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  • May 06, 2025

    HUD Says Suit To Block Fund Cuts Belongs In Claims Court

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development urged a Washington federal judge on Tuesday to reject emergency relief sought by San Francisco, Boston, New York and King County, Washington, to block the Trump administration from slashing millions of dollars of homelessness assistance grants, saying federal court lacks jurisdiction. 

  • May 06, 2025

    Ind. Landowners Not Owed For Trail Project, Fed. Circ. Affirms

    A group of Indiana landowners aren't owed compensation after claiming that their land was taken for a federal rails-to-trails conversion project, the Federal Circuit has ruled.

  • May 06, 2025

    Troutman Welcomes Back Private Funds Vet In Philadelphia

    Troutman Pepper Locke has rehired private funds attorney Benjamin Mittman in Philadelphia, bringing back a former special counsel as the firm continues to build out its private equity and investment funds group.

  • May 05, 2025

    Energy Co. Didn't Mess With Costa Rica Deal, Retrial Jury Told

    A South Dakota energy company urged a Denver jury Monday to reject allegations that it interfered with a deal for oil and gas rights on nearly 2.3 million acres in Costa Rica, in a retrial after an appellate panel threw out a $42 million jury award against it.

  • May 05, 2025

    California Sues Feds Over Koi Nation Land Trust Approval

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking a federal court to vacate a Department of the Interior decision to take 70 acres into trust for the construction of a proposed hotel and casino by the Koi Nation, arguing that without reversal, the state may forfeit any regulatory control over gaming on the site.

  • May 05, 2025

    Minn. Tribe Looks To Weigh In On 3,000-Acre Land Trust Row

    The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has asked a Minnesota federal judge to let it file a friend of the court brief in a county's case claiming the U.S. government wrongly accepted more than 3,000 acres of land into trust for the tribe.

  • May 05, 2025

    Liberty Wants Uber Rider, Employer To Cover Cyclist's Claim

    Liberty Mutual's surplus lines unit says an Uber rider and his then-employer, Boston-based developer Beacon Communities, are liable for a claim the insurer paid out to a cyclist who was "doored" as the passenger got out near his office in 2023.

  • May 05, 2025

    Fla. Voters To Decide On Property Tax Exemption For Ag Land

    Florida will have voters decide via a statewide ballot measure during the state's next general election on a proposed amendment to the state constitution to exempt property on designated agricultural land from taxes under a House joint resolution approved by lawmakers.

  • May 05, 2025

    Real Estate Ace Rejoins V&E In Dallas After In-House Roles

    Vinson & Elkins LLP announced Monday that it has strengthened its real estate practice with a partner in Dallas who returns to the firm after nearly a decade of in-house work.

  • May 01, 2025

    Soccer Club Spars Over Evidence As Stadium Trial Looms

    An Oklahoma soccer team suing the National Premier Soccer League for breach of contract argued that the trial court should allow evidence showing that it lost revenue after the organization refused to allow access to a local stadium for its home games.

  • May 01, 2025

    Ballard Spahr Adds Real Estate Ace From Hunton In DC

    Ballard Spahr hired ex-Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP attorney Jill S. Parks as a partner for the firm's real estate department and its teams for real estate development and transactions and zoning and land use in its District of Columbia office, the firm announced May 1.

  • April 30, 2025

    Greenberg Traurig Adds Ex-Seyfarth Real Estate Atty

    Greenberg Traurig LLP announced on Tuesday the hiring of a former senior associate at Seyfarth Shaw LLP as an of counsel in its real estate practice out of Orlando, Florida.

  • April 30, 2025

    Gov't Properties REIT Tapped To Build Oregon Courthouse

    The General Services Administration has selected Easterly Government Properties Inc. to build a new federal courthouse in Oregon and inked a 20-year, noncancelable lease for the site once construction is complete, the real estate investment trust announced.

  • April 30, 2025

    K&L Gates Hires Ex-White & Case Atty As Partner In Australia

    K&L Gates LLP announced it has brought on a former White & Case LLP attorney as a partner for its energy, infrastructure and resources team in its Melbourne, Australia, office.

  • April 29, 2025

    Koi Nation Can't Intervene In Casino Row, Court Told

    The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria is fighting a bid by a fellow California tribe at the crux of a dispute over the Interior Department's decision to take 70 acres into trust for the construction of a proposed hotel and casino project, arguing it lacks any justification to do so.

  • April 29, 2025

    PacifiCorp Hit With $11M Verdict In Latest Wildfire Case

    A Portland, Oregon, jury awarded around $10.8 million in noneconomic damages Tuesday to nine plaintiffs who suffered property damage in a group of 2020 wildfires attributed to PacifiCorp's negligence, with the awards likely to be increased to account for punitive damages.

  • April 29, 2025

    McNees Adds Construction, RE Litigator In Harrisburg, Pa.

    Pennsylvania-based Mid-Law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC has expanded its construction and real estate practice with the recent addition of an attorney who moved her practice after three years with Stevens & Lee PC.

  • April 29, 2025

    Associate Secretly Worked For Rival Firm, Suit Says

    An associate at a small law firm outside Boston secretly worked to help another firm set up a competing zoning and land use practice while still on its payroll, according to a complaint filed in Massachusetts state court.

  • April 28, 2025

    Reds, Bengals Stadiums' Land Tax Upheld By Ohio Board

    The land on which the stadiums for the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds reside are subject to property tax, but parking facilities near the sports complexes are tax-exempt because they are used for public purposes, the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals ruled.

  • April 28, 2025

    Commanders Agree To NFL Stadium Deal, Return To DC

    The Washington Commanders will move from their current home in Maryland to a $3 billion stadium at the site of their previous stadium in D.C., team and city officials announced Monday, less than two years after the Commanders were bought by new ownership and less than four months after the federal government transferred control of the site to the city.

