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August 11, 2025
Zumpano Patricios Adds Real Estate Specialist In Florida
Zumpano Patricios PA announced Monday that it added an income partner who handles complex real estate matters in its Miami area headquarters from Perlman Bajandas Yevoli & Albright PL.
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August 08, 2025
Texas Bill Seeks To Allow Injunctions Against Tax Collectors
Texas property owners could seek injunctions to prevent local taxing authorities from collecting property taxes if a taxing entity adopts a voter-approved tax increase and takes action that strays from the tax hike's stated purpose, under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.
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August 08, 2025
Mich. Panel Clears Way For Historic School's Demolition
A Michigan appellate panel upheld a lower court's decision not to block the demolition of a century-old school building designed by a famous architect, rejecting arguments from a community organization that alleged a school district "rubber-stamped" recommendations or hid conversations about the district's decisions to destroy the building.
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August 08, 2025
Venable Real Estate, Land Use Pro Joins Procopio In Calif.
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is expanding its real estate team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in a Venable LLP land use expert as a partner in its Orange County office in Irvine, California.
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August 07, 2025
Neb. Golf Course's Value Merits Reduction, Tax Board Finds
A Nebraska golf course's assessed value should be reduced by $20,000, the state Tax Equalization and Review Commission found after the county appraiser submitted evidence that the quality of the property was lower than originally stated.
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August 07, 2025
Former LVMH Atty Joins Realtors Association's Legal Team
The National Association of Realtors announced Aug. 7 it has appointed as its vice president of litigation and associate general counsel the former vice president of legal affairs and head of litigation at LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.
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August 06, 2025
Okla. Tribe Accuses US Sen. Of Secretly Targeting Its Rights
An Oklahoma tribe announced Tuesday allegations of a secret effort by a U.S. senator to incorporate language into future legislation that would terminate its rights to trust land and basic economic development it shares with the Cherokee Nation.
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August 06, 2025
NASA Office Urges More Oversight For $27B In Gov't Property
NASA's Office of Inspector General said Wednesday that the space agency needs to keep better track of the $26.6 billion worth of government property it has provided to contractors involved in the campaign to prepare astronauts for Mars.
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August 05, 2025
States Win Ruling To Shield FEMA Disaster Prevention Funds
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from redirecting more than $4 billion in funds allocated by Congress for natural disaster mitigation efforts toward other Federal Emergency Management Agency programs.
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August 05, 2025
Brookfield Nabs $6B Minority Stake In Duke Energy Florida
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP-advised Duke Energy on Tuesday unveiled plans for infrastructure investor Brookfield, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, to take an indirect minority equity stake in its electric company Duke Energy Florida in a $6 billion all-cash deal.
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August 05, 2025
Pa. Bill Seeks 5-Year Reassessment Cycle For Property Taxes
Pennsylvania would establish a schedule that would require counties to reassess property for tax purposes every five years under a bill introduced in the state Senate.
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August 04, 2025
Fla. Tribe Joins Suit Over 'Alligator Alcatraz' In Everglades
A Florida tribe has joined green groups in hitting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and state officials with environmental claims that the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" constructed in the Everglades violates a slew of federal statutes.
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August 01, 2025
Alaskan Tribe's Breach Claim Axed In Gold Mine Permit Fight
An Alaska judge threw out a breach of trust claim against the federal government and a mining company in a challenge to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to issue a permit for an open gold mine near the Yukon border.
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August 01, 2025
Texas Bill Seeks Permanent Limit For Property Tax Increases
Texas would establish a permanent cap on increases in the appraised value of real property other than residence homesteads for property tax purposes if voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment authorizing the cap, as part of legislation filed in the state House of Representatives.
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August 01, 2025
Pennsylvania Legislation To Watch For The Rest Of 2025
Legislation working its way through the Pennsylvania Legislature this year includes bids to expand the state's consumer protection law to make it harder for companies to lock customers into automatically renewing subscriptions and for landlords to use software to collaborate with one another to inflate rents. Here are some bills to watch in the latter half of 2025.
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July 31, 2025
Tribe Can Join Fight Against 'Alligator Alcatraz,' Judge Says
A Florida federal judge has allowed the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida to intervene in a lawsuit filed by green groups against the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" constructed in the Everglades after the tribe argued the facility poses a direct threat to its livelihood.
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July 31, 2025
Judge Questions Gov't Objection To Shielding FEMA Funds
A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday questioned the Trump administration's assertion that it has not redirected funds allocated by Congress for natural disaster mitigation efforts toward other Federal Emergency Management Agency programs, even as the government was objecting to states' narrow request to protect the funds for now.
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July 30, 2025
Maturing Proptech Sector Navigates Uncertain Times
The volatility in the global economy this year has generated uncertainty within just about every industry, with no exception for property technology. Nonetheless, this subsector of the tech industry finds itself on relatively solid footing and with an overall positive outlook, according to professionals closely tracking its development.
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July 30, 2025
Barnes & Thornburg Adds Morris Manning Real Estate Team
In the latest example of the mass exodus from Morris Manning & Martin LLP, five real estate attorneys, including two partners from the struggling Atlanta firm, have made the move to Barnes & Thornburg LLP, according to a Wednesday announcement.
