More Real Estate Coverage

  • April 29, 2025

    Koi Nation Can't Intervene In Casino Row, Court Told

    The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria is fighting a bid by a fellow California tribe at the crux of a dispute over the Interior Department's decision to take 70 acres into trust for the construction of a proposed hotel and casino project, arguing it lacks any justification to do so.

  • April 29, 2025

    PacifiCorp Hit With $11M Verdict In Latest Wildfire Case

    A Portland, Oregon, jury awarded around $10.8 million in noneconomic damages Tuesday to nine plaintiffs who suffered property damage in a group of 2020 wildfires attributed to PacifiCorp's negligence, with the awards likely to be increased to account for punitive damages.

  • April 29, 2025

    McNees Adds Construction, RE Litigator In Harrisburg, Pa.

    Pennsylvania-based Mid-Law firm McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC has expanded its construction and real estate practice with the recent addition of an attorney who moved her practice after three years with Stevens & Lee PC.

  • April 29, 2025

    Associate Secretly Worked For Rival Firm, Suit Says

    An associate at a small law firm outside Boston secretly worked to help another firm set up a competing zoning and land use practice while still on its payroll, according to a complaint filed in Massachusetts state court.

  • April 28, 2025

    Reds, Bengals Stadiums' Land Tax Upheld By Ohio Board

    The land on which the stadiums for the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds reside are subject to property tax, but parking facilities near the sports complexes are tax-exempt because they are used for public purposes, the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals ruled.

  • April 28, 2025

    Commanders Agree To NFL Stadium Deal, Return To DC

    The Washington Commanders will move from their current home in Maryland to a $3 billion stadium at the site of their previous stadium in D.C., team and city officials announced Monday, less than two years after the Commanders were bought by new ownership and less than four months after the federal government transferred control of the site to the city.

  • April 28, 2025

    High Court Won't Hear Michigan Tribe's Land Trust Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a Michigan tribe's arguments that the federal government must take 73 acres into trust for a casino venture outside Detroit, after it told the justices that without the decision its ability to achieve economic self-sufficiency would be forever impaired.

  • April 25, 2025

    PacifiCorp Should Pay $96M To Wildfire Victims, Jury Told

    Nine plaintiffs who fled from wildfires started by PacifiCorp's negligence should get $95.5 million in noneconomic damages, an Oregon state jury heard in closing arguments Friday, while PacifiCorp's lawyer told the jury to focus on what the evidence actually supports and award roughly $2.2 million in that category.

  • April 25, 2025

    Exxon Can't Use $8.5M Deal To Skirt Pa. Suit, Judge Says

    Exxon Mobil Corp. and ExxonMobil Oil Corp. can't use an $8.5 million settlement from 2012 to escape Pennsylvania's drinking water contamination suit, a New York federal judge has ruled.

  • April 25, 2025

    Chaitman Reaches Malpractice Settlement Over RE Dispute

    Chaitman LLP has reached a tentative settlement with a pair of siblings suing it for legal malpractice in New Jersey state court after nearly three years of litigation and just weeks before a $900,000 offer by the firm was due to expire.

  • April 25, 2025

    Apache Want To Pause Enviro Study Until High Court Ruling

    An Apache nonprofit has urged an Arizona federal judge to issue an emergency injunction barring the government from transferring an ancient worship site to a mining company until the U.S. Supreme Court can rule on the group's petition, which seeks to block the endeavor.

  • April 24, 2025

    Creek Can't Block Tulsa County Officials In Jurisdiction Fight

    An Oklahoma federal judge denied a bid by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to block Tulsa County officials from asserting criminal jurisdiction on its reservation, saying it has yet to show that its interests outweigh that of enforcing laws against Native Americans who don't belong to the tribe.

  • April 24, 2025

    Md. To Allow Baltimore Tax Hike On Vacant Nonprofit Property

    Baltimore will be able to impose a special property tax rate on nonprofit owned properties that have gone untouched for at least five years under a bill signed by the Maryland governor. 

  • April 24, 2025

    Md. To Allow Counties To Negotiate Payments With Broadband

    Maryland counties will be able to negotiate payments with broadband providers instead of imposing property tax on the providers' real and personal property under bills signed by the governor.

  • April 24, 2025

    Sidley Brings On 14-Atty Cadwalader Real Estate Team

    Sidley Austin LLP announced Thursday that it has hired 14 lawyers from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP for its real estate practice.

  • April 24, 2025

    Md. Expands Property Tax Breaks For Child Care Facilities

    Maryland expanded a property tax exemption to large family child care homes and increased its maximum annual property tax credit amount for child care facilities under bills signed by the governor.

  • April 23, 2025

    New Mexico Wildfire Sparks Suit Against Federal Government

    The federal government is being hit with a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Forest Service's alleged failure to follow its own prescribed burn plan, saying the lapse eventually led to the destruction of nearly 46,000 acres in the Jemez Mountains in New Mexico.

