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NYC Landlord Attorneys Decry Rent Freeze, Expect Challenge

After the mayor-appointed board that sets rent increases each year voted to freeze rents in New York City's 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, enacting a key portion of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's agenda, attorneys advising landlords expect legal challenges to the move.

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Attys Welcome Housing Bill But Say It's Not An Overnight Fix

Attorneys focused on affordable housing say that bipartisan legislation to address housing affordability contains welcome tweaks to existing programs, but will not fundamentally change the market dynamics that place housing out of reach for many.

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An Oral History Of The Surfside Collapse Litigation

Five years ago, tragedy struck the greater Miami community when Champlain Towers South, a 12-story condominium in the village of Surfside, partially collapsed in the early hours of June 24, 2021, killing 98 people. The legal response that followed would prove to be stunning in its own way.

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8 Ways 2026's Market Divide Is Rewriting Real Estate Risk

Josephine Bahn and Jeffery Mullen

As construction activity increasingly concentrates in data centers, healthcare and other resilient sectors, real e... (more story)

A Calif. Law May Aid Homeowner Recovery After LA Fires

Keith Meyer and Kya Coletta

Reconstruction bottlenecks following the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires mean that certain homeowners insurance... (more story)

Tracking The Rare 'Quick Look' Win In FTC's Zillow-Redfin Suit

Mary Helen Wimberly and Sandhya Taneja

The Federal Trade Commission’s suit claiming that Zillow illegally paid Redfin to exit the apartment rental market... (more story)

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California Asks Court To Halt 'Catastrophic' ICE Facility

The state of California and Santa Clara County told a California federal court to block the federal government and a real estate investment firm from going forward with an immigrant detention facility allegedl... (more story)

Manhattan Sublease Glut Eases As AI Firms Fuel Demand

Artificial intelligence and other technology companies are subleasing New York City offices at a significant rate, shutting out other tenants and causing available Manhattan office space to be less than 11 mil... (more story)

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4 Firms Advise Public Storage's $1.2B Acquisition Deal

Public Storage will acquire Public Storage Canada in a $1.2 billion cash and shares deal guided by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Torys LLP, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP and Osler Hoskin & Har... (more story)

Former NJ AG Pushes To End Suit Over Tossed RICO Case

Former New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin asserts that a lawsuit from a former CEO indicted in New Jersey's now-dismissed criminal racketeering case against South Jersey power broker George E. Norcross I... (more story)

Justices Asked To Revive Fight Over Texas Sacred Site

Two members of a Native American church are asking the Supreme Court to reverse a Fifth Circuit decision that said the city of San Antonio's plans for a park expansion did not substantially burden their religi... (more story)

Justices Will Resolve Circuit Split Over Pipeline Payouts

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to resolve a circuit court split over how to determine what gas infrastructure project developers should pay landowners in eminent domain proceedings, a move encouraged ... (more story)

Simpson Thacher Steers Bridgepoint On $1.4B Investor Buy

Private investment company Bridgepoint Group PLC said Monday that it will buy Kayne Anderson, an alternative real estate investor, for $1.4 billion in a deal steered by Simpson Thacher and Kirkland.

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High Court Gives Fed Independence A 'Fragile' Reprieve

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown its weight behind Federal Reserve independence by rejecting President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, but experts say the fight over central bank co... (more story)

High Court Lets Fed's Lisa Cook Keep Job For Now

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook cannot be immediately removed from her post, a setback for President Donald Trump as he seeks to further remake the central bank's leadership.

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JPM's Construction Debt Grows As Wells Pulls Back By $1.6B

JPMorgan's construction debt on the books rose in the first quarter while Wells Fargo continued to pare its construction debt holdings during the period, showing contrasting narratives for the nation's two big... (more story)

Firm Beats DQ Bid Over Deposition In Housing Authority Suit

A Connecticut judge has denied a bid to disqualify Rose Kallor LLP from representing a Connecticut housing authority and related entities in litigation accusing a former employee of misappropriating funds, say... (more story)

FAIR Plan To Face 1st Coverage Trial Over Los Angeles Fires 

The first trial against California's last-resort insurer over an alleged underpayment of insurance benefits connected to the Los Angeles fires implicates pressing fire issues in the Golden State. Law360 breaks... (more story)

Conn. Justices Say Local Rent Board Can Enter Eviction Fight

The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a municipal fair rent commission to get involved in a landlord-tenant eviction action in state court, finding the local body clearly has an interest in advocat... (more story)

11th Circ. Challenges Exclusion In Arson Death Dispute

An Eleventh Circuit panel appeared skeptical of a property insurer's argument that an exclusion for a failure to maintain an apartment complex freed it from defending the owner in a wrongful death suit stemming from arson.