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  • July 21, 2026

    Greystone Closes $137M Affordable Housing Fund

    Greystone Real Estate Capital has closed its second low-income housing tax credit fund after raising $137 million for developing and preserving a portfolio of affordable homes that includes 20 properties in nine states, the company announced.

  • July 21, 2026

    Paul Hastings Guides $2B Affordable LA Senior Housing Plan

    Paul Hastings LLP said Tuesday that it is advising Wellpointe Inc. on the developer's plan to build a $2 billion, 100% affordable senior housing development in Los Angeles.

  • July 21, 2026

    Shutts & Bowen Adds Real Estate Atty From Nelson Mullins

    Shutts & Bowen LLP has grown its real estate capabilities with a new partner in Orlando, Florida, from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.

  • July 21, 2026

    Kirkland Adds Willkie Real Estate Partner In Dallas

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP has added a Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP real estate partner who advises his clients on digital infrastructure transactions and construction financing.

  • July 20, 2026

    Mass. Panel Says Competing Atty Fee Awards Can't Be Offset

    Massachusetts' intermediate-level appeals court Monday determined that a housing court was wrong to offset attorney fees awarded to a landlord against fees granted to the tenant on the other side of a housing dispute, finding the awards should be entered as separate judgments to preserve the lawyers' rights.

  • July 20, 2026

    NYC Real Estate Week In Review

    Wachtel Missry and Herrick Feinstein are among the law firms that assisted with the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, with a $100 million Manhattan transaction leading the way.

  • July 20, 2026

    Greystar Settles Out Of Kentucky's RealPage Antitrust Case

    Kentucky has settled its antitrust claims against landlord Greystar Management Services LLC, which the state accused in federal court of using RealPage's revenue management software to engage in rent price-fixing.

  • July 20, 2026

    NYC Building Owner Seeks $8.6M Ch. 11 Sale Approval

    New York luxury property broker Ilan Bracha is under contract to buy a Manhattan mixed-use building in a bankruptcy for at least $8.6 million, after the death of a property owner in 2024 triggered a foreclosure action from a lender.

  • July 17, 2026

    Apartment Manager Accused Of Denying Full Wages, Breaks

    Greystar, the largest apartment management firm in the U.S., failed to pay hourly workers for off-the-clock labor and missed breaks, according to a proposed class action filed in Washington state court.

  • July 17, 2026

    Lenders, Tech Cos. Seek Exit From Antitrust Suit

    A group of mortgage lenders and software companies once again pushed for the dismissal of a proposed mortgage price-fixing class action filed by homeowners in Tennessee federal court, arguing that the claims should be tossed, in part, because the plaintiffs failed to allege that the software products at the center of their suit made pricing recommendations.

  • July 17, 2026

    Developer Borrows $211M For Luxury NJ Condo Project

    Inspired by Somerset Development obtained $211 million worth of construction financing for its 112-unit luxury condominium project in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the developer announced.

  • July 16, 2026

    Affinius Originates $176M Fla. Student Housing Loan

    Affinius Capital LLC completed a $176.6 million construction loan origination for a four-story, 484-unit Orlando student housing project that is going to be built in two phases at the University of Central Florida, the real estate investment firm announced.

  • July 16, 2026

    Unstable NYC Building Promises Complex Claims Process

    A structural failure that threatened a major collapse at a 37-story Manhattan building undergoing an office-to-residence conversion promises to trigger a complicated insurance claims process. Here, Law360 looks at some of the major questions at stake following the July 7 incident.

  • July 16, 2026

    Wells Fargo, Ocwen Seek Win In ERISA Suit 2nd Circ. Revived

    Wells Fargo and Ocwen asked a New York federal judge for a pretrial win in a suit from union pension fund trustees accusing the companies of mishandling home loans tied to employee pension fund investments, after the Second Circuit partially knocked out the companies' earlier win in March.

  • July 16, 2026

    Mich. Appeals Panel Says Tax Sale Claims Must Follow Statute

    The Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a suit brought by former property owners seeking the return of surplus proceeds from tax foreclosure sales, saying in a published opinion the property owners did not follow the necessary statutory process when filing their complaint.

  • July 16, 2026

    11th Circ. Affirms Quarry Valuation Sank $23M Easement Perk

    A 103-acre tract's best alternative use is not an aggregate quarry, the 11th Circuit ruled, rejecting the valuation that supported a partnership's $23 million deduction claim for donating the Georgia property as a conservation easement.

  • July 16, 2026

    Mamdani Outlines New Policies For Combating Bad Landlords

    New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced that he wants to implement recommendations made in the city's official 68-page Rental Ripoff Report, which pushes for more building inspections, tougher penalty fines, reducing the amount of eviction suits in New York City Housing Court, creating tenant union rules that will allow them to be legally recognized and more.

  • July 16, 2026

    AG Fines, Not Damages Allowed After RealPage Renter Deals

    The attorneys general of D.C., Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey and Washington can seek civil fines and injunctive relief against RealPage Inc. and landlords for fixing rent prices, but claims on behalf of their residents are barred by deals made with private plaintiffs, a Tennessee federal judge ruled Thursday.

  • July 16, 2026

    NY ALJ Says Divorce Property Credit Triggered Transfer Tax

    A man who received a $36 million credit on a $72 million New York apartment property following a divorce from his wife owes real estate transfer tax on the credit, a state administrative law judge held in an opinion released Thursday.

  • July 16, 2026

    Senior Home, Care Referral Site Drop False Ad Suit Dispute

    A senior living placement site and a Georgia assisted living home have jointly agreed to end a proposed class action in which the home alleged that the site falsely advertised free services and steered business away from communities that declined to participate in its pay-to-play business model. 

