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  • September 12, 2025

    Minn. Industrial Property Value Cut $2M By Tax Court

    The Minnesota Tax Court dropped the value of an industrial property from $27 million to $24.9 million, agreeing with the owner's claim of an unequal assessment.

  • September 12, 2025

    Calif. Court Refuses To Block Climate Reporting Rules, Again

    A California federal court judge would not bar two new state climate disclosure regulations while a coalition of business groups takes its bid for an injunction up to the Ninth Circuit, saying his perspective hasn't shifted since the groups' last injunction request. 

  • September 12, 2025

    Public Money Still Makes Or Breaks Stadium, Arena Deals

    The number of pro sports franchise owners committing large amounts of their own money or private funds to build their stadiums and arenas continues to grow — and yet, legal experts say, public money remains a high hurdle for those owners and everyone involved in such negotiations to clear before those facilities open.

  • September 11, 2025

    Minn. Man Can Seek Tax Break For Assisted Living Unit

    A Minnesota resident of an assisted living facility owned by a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation may seek a tax exemption for his unit, the state's tax court said, rejecting a county's motion to dismiss the claim.

  • September 10, 2025

    CORRECTED: Fla. Court Affirms $131M Judgment For Trinidad And Tobago

    A Florida appeals court Wednesday affirmed a $131 million judgment against a trio of businessmen a jury found conspired to defraud the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago out of more than $32 million in a bid-rigging scheme that involved the government awarding hyperinflated airport construction contracts.

  • September 09, 2025

    PacifiCorp Fire Property Wasn't 'Lost' But 'Taken,' Jury Told

    The latest wildfire damage trial against PacifiCorp began Tuesday with the stories of 10 Oregon property owners who, a jury was told, didn't "lose" their property but had it "taken" by an irresponsible utility.

  • September 09, 2025

    New York State And Mohawk Tribe Settle 43-Year Land Dispute

    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state has reached a settlement agreement with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe ending a decadeslong land purchase dispute, noting that the deal includes restoring tribal members' access to islands on the St. Lawrence River, improved power usage and education benefits.

  • September 09, 2025

    McKinsey Expects $106T Global Infrastructure Spend By 2040

    McKinsey said in a report Tuesday that over the next 15 years, $106 trillion is needed worldwide to keep up with demand for new and improved infrastructure, an industry that's expanding in definition along with advances in technology.

  • September 08, 2025

    Texas Data Center Campus Developer Files For IPO

    Former U.S. energy secretary Rick Perry's Fermi America filed for an initial public offering Monday, guided by Haynes and Boone LLP and Vinson & Elkins LLP.

  • September 08, 2025

    2 Firms Steer $540M IPO For Oilfield Water Infrastructure Co.

    Houston, Texas-based oilfield water management company WaterBridge Infrastructure said Monday that it is seeking to raise up to $540 million in an initial public offering guided by Latham & Watkins LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

  • September 08, 2025

    Idaho Developer Looks To Defend $2B Gold Mine Project

    The developer of a proposed $2 billion Idaho gold mine wants to intervene in a tribe's challenge that looks to block the project, saying it has already invested more than $400 million in the endeavor and has an interest in developing and moving the effort forward without delay.

  • September 08, 2025

    Lawmakers Push To Finalize Tribal Water Rights Settlements

    A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging congressional leaders to make a move on several tribal water rights settlement bills that are pending before the U.S. Senate, saying that doing so will prevent costly litigation and ensure tribes and others have access to water.

  • September 08, 2025

    Steptoe & Johnson Adds Olympus Energy Atty In Pittsburgh

    Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has grown its Pittsburgh office with the addition of a senior counsel from oil and natural gas company Olympus Energy LLC.

  • September 05, 2025

    Ore. Court Finds Claim For Tax Sale Proceeds Untimely

    An Oregon county violated the U.S. Constitution when it retained the surplus proceeds of a tax sale, a state appeals court ruled, but the property owner's claim for the funds was untimely and a lower court was correct to dismiss it.

  • September 05, 2025

    Ohio Property Owner's Pulling Of Complaint Dooms Appeal

    An Ohio board of revision lacked jurisdiction to issue a ruling retaining the assessed value of a property after its owner withdrew a complaint challenging the assessment, the state Board of Tax Appeals said, dismissing the owner's appeal of the decision.

  • September 05, 2025

    8th Circ. Won't Revisit Crop Damage Arbitration Fight

    The Eighth Circuit has ruled that the existence of arbitration agreements for some farmland owners, who are suing over depressed crop yields in the aftermath of an Alliance Pipeline project, does not amount to grounds for the appeals court to review a decision reviving proceedings.

  • September 05, 2025

    4 Firms Guide Hangar Developer's $200M Facility

    Four firms advised JPMorgan Chase Bank NA's $200 million tax-exempt warehouse drawdown committed bank facility provided to Sky Harbour Group Corp., which the aviation infrastructure company said Friday will finance its next round of projects.

