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Early Action Can Benefit Distressed Restaurant Franchisees

As rising costs put increased pressure on restaurants, as evidenced by recent bankruptcy filings by Popeyes, Farme... (more story)

Why Data Centers Must Focus On Water Stewardship

Reducing overall water use is important for data center developers and operators, but comprehensive water stewards... (more story)

How Solar Fraud Case Affects Lender Oversight Of Dealers

The U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to review the Third Circuit's ruling in Migliore v. Sunlight Financial means that... (more story)

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Emerald AI Hits $1.05B Valuation In $150M Series A Round

Emerald AI, a company developing software to reduce or change power usage of AI data centers while electric grids are under stress, said Tuesday that it raised $150 million in a funding round valuing the compa... (more story)

New Mexico Justices Pause Permit, Hearing For Data Center

New Mexico's Supreme Court in a pair of rulings paused an air permit hearing and ordered a developer to stop drawing water from the construction site of Oracle, OpenAI and SoftBank's Project Jupiter data cente... (more story)

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Cozen O'Connor Finds Uneven CRE Rebound As Iran Weighs

Investment volume in U.S. commercial real estate grew nearly 20% annually in the first quarter, but the gains were uneven, driven largely by a recovery in the office and hotel sectors, according to a Cozen O'C... (more story)

Debevoise Real Estate Chair On Following Where Clients Lead

Edward M. Rishty, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP who became chair of the firm's real estate group earlier this month, recently spoke to Law360 Real Estate Authority about his practice priorities, trends... (more story)

Enviro Groups' Drilling Suit Lacks Imminent Harm, Judge Says

Environmental groups sued too early over a move last year by President Donald Trump to revive the prospect of Arctic oil and gas leasing in offshore areas that prior administrations deemed off-limits, an Alask... (more story)

Seattle Hookah Lounge Sued Over Fatal Shooting

The family of a woman shot and killed at a hookah lounge in Seattle are suing several companies connected to the establishment in Washington state court, claiming they negligently allowed violence to occur and... (more story)

5th Circ. Says IRS Penalty Suit Is Beyond Court Review

The Internal Revenue Service's penalty imposed on a partnership for inaccurately reporting a Louisiana conservation easement transaction is considered a tax collection matter outside federal courts' jurisdicti... (more story)

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Judge Concerned About Misinformation In RealPage Case

A Tennessee federal judge has instructed a settlement administrator in the rent price-fixing litigation against RealPage and others to send out new notices informing eligible class members they have not been l... (more story)

5th Circ. Revives Architect's IP Claims In Fractured Ruling

A divided Fifth Circuit has revived an architectural firm's copyright infringement claims over the use of its home designs in a Texas residential development, while affirming the dismissal of claims alleging t... (more story)

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8th Circ. Backs $1B Broker Commissions Settlement

The Eighth Circuit decided Wednesday to affirm a more than $1 billion class action settlement that's supposed to resolve antitrust claims against the National Association of Realtors and multiple real estate b... (more story)

Feds Scrap Biden-Era Policy On Credit-Access Programs

The Trump administration is withdrawing Biden-era guidance that encouraged banks and other lenders to offer specialized programs to boost credit access for underserved borrowers, according to a new Federal Register notice. 

White Nationalist Group Says Probes Violate Free Speech

A white nationalist association and other related parties have claimed that federal, state and local authorities are violating their constitutional free speech rights by conducting unfair investigations into t... (more story)

Opportunity Zone Changes May Lessen Challenges, GAO Says

Changes to the federal opportunity zone program, including broader reporting requirements, may mitigate some of the challenges state officials have encountered with the initial program, the Government Accounta... (more story)

Ch. 11 Loan Could Trigger Insider Default, US Trustee Says

The U.S. Trustee's Office has asked an Oklahoma bankruptcy court to deny private credit firm YSA Investment's request to borrow $2 million in postpetition financing, contending the debtor has not filed require... (more story)