  • July 16, 2026

    Risk Mitigation-First Brokerage Aims For Calif. Homeowners

    California-based brokerage RockRose Risk is hoping deep insurance discounts will encourage property owners to reduce fire risk and help build an alternative to the state's provider of last resort. Co-founder and CEO Andrew Engler talked to Law360 Insurance Authority about a mitigation-first approach and motivating homeowners to build safer homes.

  • July 15, 2026

    'Bind Our Agency': Vought Urges House To Curb CFPB Powers

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's acting Director Russell Vought told a U.S. House of Representatives panel Wednesday that the agency shouldn't "exist in its current form," urging lawmakers to further rein in its funding and authority as he prepares to exit as interim chief.

  • July 15, 2026

    Zillow Brass Sued By Investors Over Redfin Noncompete Deal

    Executives and directors of online real estate marketplace Zillow have been hit with a shareholder derivative suit accusing them of allowing the company to enter into an anticompetitive agreement with rival Redfin Corp. that led the federal government to file a still-ongoing antitrust suit in September.

  • July 15, 2026

    Ex-Ga. Housing Authority Exec Hit With Wire Fraud Charges

    The U.S. Department of Justice accused a former Georgia housing authority executive director and a contractor of defrauding the agency in a $2.5 million wire fraud scheme that involved no-bid contracts, filing false invoices and fraudulent bonus payments.

  • July 15, 2026

    Judge Won't Revive Feds' $24M Tax Case Against NC Couple

    A North Carolina federal judge refused to reconsider his decision that the federal government's bid to collect on what it claimed was a couple's $24 million tax bill came too late, saying the government failed to show that the ruling should be changed.

Expert Analysis

  • How 2025 Executive Orders Are Reshaping Consumer Finance

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    In 2025, President Donald Trump used executive orders to initiate a reversal of policies on fair lending, urge agencies to use enforcement and supervisory tools to police debanking, and reduce consumer financial regulation — and the resulting flurry of deregulatory activity will likely continue in 2026, says Elizabeth Tucci at Goodwin.

  • How Developers Can Harness New Texas Zoning Framework

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    A Texas law introducing a new zoning framework has the potential to unlock meaningful multifamily development opportunities, but developers and their project teams should follow four steps to help identify how affected cities are interpreting and implementing the new law, says Angela Hunt at Munsch Hardt.

  • 2026 State AI Bills That Could Expand Liability, Insurance Risk

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    State bills legislating artificial intelligence that are expected to pass in 2026 will reshape the liability landscape for all companies incorporating AI solutions into their business operations, as any novel private rights of action authorized under AI-related statutes signal expanding exposures, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • 2025's Most Notable State AG Activity By The Numbers

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    State attorneys general were active in 2025, working across party lines to address federal regulatory gaps in artificial intelligence, take action on consumer protection issues, continue antitrust enforcement and announce large settlements on behalf of their citizens, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • Targeted Action, Rule Tweaks Reflect 2025 AML Priority Shifts

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    Though 2025’s anti-money-laundering landscape was characterized not by volume of penalties but by the strategic recalibration of how illicit finance risk is handled, a series of targeted enforcement actions signaled that regulators aren't easing off the accelerator, even as they refine the rules of the road, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • State AG Enforcement During CFPB Gap Predicts 2026 Trends

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    State attorneys general responded to the decrease in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement in 2025 by stepping in to regulate consumer finance more than ever before, and the trends in rebooting CFPB investigations, cracking down on ESG and DEI initiatives, and fighting financial exploitation of homeowners will likely extend into 2026, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • How Shareholder Activism Fared In 2025

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    2025 was a turbulent yet transformative year in shareholder activism, and there are several key takeaways to help companies prepare for a 2026 that is shaping up to be even more lively, including increased focus on retail investors and the use of social media as a tool, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • 3 Securities Litigation Trends To Watch In 2026

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    Pending federal appellate cases suggest that 2026 will be a significant year for securities litigation, with long-standing debates about class certification, new questions about the risks and value of artificial intelligence features, and private plaintiffs' growing role in cryptocurrency enforcement likely to be major themes, say attorneys at Willkie.

  • Funding Haze And Deregulatory Pursuits: The CFPB In 2026

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    In 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau did not seek additional funding from the Federal Reserve and unwound the legacy of former bureau leadership, and this year will bring further efforts to rescind or rewrite bureau regulations, as well as a changed tone to supervision efforts, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Regulatory Rollback And Lingering Limbo: The CFPB In 2025

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has implemented significant changes since President Donald Trump took office in January, including dismissing actions with prejudice, withdrawing guidance and rescinding rules, casting the bureau in uncertain light heading into 2026, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • 2025 Calif. Banking Oversight Centered On Consumer Issues

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    The combination of statutory reform, registration mandates and enforcement activity in 2025 signals that California's financial regulatory landscape is focused on consumer protection, particularly in the areas of crypto kiosk fee practices, earned wage access providers and elder fraud, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • The Major Securities Litigation Rulings And Trends Of 2025

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    The past 12 months saw increased regulator focus on disclosures concerning artificial intelligence, signs of growing judicial scrutiny at the class certification stage, and shifting regulatory priorities at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — all major developments that may significantly affect securities litigation strategy in 2026 and beyond, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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

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    Despite uncertainty from New York’s new ban on artificial intelligence and computer algorithms for setting rents, and efforts to further restrict individualizing prices based on consumers' personal data, property managers, software providers and merchants can take several steps to stay compliant, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.