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  • August 20, 2024

    Foster Garvey Adds 5-Person Enviro Team From Seattle Firm

    Foster Garvey PC announced this week that a five-person environmental law team from boutique firm Doll Mack Wells PLLC — highlighted by its three name partners — has joined the firm's Seattle office.

  • August 20, 2024

    NY Landlord Settles With AG Over Voucher Bias Claims

    A property management company has agreed to a settlement under which it must pay $400,000 in restitution and make policy changes after the Office of the New York State Attorney General found the company discriminated against people who use housing vouchers, the office announced Tuesday.

  • August 20, 2024

    Fla. School Board Can Put Property Tax Increase On Ballot

    A Florida school board was within its rights to place a millage increase referendum on the 2024 ballot despite the county's attempt to push the referendum to 2026, a state appeals court ruled.

  • August 20, 2024

    NC Panel Revives Meddling Claims Against Real Estate Atty

    A real estate attorney must face renewed claims that he helped a stranger meddle in an ownership fight among heirs over a parcel of land in Charlotte, the North Carolina Court of Appeals said Tuesday.

  • August 20, 2024

    Mass. AG Can't Enforce Housing Act, State's Top Court Told

    Massachusetts' attorney general lacks the authority to force compliance with a law requiring communities to create multifamily housing zoning districts because lawmakers have already included the loss of some types of state aid as a penalty, but no other enforcement powers, lawyers for the town of Milton have told the state's highest court.

  • August 20, 2024

    A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women In Law Report

    The legal industry continues to see incremental gains for female lawyers in private practice in the U.S., according to a Law360 Pulse analysis, with women now representing 40.6% of all attorneys and 51% of all associates.

  • August 20, 2024

    These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships

    The legal industry still has a long way to go before it can achieve gender parity at its upper levels. But these law firms are performing better than others in breaking the proverbial glass ceiling that prevents women from attaining leadership roles.

  • August 19, 2024

    NAR Intros New CEO As Broker Fee Rules Kick Off

    The National Association of Realtors announced Monday that the trade association has tapped Nykia Wright to step in as CEO, just days after new broker rules agreed to under a $418 million settlement took effect.

  • August 19, 2024

    Buyers Sue Over Unfinished Mandarin Oriental Condo Project

    Buyers of a condominium at the planned Mandarin Oriental at the Via Mizner project in Boca Raton, Florida, are suing the developer for the return of their deposit, saying the building that was supposed to be ready years ago is still "just a few steps beyond a concrete shell."

  • August 19, 2024

    Kasowitz Urges NY Court To Toss Supertall Tower Suit

    Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP asked a New York state court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two limited liability companies tied to AmBase Corp. over Manhattan's troubled supertall Steinway Tower.

  • August 19, 2024

    DQ'd Judge Should Have Kept Quiet, Tax Challengers Say

    A Michigan federal judge who disqualified himself from homeowners' challenge to a $217 million dam repair tax assessment put his "thumb on the scale of justice" by improperly commenting on legal questions as he bowed out, according to homeowners seeking to have the comments rescinded.

  • August 19, 2024

    Ex-McElroy Execs' Theft, Bias Cases Paused Amid Ch. 11

    A New Jersey state court has sided with McElroy Deutsch and stayed all litigation between the law firm and two former executives, including both the firm's fraud claims and discrimination counterclaims made against it, while a related bankruptcy case plays out.

  • August 19, 2024

    Rialto Sues To Recoup Paul Hastings, Williams & White Fees

    Rialto Capital Management LLC has filed a lawsuit against RB Realty Capital LLC in New York state court alleging it is owed at least $331,000 for legal costs, including an attorney's Wi-Fi charges, after refinancing for an RB Realty property fell through.

  • August 19, 2024

    HUD Joins 6-Year Strategy To Beat Extreme Heat

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said it's partnering with two dozen federal agencies for an initiative focused on implementing solutions for extreme heat dangers in communities.

  • August 19, 2024

    NYC Real Estate Week In Review

    Wachtel Missry and Hunton Andrews Kurth were among the law firms that guided the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, a slow period that saw only five transactions above $15 million become public.

  • August 16, 2024

    Florida Unlikely To Act Quickly On Condo Law Cost Concerns

    Florida lawmakers appear unlikely to take preemptive action to modify condominium safety laws enacted after the deadly 2021 building collapse in the town of Surfside, despite concerns that approaching year-end deadlines for mandated structural inspections and reserve studies will lead to overwhelming financial burdens for many residents.

  • August 16, 2024

    Agency Didn't Dupe Court In Worker's Suit, Mich. Panel Says

    A Michigan state appeals court refused to upend a Detroit housing agency's defeat of a former property manager's allegation that it fired him without using a progressive discipline system established by his collective bargaining agreement, saying the worker failed to show that his former employer purposely misled the court.

  • August 16, 2024

    Greek Shipping Titan's Widow Files For Bankruptcy In NY

    Antonia Milonas, the widow of late Greek shipping magnate Spiros Milonas, is seeking bankruptcy protection in New York with about $6.7 million in debt owed to the IRS, her mortgage lender and others.

  • August 16, 2024

    Developer's Widow Sues For Control Of Century Homebuilders

    The widow of Sergio Pino, the late founder and CEO of Century Homebuilders Group LLC, has filed suit asking a Florida state court to declare her the sole owner of the company and "to finally put an end to unlawful efforts" by his estate and his brother to claim otherwise.

