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How Cos. Can Roll With NY's New Algorithmic Pricing Rules

Despite uncertainty from New York’s new ban on artificial intelligence and computer algorithms for setting rents, ... (more story)

How Workforce, Tech Will Affect 2026 Construction Landscape

As the construction industry's center of gravity shifts from traditional commercial work to infrastructure, energy... (more story)

Receivership Law May Streamline Real Estate Sales In Illinois

The Illinois Receivership Act, which goes into effect Jan. 1, provides much-needed clarity on the issue of receive... (more story)

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NY Regulators Back Dispensary Against Local Zoning

The New York State Office of Cannabis Management is putting its weight behind a Long Island dispensary's bid seeking to invalidate a township's zoning ordinance requiring such businesses to secure special perm... (more story)

Judge Clears Path For Trump Library Land Transfer

A Florida state judge on Thursday dissolved an injunction blocking the transfer of Miami-Dade College-owned land to the state for the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library and dismissed the suit challenging the transfer.

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NY Board Approves 3 New Casino Licenses In NYC

The New York State Gaming Commission granted three casino licenses to New York City for projects proposed in Queens and the Bronx, finalizing a tiered license system tied to the size of applicants' investments.

Hilton's $70M Tax Value Cut Appealed To Minn. Supreme Court

Drops in the tax valuations of a Hilton hotel and convention center in Minneapolis, including a $70 million cut during one year, were wrongly ordered by the Minnesota Tax Court, the local assessor said, urging... (more story)

NFL's Bears Dangle Ind. Move As Ill. Stadium Plans Stall

The Chicago Bears will consider locations for a proposed new stadium outside the city, including in Indiana, because Illinois lawmakers have not supported their plan for suburban Arlington Heights, team Presid... (more story)

Latham, Debevoise Steer Howard Hughes' $2.1B Vantage Buy

Texas-based Howard Hughes Holdings Inc., led by Latham & Watkins LLP, on Thursday announced plans to acquire private equity-backed specialty insurance and reinsurance company Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., advis... (more story)

Hotel Sector Navigates Uneven Recovery In 2025

While the hotel sector in 2025 welcomed signs of normalization after whipsaw results during the past five years, headwinds generated by an uncertain economy and other events stalled any hopes of a breakout yea... (more story)

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Fla. High Court Says $5B Bond Deal Can't Be Set Aside

Florida's Supreme Court agreed Thursday that counties and tax collectors could not reopen a bond validation judgment issuing $5 billion in bonds for renewable energy and hurricane mitigation projects, ruling t... (more story)

New NJ Rules Combat AI And Housing Discrimination

The use of artificial intelligence in hiring practices is among the areas targeted by a sweeping new mandate enacted by New Jersey's Division on Civil Rights meant to shore up protections against discrimination.

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UWM Nabs MSR-Focused REIT In $1.3B All-Stock Deal

Greenberg Traurig-advised mortgage lender UWM Holdings Corp. on Wednesday unveiled plans to acquire mortgage servicing rights-focused REIT Two Harbors Investment Corp., led by Jones Day, in an all-stock deal t... (more story)

NAR Brokers Are Antitrust Conspirators, 10th Circ. Told

Homie Tech Inc. told the Tenth Circuit that the National Association of Realtors can't paint its broker members as third parties in an effort to duck the residential brokerage startup's antitrust claims over a... (more story)

IRS Sets Unused Housing Credit Carryovers For 25 States

The IRS published Thursday the amounts of unused housing credit carryovers allocated to qualified states for 2025.

NYC Real Estate Week In Review

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP, Paul Hastings LLP, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and DLA Piper were among the law firms that advised the biggest New York City real estate deals in deed filings last week, ... (more story)

Ex-Clients Say Gibbons Botched $35M Judgment Appeal

A group of former Gibbons PC clients has sued the firm in New Jersey state court for allegedly waiting too long to file an appeal of a $35 million judgment in an insurance company's suit against a real estate ... (more story)