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A Look At Litigation Risks From Financing The AI Buildout

Artificial intelligence infrastructure financing can create gaps between accounting presentation and project-level... (more story)

Why Pa. Push For Brownfield Renewables May Not Be Enough

A recent executive order from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro directed state regulators to expedite siting of clean... (more story)

NJ Justices' Walmart Ruling Clarifies Future Snowstorm Duty

A recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision, that a contractor's spreading of salt on a minimal snow accumulation i... (more story)

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Summer Camp Operator Says Cash Advances Were Loans

The insolvent company that ran dozens of summer camps in several states is asking a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to find the financing agreements it had entered shortly before it sought Chapter 11 protection we... (more story)

Mich. City Says Data Center Moratorium Suit Is Premature

A Michigan city has urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from developers that challenges a one-year moratorium on data center development, saying the pause doesn't represent a final land use decision tha... (more story)

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Data Center Suits, Arbitrations Have Tripled In Last 5 Years

Major lawsuits and arbitrations against data centers across the world have tripled since 2021, with disputes largely focused on zoning and environmental issues, according to a Tuesday report by global insurance group Howden.

Lenders Say Baltimore Property Flips Fueled $10M Fraud

Two wholesale asset-based mortgage lenders have accused a cadre of appraisers, title companies and real estate investors of passing off inflated appraisals on nearly 60 Baltimore homes and causing more than $1... (more story)

Latham, Milbank Guide AI Hyperscaler Nscale's IPO Plans

United Kingdom-based Nscale, a Latham & Watkins LLP-advised data center developer, filed for an initial public offering, reporting that $88.4 billion in contracted work for its two largest customers, Microsoft... (more story)

Ready Capital Beats Investor Suit Over Real Estate Loan Woes

A New York federal judge has tossed, with prejudice, a consolidated class action against real estate finance company Ready Capital Corp., finding that the suit "comes dangerously close to 'puzzle pleading'" an... (more story)

Ga. Property Owner, Insurer Wrap Up Roof Coverage Suit

A commercial property owner and an insurance company told a Georgia federal judge Monday they had ended their legal battle over coverage for a storm-damaged roof.

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QXO Unit Says Denver Developer Owes Unpaid Invoices

A Colorado-based subsidiary of building materials company QXO accused a Denver residential developer and construction company in state court of owing money for materials that were provided under a credit appli... (more story)

Homeowners Say Home Equity Co. Sells Predatory Products

A proposed class of North Carolina homeowners claimed in a federal lawsuit that Unison Agreement Corp. and related companies locked them into predatory, usurious and misleading home equity sharing agreements.

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Consumer Groups Ask States To Probe Zillow, Housing Market

More than a dozen consumer advocacy groups urged state authorities Wednesday to work together to probe Zillow and Redfin's compliance with an August deal to end a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, and to inves... (more story)

Canadian Man Owes Tax As Homebuilder, Court Says

A Canadian man owes about CA$540,000 ($385,200) in sales tax as the builder of a home sold for a profit despite claiming that his original motivation was to live in the home, the Tax Court of Canada found.

NYC Real Estate Week In Review

Davis+Gilbert LLP and Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP are among the law firms that guided the top New York City real estate trades that hit public records last week, with a roughly $200 million Bronx deal topping the list.

Latham, Skadden Guide Orion180 Insurance's $240M IPO

Orion180 Insurance Group Inc. began trading Friday after the specialty insurer sold 20 million shares for $12 each in a $240 million initial public offering guided by Latham & Watkins LLP and Skadden Arps Slat... (more story)

RI Judge Pulls Plug On EPA's $7B Solar Program Termination

A Rhode Island federal judge on Friday vacated the Trump administration's decision to cancel a $7 billion solar program for low-income households, ruling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lacked au... (more story)