  • September 04, 2025

    Wash. PFAS Contamination Suit Sent Back To State Court

    A Washington federal judge has remanded to state court a refinery operator's suit alleging that firefighting foam containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, made and sold by The Chemours Co., Tyco Fire Products and others has contaminated the refinery.

  • September 04, 2025

    Ore. Outdoor Education Center Wins Property Exemption

    A nonprofit that offers environmental education programs is entitled to a property tax exemption for its Oregon headquarters because the facility's activities furthered the entity's charitable objectives, the state Tax Court ruled.

  • September 03, 2025

    Stradley Ronon Adds Ex-Brandywine Atty To Philly Office

    An attorney specializing in advising clients on real estate transactions has returned to private practice after nearly five years as an in-house attorney, joining Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP in its Philadelphia office.

  • September 03, 2025

    Calif. Senate Panel OKs Property Tax Break For Tribes

    Native American tribes in California would be eligible for open space exemptions to property taxes under legislation approved by a state Senate panel that's heading for a final vote.

  • September 02, 2025

    Simpson Thacher Guides Blackstone's $5.5B Fund

    Blackstone announced Tuesday that it has closed on its latest infrastructure secondaries fund guided by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP after raising $5.5 billion, noting that it is the largest such fund in the world raised to date.

  • August 29, 2025

    Justices Urged To Take Home Designer's Copyright Case

    A home designer wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take up his challenge to rulings that let real estate agents off the hook on claims they infringed his copyrights, saying the justices should reexamine the lower courts' analysis of fair use.

  • August 29, 2025

    Tribe Says Okla. City Can't Avoid Sovereignty Suit

    The Muscogee (Creek) Nation told an Oklahoma federal court to reject a local city's bid to dismiss the Indian nation's suit accusing the city of violating the nation's sovereignty by prosecuting Indians for crimes committed within the nation's territory.

  • August 28, 2025

    Court Rejects Tulsa Soccer Club's Suit Over Denied Venue

    Soccer club Tulsa Athletics' attempt to force the National Premier Soccer League to approve its chosen home stadium in Tulsa was thrown out Thursday, after an Oklahoma federal judge found that the league had no contractual duty to accept the venue.

Expert Analysis

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Adapting To The Age Of AI

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    Though law school may not have specifically taught us how to use generative artificial intelligence to help with our daily legal tasks, it did provide us the mental building blocks necessary for adapting to this new technology — and the judgment to discern what shouldn’t be automated, says Pamela Dorian at Cozen O'Connor.

  • FTC, CoStar Cases Against Zillow May Have Broad Impact

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    Zillow's partnerships with Redfin and Realtor.com have recently triggered dual fronts of legal scrutiny — an antitrust inquiry from the Federal Trade Commission and a mass copyright infringement suit from CoStar — raising complex questions that reach beyond real estate, says Shubha Ghosh at Syracuse University College of Law.

  • You're Out?: Rooftop Views Of Sports Games Raise IP Issues

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    A high-profile dispute between the Chicago Cubs and a rooftop business adjacent to Wrigley Field strikes at the intersection of sports, intellectual property and Chicago neighborhood tradition, highlighting novel questions that could significantly affect IP rights in the context of live events generally, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • Definitions Of 'Waters Of The United States' Ebb And Flow

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    The issue of defining whether "waters of the United States" include streams and channels that sometimes have water and sometimes do not has been fraught since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2006 Rapanos decision, but a possible new rule may help property owners stay out of court, says Neal McAliley at Carlton Fields.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Make A Deal

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    Preparing lawyers for the nuances of a transactional practice is not a strong suit for most law schools, but, in practice, there are six principles that can help young M&A lawyers become seasoned, trusted deal advisers, says Chuck Morton at Venable.

  • Assessing Strategies For Mixed-Use Pro Sports Projects

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    Counsel managing mixed-use sports and entertainment districts must combine expertise ranging from stadium-arena finance to municipal law to public relations into a unified strategy, and a series of practice tips can aid project management from inception to completion, say attorneys at Katten.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills

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    I took one negotiation course in law school, but most of the techniques I rely on today I learned in practice, where I've discovered that the process is less about tricks or tactics, and more about clarity, preparation and communication, says Grant Schrantz at Haug Barron.

  • Conflicting Developments In Homelessness Legal Landscape

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    Looking at an executive order and Third Circuit opinion from last month highlights the ongoing tension in homelessness-related legal issues facing state and local governments, property owners, and individuals experiencing homelessness, says Josh Collins, an attorney for the City of South Salt Lake.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure

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    While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice — but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.

  • What To Know As SEC Looks To Expand Private Fund Access

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    As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considers expanding retail access to private markets, understanding how these funds operate — and the role of financial intermediaries in guiding investors — is increasingly important, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma

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    Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care

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    Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard​​​​​​​ at MG+M.