Expert Analysis

Keys To Strong Parking, Storage Contracts For NYC Buildings

Drafting and enforcing unambiguous parking and storage unit license agreements are essential tasks for co-op and c... (more story)

Solving Puzzles Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Tackling daily puzzles — like Wordle, KenKen and Connections — has bolstered my intellectual property litigation p... (more story)

Realtor Settlement May Create New Antitrust Pitfalls

Following a recent antitrust settlement between the National Association of Realtors and home sellers, practices a... (more story)

Commercial More

Washington Justices To Tackle CARES Act Eviction Split

Washington's Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the CARES Act eviction notice only applies to tenants who are late on rent, and not to violent tenants targeted by landlords for quick removal.

NJ Panel Says Tax Amendment Challenge Had No Real Claim

A New Jersey state appeals court on Wednesday tossed a challenge to an amendment blocking certain appeals from being litigated in the state's tax court, reasoning that parties can still fight tax matters in trial court.

Miami's Brickell Avenue is pictured. The Miami-Dade office market saw 90,000 square feet of move-ins and a drop in its vacancy rate to 15.8% in the second quarter, according to JLL. (iStock)
Move-Ins Up, Vacancies Down For South Florida, JLL Says

JLL said in a set of updates released Wednesday on South Florida's office market that Miami-Dade and Fort Lauderdale saw positive net absorption and falling vacancies, while exclusive Palm Beach island boasted... (more story)

Co. Wants 'Duplicative' $18.8M Theft Coverage Suit Tossed

A Georgia shopping center owner involved in coverage disputes with its insurer after suffering an $18.8 million theft and vandalism loss asked a Georgia federal court to dismiss or stay its insurer's case unti... (more story)

Federal Claims Tossed In Colo. Short-Term Rental Row

A Colorado federal judge partially dismissed and remanded a suit filed by a nonprofit representing vacation rental owners who claim that a resort town's laws governing short-term rental licenses are overly restrictive.

Developers Nab Va. Warehouse Financing, Break Ground

Real estate investment firm Turnbridge Equities announced that it and development partner Manekin LLC have secured funding for the construction of a logistics center in Hampton, Virginia, and have broken groun... (more story)

McDermott-Led H.I.G. Secures $1.3B For 3rd Real Estate Fund

Private equity shop H.I.G. Capital, advised by McDermott Will & Emery LLP, on Wednesday announced that it closed its third European real estate-focused fund after raising roughly $1.3 billion of capital commitments.

Residential More

NJ Property Developer Files Ch. 11 With Up To $50M Liabilities

Real estate developer JGA Development LLC, which owns and operates 84 units and has been developing dozens more, filed for Chapter 11 protection in New Jersey on Tuesday with up to $50 million each of assets and liabilities.

LA Sues To Block Short-Term Rental Operation

The City of Los Angeles accused a Ukrainian business owner and his cohorts in California state court of illegally advertising and booking unregistered short-term rentals "thousands upon thousands of times" and... (more story)

Poughkeepsie, New York, is pictured. The city has become the third in the state to opt in to good cause eviction protections. (iStock.com/Elisank79)
NY City Adopts 'Good Cause' Eviction Protections Once More

Poughkeepsie, New York, became the third city to opt in to "good cause" eviction protections since the state Legislature adopted the renter safeguards via the fiscal year 2025 budget, years after a local versi... (more story)

NJ Justices OK Class Waivers Sans Arbitration Mandates

Class action waivers don't require a mandatory arbitration provision to be enforceable, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, while also warning that waivers deemed unconscionable for other reasons may be invalidated.

Property Owners, Developers End $34M Apartment Sale Suit

A real estate investor, a pair of property sellers and First American Title Insurance Co. have agreed to permanently drop claims involving the $34 million sale of two Ann Arbor, Michigan, student apartment bui... (more story)

Mich. County Fights To Keep $217M Edenville Dam Repair Tax

Homeowners attacking a localized tax to fund the reconstruction of four dams have already had a chance to contest the assessment and shouldn't get a second one, a Michigan county told a federal judge Tuesday.

7th Circ. Says Foreclosure Limits Man's Fire Coverage Claim

A homeowner did not have an insurable interest in the full value of a home that burned down while in foreclosure, the Seventh Circuit ruled, affirming that recovery was limited to the value of his temporary ri... (more story)