  • August 16, 2024

    'Brazen' Plot To Steal Graceland From Presleys Nets Charges

    A woman was charged in Missouri federal court Friday with attempting a wild scheme to defraud the family of Elvis Presley by auctioning the late singer's iconic Graceland estate and pocketing the proceeds, a plot that was only foiled when suspicious minds raised red flags.

  • August 16, 2024

    Insurer Seeks Early Win In Faulty Home Construction Dispute

    A construction company's insurer echoed its stance that its insured is not owed coverage for an underlying faulty workmanship lawsuit, telling a Georgia federal court that the defects alleged do not equate to property damage outside the contractor's own work, thus falling outside the policy's scope of coverage.

  • August 16, 2024

    Oil Co. Inks Deal Amid Vets' VA Campus Housing Suit

    Oil company Bridgeland Resources agreed to turn over one parcel it had leased for drilling on a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Los Angeles campus for affordable housing and to increase royalty payments to the federal government under a proposed settlement.

  • August 16, 2024

    Ex-Goodwin Atty Takes RE Practice To Nelson Mullins

    A former Goodwin Procter LLP attorney has chosen Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP to be the new home of his practice focused on real estate private equity and joint venture transactions, the firm has announced.

  • August 16, 2024

    Kentucky Couple Sue Progressive Over Coal Mine Subsidence

    A couple told a Kentucky federal court that Progressive denied coverage for coal mine subsidence damage to their home in bad faith, saying the insurer did so despite having access to records showing that the state authorized a $1.8 million project to help fix that very subsidence.

  • August 16, 2024

    EQT Buys PropertyGuru In $1.1B Deal Driven By 3 Firms

    Private equity firm EQT said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Singapore-based online real estate search company PropertyGuru for $1.1 billion, in a transaction advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, Ropes & Gray LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

Expert Analysis

  • What's New In Kentucky's Financial Services Overhaul

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    Kentucky's H.B. 726 will go into effect in July and brings with it some significant restructuring to the Kentucky Financial Services Code, including changes to mortgage loan license fees and repeals of provisions relating to installment term loans and savings associations, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • A Comparison Of FDIC, OCC Proposed Merger Approaches

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    Max Bonici and Connor Webb at Venable take a closer look at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's respective bank merger proposals and highlight certain common themes and important differences, in light of regulators continually rethinking their approaches to bank mergers.

  • Tax Assessment: Recapping Georgia's Legislative Session

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    Jonathan Feldman and Alla Raykin at Eversheds Sutherland examine tax-related changes from Georgia’s General Assembly — such as the governor’s successful push to accelerate income tax cuts — and suggest steps to take before certain tax incentives are challenged in the state's next legislative session.

  • 11th Circ. Ruling May Foreshadow Ch. 15 Clashes

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    The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision in In re: Talal Qais Abdulmunem Al Zawawi has introduced a split from the Second Circuit regarding whether debtors in foreign proceedings must have a domicile, calling attention to the understudied nature of Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • Teaching Yoga Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a yoga instructor has helped me develop my confidence and authenticity, as well as stress management and people skills — all of which have crossed over into my career as an attorney, says Laura Gongaware at Clyde & Co.

  • A Look At New IRS Rules For Domestically Controlled REITs

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    The Internal Revenue Services' finalized Treasury Regulations addressing whether real estate investment trusts qualify as domestically controlled adopt the basic structure of previous proposals, but certain new and modified rules may mitigate the regulations' impact, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • What CRA Deadline Means For Biden Admin. Rulemaking

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    With the 2024 election rapidly approaching, the Biden administration must race to finalize proposed agency actions within the next few weeks, or be exposed to the chance that the following Congress will overturn the rules under the Congressional Review Act, say attorneys at Covington.

  • How New Rule Would Change CFIUS Enforcement Powers

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    Before the May 15 comment deadline, companies may want to weigh in on proposed regulatory changes to enforcement and mitigation tools at the disposal of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, including broadened subpoena powers, difficult new mitigation timelines and higher maximum penalties, say attorneys at Venable.

  • 2nd Circ. Eminent Domain Ruling Empowers Municipalities

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    The Second Circuit's recent decision in Brinkmann v. Town of Southold, finding that a pretextual taking does not violate the Fifth Amendment's takings clause, gives municipalities a powerful tool with which to block unwanted development projects, even in bad faith, say James O'Connor and Benjamin Sugarman at Phillips Lytle.

  • SEC Should Be Allowed To Equip Investors With Climate Info

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new rule to require more climate-related disclosures will provide investors with much-needed clarity, despite opponents' attempts to challenge the rule with misused legal arguments, say Sarah Goetz at Democracy Forward and Cynthia Hanawalt at Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change.

  • 8 Fla. Statutes That Construction Cos. Should Prepare For

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    In this article, Jason Lambert at Hill Ward discusses a number of recent bills out of the Florida Legislature targeting construction companies in the Sunshine State that have been sent to the governor for signature, at least some of which will have broad impacts that affected companies should prepare for ahead of the July 1 effective date.

  • Time To Fix NYC's Broken Property Assessment System

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    A New York appellate court's decision to revive Tax Equity Now New York v. City of New York may force the city to revamp its outdated and unfair real estate tax assessment system, which could be fixed with a couple of simple changes, says Seth Feldman at Romer Debbas.

  • Understanding The IRC's Excessive Refund Claim Penalty

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    Taxpayers considering protective refund claims pending resolution of major questions in tax cases like Moore v. U.S., which is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, should understand how doing so may also leave them vulnerable to an excessive refund claim penalty under Internal Revenue Code Section 6676, say attorneys at McDermott.