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NYC Energy Storage Guidance Clarifies Compliance Pathways

The New York City Department of Buildings’ recently issued bulletin provides long-awaited clarity on how battery s... (more story)

Takeaways From CFPB's Retreat On Immigrant Fair Lending

Practices discouraged under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Justice Department's 2023 statement on th... (more story)

How New Texas Law Streamlines Eviction Proceedings

A recent legislative change to the Texas Property Code overhauls the state's eviction process and makes it more di... (more story)

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Ex-Atty Kossoff Axed From Bankruptcy Case Amid Appeal

A New York bankruptcy judge determined he has jurisdiction over litigation stemming from the collapse of real estate law firm Kossoff PLLC after its principal stole $14 million from its clients, finding the fi... (more story)

No Plans For Detention Center In Ore. City, DHS Tells Court

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have urged a Washington federal court to dismiss two suits challenging alleged plans to build an immigrant detention facili... (more story)

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Fried Frank Advises New FiDi Skyscraper HQ For AmEx

American Express announced a deal on Wednesday with developer Silverstein Properties and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to move its global headquarters from 200 Vesey Street to a forthcoming new... (more story)

SP Legal Guides TKF Burnside's NY Office Property Buy

TKF Burnside Real Estate Partners, guided by SP Legal Advisors PLLC, purchased a 400,000 rentable square-foot office building in White Plains, New York, whose tenants include Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom ... (more story)

Nixon Peabody Reps Senior Living Project's $633M Financing

RiverSpring Living, the owner of a senior living campus in the Bronx in New York City, said it has obtained $633 million in financing to build a continuing care retirement community from Ziegler, with help fro... (more story)

Fla. REIT Blames Ponzi Probe, Lawsuits In Ch. 11 Filing

A real estate investment trust accused last year by Florida authorities of being a Ponzi scheme has filed for federal bankruptcy protection, claiming the state probe, a racketeering lawsuit from a talk show ho... (more story)

NY Pushes Bid To Nix RealPage's Suit Over Rental Pricing Law

The Office of the New York State Attorney General once again has urged a New York federal court to dismiss a free speech suit filed by property management software company RealPage Inc., which is challenging a... (more story)

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7th Circ. Urged To Nix Wisconsin Homeowners' Tax Appeal

A Wisconsin school district is asking the Seventh Circuit to reject an appeal by a group of homeowners that claims the Menominee Indian Tribe joined forces with it and other municipalities to increase their ta... (more story)

HUD Sued For Rescinding 30-Day Owed Rent Notice Rule

A group of nonprofits and one Michigan tenant claimed on Monday that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development violated federal law by rescinding a 30-day owed rent notice rule without prior public ... (more story)

EB-5 investment visa experts are facing down a series of looming deadlines for the program that introduce uncertainty and make long-term planning more difficult. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
EB-5 Experts Urge Deliberate Pace As Program Deadlines Loom

Although upcoming deadlines are casting uncertainty over the long-term future of the federal EB-5 investment visa program, industry experts said during an event Wednesday that the program is thriving — but the... (more story)

Rent Commissions Shouldn't Be 'Gutless,' Conn. Justices Told

Two landlords on Monday asked the Connecticut Supreme Court to allow evictions to advance without interference from Hartford's and Middletown's fair rent commissions, urging the justices to establish boundarie... (more story)

Judge OKs Greystar Deal In DOJ's RealPage Price-Fixing Suit

A North Carolina federal judge Monday gave his final seal of approval to the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust settlement with landlord Greystar Management Services LLC in the federal government's rent price-fixing case.

Fla. Site Up For Auction After $25M Foreclosure Ruling

The site of Newgard Development Group's planned 40-story, short-term residential tower will be up for sale at a foreclosure auction on March 11, after a Florida state court issued a $25.7 million judgment in f... (more story)

Georgia Appeals Court Says Homebuilders Can't Fight Fees

The Georgia Court of Appeals on Friday struck down an order that had declared a county's construction fees unlawful and ordered refunds for builders, ruling the developers and trade association behind the suit... (more story)