  • April 22, 2025

    PacifiCorp Should Pay For 39 Years Of Fire Trauma, Jury Told

    A group of nine displaced property owners started the latest trial Tuesday over 2020 wildfires during which PacifiCorp chose not to de-energize its power lines, telling an Oregon state jury that more than 39 years' worth of harm has been done when all the plaintiffs' sagas are considered together.

  • April 22, 2025

    US Intends To Proceed With Ariz. Copper Mine, Justices Told

    The U.S. government says there has been no doubt that it intends to proceed with a land exchange in Arizona for a planned multibillion-dollar copper mine, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that its recent notice of publication of a final environmental impact statement for the project does not constitute urgent review.

  • April 22, 2025

    Airfield Subcontractor Says Parsons Stiffed It Out Of Millions

    A Colorado-based construction company told a federal judge that a Parsons Corp. unit wrongfully terminated its $36 million subcontract for a U.S. government airfield project on the remote Marshall Islands, failed to pay it for work and materials and seized some of its assets.

  • April 22, 2025

    Insurer Says No Coverage For $668K Housing Funds Dispute

    An insurer says it owes no coverage to a low-income housing nonprofit in an underlying dispute involving a Washington county that seeks to claw back nearly $668,000 that was allegedly paid out to ineligible recipients.

  • April 22, 2025

    Real Estate Investor Cops To $19M Loan Fraud

    A Massachusetts real estate investor pled guilty Tuesday to defrauding multiple lenders of more than $19 million by submitting forged leases and rent rolls in support of $60 million worth of loan applications, federal prosecutors said.

  • April 22, 2025

    McGuireWoods Consulting Nabs Housing Pro From NAR

    McGuireWoods Consulting has added a housing and financial services pro to the firm's federal public affairs team, who comes from a role as the National Association of Realtors' federal legislative representative.

  • April 21, 2025

    NYS Thruway Gains $21M A Year On Seneca Land, Tribe Says

    The Seneca Nation has opposed New York's attempt to prevail in the tribe's suit over a portion of thruway that runs through its reservation, telling a federal judge the state benefits to the tune of $21 million annually in its unfair use of tribal lands for the toll road system.

  • April 21, 2025

    Asset Manager Admits Stealing $3M From Real Estate Cos.

    A Connecticut asset manager who helped clients buy and manage real estate portfolios has pled guilty to stealing nearly $3 million from entities in five states to fund his day trading endeavors, federal prosecutors announced Monday.

Expert Analysis

  • Key Questions When Mediating Environmental Disputes

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    As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implements dramatic regulatory changes, companies seeking to use mediation to manage increased risks and uncertainties around environmental liabilities should keep certain essential considerations in mind to help reach successful outcomes, says Edward Cohen at Thompson Coburn.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

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    Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate

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    While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.

  • Contractor Remedies Amid Overhaul Of Federal Spending

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    Now that the period for federal agencies to review their spending has ended, companies holding procurement contracts or grants should evaluate whether their agreements align with administration policies and get a plan ready to implement if their contracts or grants are modified or terminated, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • NM Case Shows Power Of Environmental Public Nuisance Law

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    A recent ruling from a New Mexico appeals court finding that a pattern of environmental violations, even without any substantial impact on a nearby community, can trigger nuisance liability — including potential damages and injunctive relief — has important implications for regulated entities in the state, says Kaleb Brooks at Spencer Fane.

  • Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw

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    Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

  • Adapting To Private Practice: From SEC To BigLaw

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    As I adjusted to the multifaceted workflow of a BigLaw firm after leaving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, working side by side with new colleagues on complex matters proved the fastest way to build a deep rapport and demonstrate my value, says Jennifer Lee at Jenner & Block.

  • 6th Circ. Ruling Paves Path Out Of Loper Bright 'Twilight Zone'

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright ruling created a twilight zone between express statutory delegations that trigger agency deference and implicit ones that do not, but the Sixth Circuit’s recent ruling in Moctezuma-Reyes v. Garland crafted a two-part test for resolving cases within this gray area, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • How Trump EPA Could Fix Carbon Combustion Residuals Rule

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    The Trump administration is likely targeting the recently adopted carbon combustion residual rule, especially since it imposes very stringent, detailed and expedited requirements on coal power plants — but even if the rule is not vacated entirely, there are measures that could greatly reduce its regulatory burden, says Stephen Jones at Post & Schell.

  • Nippon Order Tests Gov't Control Over Foreign Investments

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    The U.S. government is primarily interested in restraining foreign transactions involving countries of concern, but former President Joe Biden’s January order blocking the merger of Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel shows that all foreign direct investments are under the federal government’s microscope, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

  • Virginia AI Bills Could Serve As Nationwide Model

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    If signed into law, two Virginia bills focused on regulating the use of high-risk AI systems in the private and public sectors have the potential to influence similar legislation in other states, as well as the compliance strategies of companies operating in the commonwealth and across the U.S., say attorneys at Woods Rogers.

  • Reg Waiver Eases Calif. Rebuilding, But Proceed With Care

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    California Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order suspending some environmental review and permitting requirements for the reconstruction of homes and businesses damaged by recent wildfires may streamline rebuilding efforts, but will require careful navigation of the evolving regulatory landscape, says Gregory Berlin at Alston & Bird.