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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.

Landmark Housing Bill Heads To Trump After House Vote

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed an amended version of landmark housing legislation focused on expanding housing supply and lowering housing costs with a 358-32 vote, putting it on the track to President Donald Trump's desk.

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Warsh Debut Heralds Change For Fed, Not Rates

In his first meeting since confirmation as Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh announced a number of changes and initiatives on Wednesday that could impact real estate transactions.

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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)

How Reserve Studies Fit Into Condo Association Compliance

Michael Willner, Jesse Dimitro and Robert Baker

In the five years since the Surfside condominium collapse and as states like New Jersey establish related safety m... (more story)

Mapping US-China Investment Compliance For EB-5 Deals

Xuan Zhang

Chinese capital deployment through the U.S.'s EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, alongside China's recently establis... (more story)

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Eric Adams' Ex-Chief Of Staff Charged In Bribery Scheme

Frank Carone, a onetime chief of staff to former New York Mayor Eric Adams, took $120,000 in bribes to steer a multimillion-dollar contract to house migrants to a hotel owner, according to an indictment unseal... (more story)

EPA Proposal Tightens Scope And Length Of NEPA Reviews

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday floated an overhaul of how it conducts environmental reviews that includes limiting the scope of what environmental impacts the agency considers and establ... (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)

Mich. Cannabis Co. Allowed To Fix Zoning Enforcement Suit

Michigan cannabis dispensary chain Joyology was given an opportunity to clarify its lawsuit accusing a popular beach town of stifling its opportunity to open a location there through arbitrary zoning enforceme... (more story)

Investment Fund Hit With Class Action For Claimed $60M Loss

Lack of oversight and transparency within a private investment fund resulted in the purported loss of nearly $60 million after a board member is said to have siphoned the money away, according to a putative cl... (more story)

Big Banks Clear Fed Stress Tests Amid Capital Rule Overhaul

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday the nation's biggest banks have sufficient capital to withstand a severe recession, giving them passing marks in the latest round of stress tests as federal regulators work o... (more story)

'Hard-Money' Lenders Guilty Of Stealing Upfront Fees

A Manhattan federal jury convicted two Florida men of using their "hard-money" commercial real estate finance company to steal $18 million in upfront fees, after prosecutors said they defrauded developers to w... (more story)

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Probe Pins Surfside Disaster On Original Design, Construction

Issues with the original design and construction of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, lay behind the deadly partial collapse of the building, according to final technical findings th... (more story)

Fla. Judge Says Public Can Use Beach, Owner Can Post Signs

A Florida federal judge ruled against a homeowner who alleged a town wrongfully took a portion of his beachfront real estate for public access after finding it had long been used by the public, but said he's a... (more story)

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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)

Sun Communities Names Ex-SpartanNash Legal Chief As Its GC

Sun Communities Inc. has hired the former chief legal and compliance officer of SpartanNash, a Fortune 400 food solutions company, as its new general counsel, the manufactured housing-focused real estate inves... (more story)

Fla. Judge Pauses Antitrust Suit Against Brokerages

A Florida federal judge has paused a proposed broker fees antitrust class action that was filed against Douglas Elliman Inc. and HomeServices of America Inc. due to the pending final settlement approval for a ... (more story)

Conn. Justices Threaten Sanctions For AI Errors

The Connecticut Supreme Court has threatened to sanction GLG Law LLC and one of its attorneys for submitting documents in two cases "that misrepresented the law through the use of generative artificial intelli... (more story)

Colo. Justices Say Courts Can Order Condemnation Discovery

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that trial courts have discretion to order discovery before immediate possession hearings in condemnation proceedings, finding a lower court erred in concluding it lack... (more story)