Protests To $44M Realtor Fee Deal 'Ring Hollow,' Judge Says
A Georgia federal judge gave final approval to a $44 million settlement with real estate brokerages over fee inflation claims similar to those that drove a landmark $1.8 billion verdict in Missouri several years ago, rejecting claims from out-of-state plaintiffs that the Peach State attorneys accepted a lowball offer.
Hotels And Landlords Get Set For FIFA World Cup
With the FIFA Men's World Cup beginning in less than three months, hotels and real estate owners have for years been laying the groundwork to make the most of the expected burst of economic activity, despite more recent concerns over immigration policies and geopolitical turmoil.
Fla. Startup's AI Tool Helps Local Governments Handle Growth
With its efforts to tap into artificial intelligence to automate portions of its permitting reviews, Florida's Walton County thinks it has found a way to achieve tangible benefits for a community grappling with the strains of rapid growth.
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Real estate company CIM Group and its joint venture partners have completed a $210 million sale of a shopping, entertainment and dining district in a $6 billion, 27-acre mixed-use project in Miami to a group i... (more story)
The New Jersey Supreme Court in March granted petitions for certification and leaves for appeal on issues ranging from late tort notice claims to medical malpractice liability.
Litigation challenging zoning and other approvals for data center projects alleging violations of sunshine laws is rising across the U.S., including one suit in the country's biggest data center market that le... (more story)
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has launched a team focused on medical office buildings real estate led by partners in Nashville, Tennessee, and Dallas.
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A New York federal judge dismissed the bulk of a suit from Advanced Flower Capital Inc. alleging lawyers from Loevy & Loevy misled the lender and breached a $46 million loan agreement, but let the fraud claims... (more story)
California insurance regulators worked under immense pressure to improve homeowners insurance availability amid tight regulatory constraints and major climate disasters. Hinshaw & Culbertson's Lucy Wang, the f... (more story)
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The Eighth Circuit has upheld an award of $236,000 in attorney fees to a group of real estate agents and a brokerage firm accused of infringing a home designer's patents.
An Alabama company vying for a Federal Emergency Management Agency award for manufactured housing could not show the agency unreasonably steered a $69 million deal to a Florida company for a faster delivery sc... (more story)
A Michigan federal court tossed a case challenging rules requiring brokers to be members of the National Association of Realtors and its local affiliates in order to access multiple listing services, saying co... (more story)
Northwest Multiple Listing Service hit back at Compass with counterclaims in an antitrust case over a policy to stop brokers from offering properties privately before posting them on the online home listing pl... (more story)
A certified class of North Carolina borrowers are working to settle claims over excessive fees charged by their mortgage servicer for paying bills by phone, with a judge agreeing to a stay in the case.
A Miami homeowner accused a lender in Florida state court of running a "predatory" lending scheme that led to him losing homestead protections and then losing his property in a foreclosure sale.
The First Circuit rejected the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's bid to pause two lower court orders that prevented the department from cutting funding for its grant program for homelessness s... (more story)