Expert Analysis

Legal And Regulatory Keys To Sustainable Building Projects

While the federal government continues to roll back environmental regulations, market momentum toward high-perform... (more story)

Anticipating The Justices' Potential Ruling On Tax Takings

Recent oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court case Pung v. Isabella focused on rules for valuation, timing and a... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: April Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy identifies practice tips from three ... (more story)

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Lockheed Birth Defect Judge Slams Door On Trial Aids Fight

A Florida federal judge Friday warned that he will not allow any new or revised demonstratives for a trial beginning Monday in a suit by children who blame their birth defects on Lockheed Martin's chemical han... (more story)

NJ Court Backs Broker's $1.74M Cannabis Lease Fee Win

A commercial landlord and property manager must pay $1.7 million to a brokerage firm, despite their claims that it was not the one who landed Green Thumb Industries as a tenant, a New Jersey appeals court rule... (more story)

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REIT Capital Offerings Downshift, As Deal Activity Rises

Real estate investment trusts raised approximately $10 billion via capital offerings in the first quarter of 2026, a slight decline from the prior year, even as mergers and acquisitions activity sped up, per a... (more story)

MV Realty To Pay $4.5M To End NC Suit Over 40-Year Contracts

Embattled Florida real estate company MV Realty agreed to pay $4.5 million to end a lawsuit from the North Carolina attorney general accusing it of using shady business practices to lock homeowners into decade... (more story)

NY Asks 2nd Circ. To Bring Back $74M In Highway Funding

New York and its Department of Motor Vehicles urged the Second Circuit on Friday to order the U.S. Department of Transportation to restore a $73.5 million highway funding package that the federal government ca... (more story)

Why Hawaiian Brewing And Bottling Co. Sought Ch. 11

Hawaii Brewery Development Co., a water bottling company and brewery, ended up in small business bankruptcy proceedings after a power struggle with a creditor that was seeking to gain control of a company that... (more story)

ICE Says 'Speculative' Harms Can't Block NJ Detention Center

Federal officials are urging a New Jersey federal judge to reject a bid from the state and one of its municipalities to block work on a planned immigration detention center, arguing the plaintiffs lacked stand... (more story)

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AI Co. Founder Copied Real Estate Appraisal Tool, Suit Says

A 21-year-old founder of an artificial intelligence startup posed as a licensed real estate appraiser to gain access to a residential appraisal software company's data collection tool and share it with his own... (more story)

9th Circ. Won't Renew Wash. Developer's Suit Against County

A Ninth Circuit panel declined Friday to resurrect a Washington developer's lawsuit accusing Whatcom County officials of violating its constitutional rights by scaling back a housing development plan, concludi... (more story)

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Fla. Realtor Groups' Merger Will Reach Across County Lines

The Miami Association of Realtors on Monday announced plans to merge with the Broward, Palm Beach & St. Lucie Realtors, noting that the move would create the largest local Realtor association in the world.

Bank Asks 2nd Circ. To OK Fed-Blocked Mortgage Program

Canandaigua National Corp. has urged the Second Circuit to overturn a Federal Reserve Board decision that denied the community bank's request to introduce a cash guarantee program for homebuyers, arguing the a... (more story)

NYC Council Plans Small-Lot Housing Update, Advisory Panel

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Friday announced construction code reforms that she said could create up to 35,000 new housing units on small lots across the city, along with a new panel of expert... (more story)

Compass Looks To Dodge 'Baseless' MLS Counterclaims

Compass Inc. urged a Washington federal court to toss a multiple listing service's "baseless" and "conclusory" counterclaims against the real estate brokerage's antitrust suit, which alleges that the MLS' prop... (more story)

Sheppard Advises On $160M Loan For S. Fla. Tower

New York developer Time Equities Inc. has closed on a $160 million construction loan from M&T Bank to build the first phase of a mixed-use housing project in downtown Boynton Beach, Florida, with advice from S... (more story)