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September 24, 2025
5th Circ. Tosses Takings Claim Over Texas Bridge Contract
The Fifth Circuit has ruled local governments can act like any other party to a contract after the city of Mesquite, Texas, refused to extend a development agreement and shut down an attempt by a group of real estate owners to claim a refund on costs for building a multipurpose bridge.
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September 23, 2025
Arnall Golden Adds Baker Donelson Health Real Estate Pro
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has expanded in Atlanta with a Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC attorney experienced in healthcare real estate matters who's closed hundreds of transactions, including deals valued at more than $1 billion, the firm said Monday.
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September 22, 2025
Browns Win Stadium Permit After Ohio DOT Reviews New Info
The Ohio Department of Transportation reversed an earlier permit denial for the new Cleveland Browns stadium, after reviewing additional info provided by Browns owner Haslam Sports Group and the airport operator.
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September 22, 2025
Feds Oppose Calif. Tribes' Bid To Halt Casino Dispute
The U.S. government has asked a District of Columbia federal court judge to reject a stay motion filed by three California Native American tribes that are challenging the approval of another tribe's casino-resort project, arguing that the trio has failed to justify pausing the suit before the court rules on the government's request for a Golden State federal court transfer.
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September 22, 2025
Judge Rules Revolution Wind Can Restart Wind Farm Work
A D.C. federal judge gave Revolution Wind the green light to restart work on its billion-dollar wind farm off the Rhode Island coast Monday, halting a stop work order issued by the Trump administration last month, two years after the project got federal approval from the Biden administration.
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September 19, 2025
Justices Asked To Review Optional NAR Rule In Zillow Case
A defunct brokerage platform is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its case accusing Zillow and the National Association of Realtors of stamping out competition by using the trade association's optional rule to relegate outside home listings to a secondary tab on Zillow's site.
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September 19, 2025
Calif. Official Questions FCC Power To Trim Historic Reviews
The head of California's Office of Historic Preservation has criticized the Federal Communications Commission's decision to weigh regulatory changes that would streamline environmental and historic reviews for wireless broadband infrastructure projects.
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September 19, 2025
Union's $3.5M OT Pension Suit Win Overturned At 3rd Circ.
The Third Circuit overturned Friday a pipe fitters and plumbers union local's $3.5 million win in a dispute with a commercial real estate company over pension contributions related to overtime hours, holding that the parties' collective bargaining agreements didn't obligate the employer to pay additional benefits.
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September 19, 2025
Ex-Construction Co. General Counsel Joins Bilzin Sumberg
Miami-based Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP announced that the former general counsel of contractor Coastal Construction has joined the firm as a partner.
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September 19, 2025
Conn. Panel OKs Nix Of Manufacture Tax Break For Solar Site
A solar facility isn't entitled to a manufacturing tax exemption, the Connecticut Appellate Court ruled Friday, affirming a lower court's finding that the personal property tax exemption statute at issue doesn't apply to equipment that generates electricity.
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September 19, 2025
SD High Court Tosses Tax Valuation Of Protected Wetlands
A South Dakota circuit court erred in rejecting testimony for property owners regarding the actual value of their land, which is subject to perpetual wetland conservation easements, the state Supreme Court ruled, remanding the case back to the lower court.
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September 19, 2025
Rhode Island, Connecticut Fight To Finish Building Wind Farm
The Rhode Island and Connecticut attorneys general asked a Rhode Island federal judge to allow an energy developer to resume work on an offshore wind farm that is 80% complete, arguing that a delay past Monday could imperil the entire project and thwart states' abilities to meet mandated emissions goals.
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September 19, 2025
Berkshire Unit Conserves Land To End NC Runoff Claims
A Berkshire Hathaway affiliate has struck a settlement with an environmental group in federal court under which it will conserve a parcel of land and take other steps to prevent sediment from reaching creeks near a North Carolina housing development.
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September 18, 2025
DOI Escapes Osage Nation's $4.9M Self-Determination Suit
A D.C. federal judge threw out a $4.9 million lawsuit over self-determination by the Osage Nation on claims that the U.S. Department of the Interior unlawfully rejected the tribe's final offer to amend a multiyear funding agreement with the DOI's Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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September 18, 2025
DC Council OKs $3B Stadium Deal With Tax Abatements
Washington, D.C., would bring professional football back to the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium site under legislation passed by the city council including bond authorization, tax exemptions and commitments for mixed-use development around the site.
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September 18, 2025
Hunters Say High Court Should Skip 'Corner Crossing' Case
A group of Wyoming elk hunters has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to ignore a call from a landowner to review a Tenth Circuit decision applying an 1885 law to uphold corner-crossing on millions of acres of public lands in the American West that form a checkerboard pattern with private property.
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September 17, 2025
Partners Barred From Fighting Deal In $54M Easement Suit
Dozens of investment partners were barred from challenging a settlement with the IRS over their disputed $54 million conservation easement deduction under a U.S. Tax Court ruling Wednesday that found they waited until the last minute and didn't show why they should be allowed to participate in proceedings.
