Expert Analysis

Where Things Stand At The CFPB As Funding Dries Up

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is on pace to run out of funding in the new year, threatening current and... (more story)

Steps For Cos. To Comply With Colo. Deceptive Pricing Law

Colorado's newly passed law protecting against deceptive pricing practices will take effect on Jan. 1, broadening ... (more story)

California Vapor Intrusion Policy Should Focus On Site Risks

As California environmental regulators consider whether to change the attenuation factor used in screenings for va... (more story)

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Global Net Lease Preps $333M Sale Of UK Car Tech Campus

Global Net Lease Inc. plans to sell off an 840,000-square-foot Woking, England, vehicle technology campus in a more than $333 million deal that is expected to close on Dec. 22, the real estate investment trust... (more story)

The Real Estate Matters Keeping GCs Up At Night

As the general counsel of real estate companies cope with fast-changing market dynamics and consider how to implement new technology, outside counsel can play an important role in helping them make better decisions.

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State Board Advances 3 NYC Casino Plans Left Standing

A New York state panel on Monday endorsed a pair of proposals in Queens and another in the Bronx to win three downstate casino licenses, setting up final approval of the multibillion-dollar projects before the... (more story)

Calif. Tribe Looks To Nix Suits Against $700M Casino Approval

A California tribe is asking a D.C. federal court to dismiss three challenges to a U.S. Department of the Interior decision to place 160 acres into trust for its $700 million hotel and casino project, arguing ... (more story)

Israeli Meat Co. Owes $35M For NC Facility, Court Told

An Israeli venture capital-backed cultivated meat company breached a payment agreement for work on its inaugural facility in North Carolina and now owes the builder over $35 million, according to a lawsuit fil... (more story)

Simpson Thacher Investment Funds Atty Joins Kirkland In DC

A Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney, who was named to that firm's partnership in January, has joined Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Washington, D.C., office as an investment funds partner, the firm announced Monday.

Justices Won't Weigh Hawaii County Religious Land-Use Win

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to not grant a nonprofit's review petition for a Ninth Circuit ruling that sided with a Hawaii county in a dispute over a special land use permit.

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Sotheby's Agent Tells Jurors $3.7M Theft Was Not Fraud

A former One Sotheby's International Realty agent accused of stealing $3.7 million in proceeds from the sale of a Miami-area beachfront luxury condo told jurors Monday that while there may have been wrongdoing... (more story)

RealPage Asks To Block NY Rental Pricing Software Law

Property management software company RealPage is asking for a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of a New York law that prohibits building owners from using software to set residential rental rates wh... (more story)

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NY AG Claims Peak Capital Illegally Deregulated Apartments

A New York City developer wrongfully took advantage of a rent-stabilization exemption for building renovations to profit from illegally deregulating rent-stabilized apartments, New York State and its Division ... (more story)

Madison Realty Capital Lands $285M Brooklyn Multifamily Refi

Real estate private equity firm Madison Realty Capital has secured $285 million in refinancing for the recently completed Greenpoint Central multifamily property in Brooklyn, broker Walker & Dunlop announced i... (more story)

Feds Wrap Up FARA Case Against Ex-NY Gov. Aide Linda Sun

Brooklyn federal prosecutors on Friday rested their case against a former top aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, after about three weeks of trial over alleged violations of the Fo... (more story)

7th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Tenant's Palestinian Flag Bias Suit

The Seventh Circuit has backed the dismissal of a Palestinian American's Fair Housing Act lawsuit that accused an apartment building's owner and operator of wrongfully evicting her after she refused to remove ... (more story)

Manufactured Housing Cos. Ditch Price-Fixing Claims

An Illinois federal judge has tossed a proposed price-fixing class action against multiple manufactured housing companies and a data company, ruling the proposed class failed to show the businesses conspired t... (more story)