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July 30, 2025
Cherry Hill Mortgage Adds New GC from NorthMark
Real estate investment trust Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp. announced that it has appointed a new general counsel who joins the company following a five-year stint at investment firm NorthMark Strategies.
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July 28, 2025
Mass. Planning Group Looks To Bar AFSCME Union Petition
A publicly funded regional planning entity in Massachusetts has asked a judge to deem it is not a public employer, seeking to head off further efforts by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees to organize the group's workers.
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July 28, 2025
DLA Piper Adds Real Estate Deals Pro From Katten In LA
DLA Piper has added a former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner to its Los Angeles office, strengthening its real estate practice with an attorney who guided a client in a $250 million joint venture with a South Korean investment management business, the firm said Monday.
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July 28, 2025
Texas Resolution Seeks Vote On Lower Property Value Limits
Texas would ask voters if the state should amend its constitution to authorize lower limits on the maximum appraised value of residence homesteads and of real property other than homesteads for tax purposes under a joint resolution filed in the state House of Representatives during a special session.
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July 28, 2025
Buchalter Adds Pair Of Pacific Northwest Real Estate Attys
Buchalter PC has expanded its real estate practice group with two new shareholders in the Pacific Northwest, the firm said Monday.
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July 25, 2025
Latham, Sidley Advise Deal In $5B Power Infrastructure Push
Latham & Watkins LLP and Sidley Austin LLP advised ArcLight Capital Partners' acquisition of power developer and manager Advanced Power in an investment that could grow to more than $5 billion over the next five years based on AI and data center infrastructure demand.
Expert Analysis
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Antitrust Posturing Against Algorithmic AI Should End
President-elect Donald Trump needs to rein in the federal government's antitrust crusade against algorithmic AI, sending the message that antitrust enforcement must be grounded in evidence and real harm, says attorney David Balto, a former Federal Trade Commission assistant director of policy and evaluation.
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Contract Disputes Recap: Perils Of Perfunctory Interpretation
Attorneys at Seyfarth examine three recent decisions in which the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals and the Federal Circuit ruthlessly dismantled arguments that rely on superficial understandings of different contract terms.
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Conservation Easement Cases Weave Web Of Uncertainty
Much of the IRS and Justice Department’s recent success in prosecuting syndicated conservation easement cases can be attributed to the government’s focus on the so-called PropCo ratio, which could indicate treacherous waters ahead for participants and their advisers, even under the incoming Trump administration, say attorneys at Polsinelli.
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Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Secret Service Failures Offer Lessons For Private Sector GCs
The Secret Service’s problematic response to two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump this summer provides a crash course for general counsel on how not to handle crisis communications, says Keith Nahigian at Nahigian Strategies.
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After Chevron: Conservation Rule Already Faces Challenges
The Bureau of Land Management's interpretation of land "use" in its Conservation and Landscape Health Rule is contrary to the agency's past practice and other Federal Land Policy and Management Act provisions, leaving the rule exposed in four legal challenges that may carry greater force in the wake of Loper Bright, say Stacey Bosshardt and Stephanie Regenold at Perkins Coie.
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Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.
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Understanding 2 Types Of Construction Payment Clauses
Given the recent trend of states prohibiting pay-if-paid clauses in construction clauses in favor of fortifying contractor protections with pay-when-paid clauses, parties involved in construction projects should take care to understand the nuances between the two clauses, say Jeffery Mullen and Josephine Bahn at Cozen O'Connor.
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Cannabis Biz Real Estate Loan Considerations For Lenders
Now that cannabis sales are legal in some states, real estate lenders are interested in financing the land used by cannabis companies, but because cannabis sales are still illegal under federal law, lenders must make adjustments for cannabis-adjacent transactions, say Mark Levenson and Jeffrey Wendler at Sills Cummis.
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2nd Circ. Ruling May Limit Discovery In Int'l Arbitration
The Second Circuit's recent Webuild v. WSP decision, affirming a discovery order's nullification in arbitration between Webuild and the government of Panama, demonstrates courts' unwillingness to find that arbitral tribunals in investor-state cases fall within the scope of the discovery statute, say attorneys at Cleary.
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Texas Ethics Opinion Flags Hazards Of Unauthorized Practice
The Texas Professional Ethics Committee's recently issued proposed opinion finding that in-house counsel providing legal services to the company's clients constitutes the unauthorized practice of law is a valuable clarification given that a UPL violation — a misdemeanor in most states — carries high stakes, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Julienne Pasichow at HWG.
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Industry Self-Regulation Will Shine Post-Chevron
The U.S. Supreme Court's Loper decision will shape the contours of industry self-regulation in the years to come, providing opportunities for this often-misunderstood practice, says Eric Reicin at BBB National Programs.
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3 Ways Agencies Will Keep Making Law After Chevron
The U.S. Supreme Court clearly thinks it has done something big in overturning the Chevron precedent that had given deference to agencies' statutory interpretations, but regulated parties have to consider how agencies retain significant power to shape the law and its meaning, say attorneys at K&L Gates.