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September 17, 2025
WaterBridge Reaches $634M IPO Pricing, Guided By 2 Firms
WaterBridge Infrastructure said it priced an upsized $634 million initial public offering at the top of its range when the company began trading Wednesday with advice by Latham & Watkins LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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September 17, 2025
Calif. Residents Look To Block Tribe's Recognition, Casino
A group of residents and a nonprofit are seeking an expedited order that would block a decision by the Interior Department to give federal recognition to California's Ione Band of Miwok Indians, arguing the federal government is delaying the case to make sure construction of the tribe's casino is completed.
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September 16, 2025
PacifiCorp Owes $63M In Latest Wildfire Trial
An Oregon jury on Tuesday ordered utility PacifiCorp to pay $63 million in noneconomic damages to 10 people who fled from a group of 2020 wildfires, after hearing in closing arguments that some plaintiffs "didn't know they were going to make it out."
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September 16, 2025
Wash. Charitable Limits Don't Apply To Firefighter House Sale
The Seattle Black Firefighters' Association is not a charitable organization, the Washington Court of Appeals said, affirming a lower court ruling that found the house the association occupies is not subject to charitable purpose restrictions.
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September 16, 2025
Mass. Board Reduces Tax Value Of Educational Property
A multiuse educational facility was overvalued by a local assessor, the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board said in a decision released Tuesday, cutting its valuation by about $400,000.
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September 12, 2025
Minn. Industrial Property Value Cut $2M By Tax Court
The Minnesota Tax Court dropped the value of an industrial property from $27 million to $24.9 million, agreeing with the owner's claim of an unequal assessment.
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September 12, 2025
Calif. Court Refuses To Block Climate Reporting Rules, Again
A California federal court judge would not bar two new state climate disclosure regulations while a coalition of business groups takes its bid for an injunction up to the Ninth Circuit, saying his perspective hasn't shifted since the groups' last injunction request.
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September 12, 2025
Public Money Still Makes Or Breaks Stadium, Arena Deals
The number of pro sports franchise owners committing large amounts of their own money or private funds to build their stadiums and arenas continues to grow — and yet, legal experts say, public money remains a high hurdle for those owners and everyone involved in such negotiations to clear before those facilities open.
Expert Analysis
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management
Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.
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Sales And Use Tax Strategies For Renewables After OBBBA
With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act sharply curtailing federal tax incentives for solar and wind projects, it is vital for developers to carefully manage state and local sales and use tax exposures through early planning and careful contract structuring, say advisers at KPMG.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Adapting To The Age Of AI
Though law school may not have specifically taught us how to use generative artificial intelligence to help with our daily legal tasks, it did provide us the mental building blocks necessary for adapting to this new technology — and the judgment to discern what shouldn’t be automated, says Pamela Dorian at Cozen O'Connor.
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FTC, CoStar Cases Against Zillow May Have Broad Impact
Zillow's partnerships with Redfin and Realtor.com have recently triggered dual fronts of legal scrutiny — an antitrust inquiry from the Federal Trade Commission and a mass copyright infringement suit from CoStar — raising complex questions that reach beyond real estate, says Shubha Ghosh at Syracuse University College of Law.
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You're Out?: Rooftop Views Of Sports Games Raise IP Issues
A high-profile dispute between the Chicago Cubs and a rooftop business adjacent to Wrigley Field strikes at the intersection of sports, intellectual property and Chicago neighborhood tradition, highlighting novel questions that could significantly affect IP rights in the context of live events generally, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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Definitions Of 'Waters Of The United States' Ebb And Flow
The issue of defining whether "waters of the United States" include streams and channels that sometimes have water and sometimes do not has been fraught since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2006 Rapanos decision, but a possible new rule may help property owners stay out of court, says Neal McAliley at Carlton Fields.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Make A Deal
Preparing lawyers for the nuances of a transactional practice is not a strong suit for most law schools, but, in practice, there are six principles that can help young M&A lawyers become seasoned, trusted deal advisers, says Chuck Morton at Venable.
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Assessing Strategies For Mixed-Use Pro Sports Projects
Counsel managing mixed-use sports and entertainment districts must combine expertise ranging from stadium-arena finance to municipal law to public relations into a unified strategy, and a series of practice tips can aid project management from inception to completion, say attorneys at Katten.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills
I took one negotiation course in law school, but most of the techniques I rely on today I learned in practice, where I've discovered that the process is less about tricks or tactics, and more about clarity, preparation and communication, says Grant Schrantz at Haug Barron.
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Conflicting Developments In Homelessness Legal Landscape
Looking at an executive order and Third Circuit opinion from last month highlights the ongoing tension in homelessness-related legal issues facing state and local governments, property owners, and individuals experiencing homelessness, says Josh Collins, an attorney for the City of South Salt Lake.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure
While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice — but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.
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What To Know As SEC Looks To Expand Private Fund Access
As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considers expanding retail access to private markets, understanding how these funds operate — and the role of financial intermediaries in guiding investors — is increasingly important, say attorneys at K&L Gates.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion
In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.