusing to certify the location a... (more story)

Advocacy groups in Minnesota are suing the state over its decision not to provide a government document that outlines the potential environmental effects of the proposed West River Dairy expansion, arguing sig... (more story)

The former chief executive of Sound Federal Credit Union can draw a management entity that he is accused of shortchanging into a lawsuit stemming from his termination, a Connecticut state judge has ruled, appa... (more story)

A Texas federal judge has ordered the appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee to clean up "weeks of chaos" in the bankruptcy case of Louis Investments, a real estate management company that borrowed a 7,000% inter... (more story)

Blackstone Inc. announced Thursday that it will acquire HSBC Bank Australia Ltd.'s AU$36 billion ($25 billion) home and personal loan portfolio, as HSBC plans to focus on its corporate and institutional bankin... (more story)

A New York federal judge has cleared a path for British aviation services company Menzies to seize a luxury town house on Manhattan's Upper East Side owned by the Nigerien government as it looks to enforce a 1... (more story)

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday unsurprisingly held interest rates steady, but in a rare twist, three members dissented, and real estate lawyers say keeping rates unchanged is a victory for the sector.

The company behind Apartments.com on Wednesday said its costs are clearly disclosed and users have options for avoiding them when paying rent, in a bid to have a Washington federal judge throw out a proposed c... (more story)

Renters in sprawling multidistrict litigation that reached nearly $360 million in preliminary settlements with building owners over their alleged use of RealPage's software to inflate rents asked a Tennessee f... (more story)

A D.C. Superior Court has refused to sanction the district's attorney general's office for alleged discovery failures in a case accusing RealPage of helping residential building owners use software to inflate rents.

A California ruling boosting policyholders' prospects in water leak suits and a Texas Supreme Court decision compelling appraisal in a commercial property loss are among the biggest property insurance decision... (more story)