Real Estate

  • November 13, 2024

    Judge To Confirm Ambri Ch. 11 Wind-Down Plan

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday agreed to approve the Chapter 11 plan of battery company Ambri Inc., which will sell its assets to its lenders and wind down.

  • November 13, 2024

    Insurer Says Condo That Prevented Hunting Has No Coverage

    The insurer for a homeowners association asked a South Carolina federal court Wednesday to determine that a dispute over the organization's attempt to ban residents from hunting deer on their property was not owed coverage under its policy's provisions.

  • November 13, 2024

    $1.2M Excessive Hammering Spat Not Covered, Insurer Says

    An insurer for a Nashville subcontractor told a Tennessee federal court that it doesn't owe coverage for an underlying $2.5 million lawsuit brought by residents surrounding a project site where the subcontractor was doing demolition work, arguing that the underlying suit falls under several exclusions.

  • November 13, 2024

    Insurer Says No Coverage For House Fire Caused By Owner

    A property insurer said it doesn't owe coverage to a woman whose Biloxi, Mississippi, home was destroyed in a fire, telling a federal court that its investigation into the loss suggested that the owner started the blaze.

  • November 13, 2024

    MVP: Fried Frank's Matthew D. Parrott

    Matthew Parrott of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP secured a major victory for a big hotel property lender in Manhattan and Los Angeles in a foreclosure suit and clinched a win in a notable case over an eminent domain petition in Texas, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 13, 2024

    Locke Lord Adds Real Estate Ace From Frost Brown In Dallas

    A former Frost Brown Todd LLP attorney with diverse commercial real estate experience has joined Locke Lord LLP as a partner in Dallas, a reflection of the firm's focus on building out its real estate team "with top-tier talent."

  • November 13, 2024

    Jones Day Real Estate Ace Jumps To Greenberg Traurig In LA

    Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding its West Coast real estate team, bringing in a Jones Day real estate transactions pro as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office.

  • November 12, 2024

    Oakland Airport Must Stop Using 'San Francisco Bay' In Name

    The Port of Oakland must stop using "San Francisco Bay" in its international airport's new name, a federal magistrate judge in California ruled Tuesday, saying in a trademark infringement suit that travelers might be confused into thinking the Oakland airport is affiliated or associated with San Francisco International Airport.

  • November 12, 2024

    Catfished Ex-NBA Player Says Atty Stole Cash, Blew Film Deal

    A former NBA player is suing his longtime attorney for legal malpractice in Colorado state court, claiming the attorney stole his money and failed to protect his intellectual property rights while negotiating the terms of a documentary deal about his victimization in an elaborate online catfishing scheme.

  • November 12, 2024

    'I Had A Dream': NJ Ponzi Schemer Gets 12 Years

    A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the operator of a defunct real estate investment fund to 12 years in prison, the maximum term under his plea deal for a $658 million Ponzi scheme, after considering his emotional plea for leniency that drew upon his admiration for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • November 12, 2024

    Ex-ComEd Exec Asked If Madigan Hires Truly An 'Exchange'

    Defense attorneys got their chance Tuesday to grill an ex-Commonwealth Edison executive who testified the utility hired people who did little to no work at the behest of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, asking if it truly traded those jobs for Madigan's action on ComEd legislation or if the company was just building goodwill with a key decision-maker.

  • November 12, 2024

    Trump Ally Bannon Seeks Delay Of 'We Build The Wall' Trial

    Former Trump administration strategist Stephen Bannon on Tuesday sought to delay his criminal trial on New York state charges stemming from an alleged scheme to con donors seeking to fund a southern U.S. border wall, two weeks after he wrapped up his federal prison sentence for contempt of Congress.

  • November 12, 2024

    Peru Agrees To Pay Hedge Fund $40M To Settle Bond Dispute

    A D.C. federal judge held Tuesday that the Republic of Peru must pay Gramercy Funds Management LLC $40 million, following the parties' joint motion last week saying they have settled their dispute over enforcement of a $100 million arbitral award.

  • November 12, 2024

    Nationstar Gets COVID-19 Loan Aid Suit Tossed For Good

    Nationstar Mortgage has beaten for good a lawsuit alleging it wrongly denied COVID-19 loss mitigation assistance for delinquent mortgages, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling homeowners did not amend their suit to prove the company violated the law.

  • November 12, 2024

    Developers Seek Dual $15M Deals In Conn. Mixed-Use Case

    A pair of companies connected to Connecticut developers Paxton Kinol and Brandon E. Lacoff have indicated that they'd be willing to accept two settlements of $15 million each to end their accusations that investors diverted $293.5 million in sale proceeds through a self-serving transfer agreement.

  • November 12, 2024

    Freddie Mac Gets Partial Win In SEC Probe Coverage Dispute

    Government-backed mortgage buyer Freddie Mac cannot obtain coverage solely because its employees received subpoenas from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a D.C. federal court ruled while also holding that the lender's excess insurers cannot challenge a lower-layer insurer's coverage determination.

  • November 12, 2024

    Goodwin Lands 2 Willkie Real Estate Finance Partners In NY

    Goodwin Procter LLP announced Tuesday that it has added two partners from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to join Goodwin's growing global real estate industry practice in New York.

  • November 12, 2024

    Bradley Arant Adds Real Estate Pro In Dallas Office

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is growing its real estate team in its 6-year-old Dallas office by bringing in a commercial real estate expert who previously ran his own boutique firm as a partner.