  • April 28, 2025

    High Court Won't Hear Michigan Tribe's Land Trust Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a Michigan tribe's arguments that the federal government must take 73 acres into trust for a casino venture outside Detroit, after it told the justices that without the decision its ability to achieve economic self-sufficiency would be forever impaired.

  • April 25, 2025

    PacifiCorp Should Pay $96M To Wildfire Victims, Jury Told

    Nine plaintiffs who fled from wildfires started by PacifiCorp's negligence should get $95.5 million in noneconomic damages, an Oregon state jury heard in closing arguments Friday, while PacifiCorp's lawyer told the jury to focus on what the evidence actually supports and award roughly $2.2 million in that category.

  • April 25, 2025

    Exxon Can't Use $8.5M Deal To Skirt Pa. Suit, Judge Says

    Exxon Mobil Corp. and ExxonMobil Oil Corp. can't use an $8.5 million settlement from 2012 to escape Pennsylvania's drinking water contamination suit, a New York federal judge has ruled.

  • April 25, 2025

    Chaitman Reaches Malpractice Settlement Over RE Dispute

    Chaitman LLP has reached a tentative settlement with a pair of siblings suing it for legal malpractice in New Jersey state court after nearly three years of litigation and just weeks before a $900,000 offer by the firm was due to expire.

  • April 25, 2025

    Apache Want To Pause Enviro Study Until High Court Ruling

    An Apache nonprofit has urged an Arizona federal judge to issue an emergency injunction barring the government from transferring an ancient worship site to a mining company until the U.S. Supreme Court can rule on the group's petition, which seeks to block the endeavor.

Expert Analysis

  • Liquefied Natural Gas Outlook: Industry Under Pressure

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    While last year saw a remarkable turnaround in the liquefied natural gas market, with strong demand for U.S. LNG projects, the industry must now confront problems including increased credit and construction costs, and the possibility of fewer LNG conversions due to higher prices, say Monica Hwang and Silvia Smith at O'Melveny.

  • Bid Protest Spotlight: Lessons For Joint Ventures

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    In this month's bid protest roundup, Alissandra McCann at MoFo examines recent decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims of particular significance to joint ventures, concerning past performance evaluation and misrepresentation, and registration in the System for Award Management.

  • India's Budget Proposals May Ease Entry For Certain Sectors

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    India’s recently released budget includes proposals to facilitate doing business in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City and moderate thousands of compliance requirements, opening up new opportunities for foreign businesses in the digital infrastructure, manufacturing and renewable energy sectors, say Mukesh Butani and Seema Kejriwal at BMR Legal.

  • Key Considerations For Appointing A Real Estate Receiver

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    With commercial real estate loan distress expected to grow dramatically in the coming months, lenders should make sure to understand best practices for seeking appointment of a receiver over a defaulted property, say Dave Wald at Wald Realty Advisors and Mark Silverman at Locke Lord.

  • Clean Energy Tax Credits' Wage, Apprentice Rules: Key Points

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    The Inflation Reduction Act's complicated prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements for clean energy facility construction tax credits recently took effect — and the learning curve will be more difficult for taxpayers who are not already familiar with such programs, say attorneys at Shearman.

  • DOI Enviro Damage Assessment Proposal May Add Flexibility

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    The U.S. Department of the Interior's recently proposed overhaul of its natural resource damage assessment program suggests that current restrictive formulas may be replaced with a more flexible structure — which could bring major benefits to potentially responsible parties and natural resource trustees, says Brian Ferrasci-O’Malley at Nossaman.

  • How Companies Could Define 'Social' In ESG Metrics

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    While the "social" prong of environmental, social and governance criteria is still hard to evaluate, a three-tiered approach similar to the framework for tracking greenhouse gas emissions could serve as a good basis for companies to develop goals and measure progress in a uniform way, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • Claims Court Ruling Puts New Spin On Blue & Gold

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    The Court of Federal Claims' unique procedural posture in SLS Federal Services v. U.S., in which it followed a trend toward narrowing the ambit of the Blue & Gold waiver, may have significant new implications for agencies that undertake corrective action in lieu of defending against protests, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

  • New AML Law May Be Key Tool To Enforce Russia Sanctions

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    A new anti-money laundering law for the first time authorizes monetary rewards for tips leading to government enforcement against certain sanctions violations, and though many questions remain, it gives the U.S. an additional tool in the ongoing global battle against Russian aggression, say Daren Firestone and Kimberly Wehle at Levy Firestone.

  • How Gov't Enviro Justice Push May Affect Developers

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    Attorneys at Crowell & Moring contextualize the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recent guidance on environmental justice and permitting decisions, and the U.S. Department of Energy's requests for input on using grants to achieve EJ goals, highlighting practical implications for project developers and other industry participants.

  • FinCEN Report Holds Key Russia-Linked Risk Considerations

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    A recent report from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network reminds financial institutions to review guidance issued on reporting Russia-linked suspicious activity, emphasizing the need to review anti-money laundering and sanctions monitoring processes to remain adaptive to global developments, say Siana Danch and Peter Hardy at Ballard Spahr.

  • How Proposed BOEM Regs Will Boost Offshore Wind Projects

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    Newly proposed offshore wind project regulations from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management represent a substantial regulatory shift that will improve transparency around the timing of lease auctions, streamline approval and oversight for projects in development, and provide needed guidance for future projects, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • Mapping The Transport Sector's Road To Zero Emissions

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    Transportation companies that hope to lead the multiagency U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization's recently announced transition to zero-emission vehicles and fuels should anticipate a host of commercial and legal issues, say Levi McAllister and Pamela Wu at Morgan Lewis.

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