Manhattan Landlords Fight Rent Regulation Clawback
In what may be their last chance to escape rent stabilization, a group of Manhattan landlords argued before a panel of New York Court of Appeals judges Wednesday that a state agency unfairly clawed back their right to deregulate their apartments.
DACA Recipient Fights To Keep NJ Apartment Bias Suit Alive
A Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient urged a New Jersey federal court not to toss her suit alleging a landlord wrongly refused her housing application, saying she was rejected because she didn't turn over documentation that is unavailable to DACA recipients.
McCarter Partner, Former Miami Official On AI In Land Use
From planning for mega storms to streamlining zoning approvals, artificial intelligence tools are bringing efficiency and new modeling capabilities to local governments.
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A California company is looking to claw back a $250,000 down payment to purchase a cannabis entity's cultivation operation, claiming a grower and others involved in the failed deal conspired to take the money,... (more story)
George E. Norcross III, a politically influential insurance executive in New Jersey, and others accused alongside him of a massive racketeering scheme demanded Wednesday that state prosecutors turn over comple... (more story)
CTL Capital LLC loaned $425 million to Knott Development for its Tucson, Arizona, sports complex project, with the deal receiving guidance from Thompson Hine LLP, Goulston & Storrs LLP and Snell & Wilmer LLP.
Michelle Kelban, co-chair of Latham & Watkins LLP's real estate group, helmed a $2 billion construction financing for Cain International and guided Ares Management's blockbuster purchase of GCP International, ... (more story)
A California judge on Tuesday asked bankrupt San Jose hotel owner SC SJ Holdings for more information about who owns the cash management account that the debtor wants to use to keep operating during its second... (more story)
Two Ohio movie theaters should be valued using the income approach to valuation applied by a county appraiser, the state tax board said in separate rulings involving two counties.
Pierson Ferdinand LLP has added a FisherBroyles LLP partner who works with real estate financing and transactional matters to its Washington, D.C., team, the firm announced Tuesday.
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A Second Circuit panel appeared skeptical Wednesday that a Connecticut federal judge used the wrong analysis to find that a tenant screener's criminal history reporting practices do not violate the Fair Housin... (more story)
The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed an early win for landowners in a case against Ohio Edison Co. that had sought to stop the company from using herbicide on their property to clear space for power lines.
Extell Development plans to demolish an office building on Manhattan's Madison Avenue and erect a mixed-use tower with apartments on the site, according to New York City records filed this week.
A New Jersey trial court must revisit a municipal tax assessor's workplace retaliation claim as the case used by the court in its decision doesn't exempt assessors from the state's employee protection law, an ... (more story)
A U.K. property company owes tax on its intragroup purchase of a lease for a 50-story apartment tower in central London for £200 million ($253 million) despite its tax advisers' promise of a tax-free step-up i... (more story)
Massachusetts lawmakers should allow Boston to adjust its property tax calculations to stabilize the share borne by residences, mitigating an impending tax hike, and boost a business personal property tax exem... (more story)
California-based contractor Multitaskr Construction Inc. and several online lending companies were hit with a consumer lawsuit in California federal court alleging they conspired to originate lucrative fraudul... (more story)