  • November 12, 2024

    High Court Declines Remaining NY Rent Stabilization Suits

    The U.S. Supreme Court will not probe a Second Circuit decision upholding a lower court's dismissal of two suits challenging distinct provisions of New York's Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, a contentious tenant-friendly change to state rental regulations.

  • November 08, 2024

    Real Estate Recap: Trump, Big 4, Office Demand?

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including how the next Trump administration could affect commercial real estate, where the Big Four brokers saw traction in Q3 and an interesting anomaly in the distressed office market.

  • November 08, 2024

    1st Circ. Agrees No Coverage For Contractor In Defect Row

    A First Circuit panel affirmed an insurer's win Friday, concluding that the carrier and excess insurers owed no coverage to a general contractor embroiled in underlying litigation regarding damage caused by a subcontractor's allegedly faulty work on a New Jersey project.

  • November 08, 2024

    Ga. Judge Sets 2nd Trial Plan For Solar Farm Damages Fight

    A Georgia federal judge said he's moving ahead with plans for a second jury to decide how much in damages the owner and developers of Lumpkin Solar Farm owe a neighboring property owner for harms stemming from runoff and some 1,000 cubic yards of sediment that have washed off the site.

  • November 08, 2024

    Judge Won't Pause Housing Order In LA Campus Suit

    A California federal judge has refused to pause his order requiring the federal government to put out contract offers for the construction of temporary housing on a Los Angeles campus that's at the heart of a class action filed by disabled, homeless military veterans who accused the federal government of misusing the property.

  • November 08, 2024

    Ex-LA Pol's Aide Avoids Prison In 'Casino Loyale' Probe

    A California federal judge appeared poised Friday to deliver a harsh sentence to a cooperating witness in the corruption probe of Los Angeles City Hall after repeatedly asking him why he coordinated bribes and lied to the FBI, but ultimately sentenced him to home detention as the government requested.

  • November 08, 2024

    Investors Duped By Opportunity Zone Promises, Colo. Says

    Colorado's securities commissioner accused a California businessman on Thursday of selling investors on a project ostensibly meant to purchase single-family homes using a federal program for revitalizing economically distressed areas, while instead using company assets as a "personal piggy bank."

Expert Analysis

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    Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.

  • Applying High Court's Domestic Corruption Rulings To FCPA

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the domestic corruption statutes in three decisions over the past year and a half, it’s worth evaluating whether these rulings may have an impact on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, and if attorneys can use the court’s reasoning in international bribery cases, says James Koukios at MoFo.

  • Climate Among Many Factors Driving Up RE Insurance Costs

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    A proactive approach to risk management may determine the viability of the U.S. commercial real estate sector as weather crises and other factors drive insurance costs higher, says Ulrick Matsunaga at Crosbie Gliner.

  • Proposed Mortgage Assistance Rule: Tips For Servicers

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent proposal to alter Regulation X mortgage servicing procedures to broadly construe requests for assistance, and stay foreclosure proceedings during loss mitigation review, will, if finalized, require mortgage servicers to make notable procedural changes to comply, says Louis Manetti at Locke Lord.

  • How Multifamily Property Owners Can Plan For The EV Future

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    As the electric vehicle market expands, and federal and state incentives and mandates intended to promote EV use come into effect, owners and operators of multifamily residential properties should be prepared to meet the growing demand for onsite EV charging infrastructure, say Sydney Tucker and Andreas Wokutch at Frost Brown.

  • Bid Protest Spotlight: Debriefings, Timeliness, Documentation

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    ​James Tucker at MoFo examines three recent decisions from the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims concerning an agency's decision not to hold post-award discussions, a timeliness trap in certain Federal Supply Schedule procurements and the importance of providing contemporaneous documentation in price-evaluation protests.

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

  • Fla. Insurer-Breach Cases Split On Unrepaired Property Issue

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    A Florida appellate court's recent decision in Universal v. Qureshi is directly at odds with a 2020 decision from another Florida appellate court, and raises important questions for policyholders and insurers about the proper measure of damages in breach claims involving unrepaired property, say Andrea DeField and Yaniel Abreu at Hunton.

  • Series

    Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.

  • A Look At Recent Case Law On Expedited Judgment In NY

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    A number of recent New York state court decisions clarify and refine the contours surrounding Civil Practice Law and Rule 3213, providing landlords, lenders and other payees guidance on how to seek accelerated judgment in certain litigation, says Alexander Lycoyannis at Holland & Knight.

  • Secret Service Failures Offer Lessons For Private Sector GCs

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    The Secret Service’s problematic response to two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump this summer provides a crash course for general counsel on how not to handle crisis communications, says Keith Nahigian at Nahigian Strategies.

  • Series

    Colorado Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3

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    In the third quarter of 2024, Colorado's banking and financial services sector faced both regulatory updates and changes to state law due to recent federal court decisions — with consequences for local governments, mortgage lenders, state-chartered trust companies and federally chartered lenders serving Colorado consumers, says Sarah Auchterlonie at Brownstein Hyatt.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Series

    In The CFPB Playbook: No Lazy, Hazy Days Of Summer

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is headed for a brisk fall season, on the heels of a heated summer, which included the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that the CFPB funding structure is constitutional, and in advance of the November election, says Eamonn Moran at Holland & Knight.

  • Opinion

    AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

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