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June 17, 2026
Attorneys for the Trump administration argued Congress never meant for the General Services Administration's choice of a new FBI headquarters site to be final when it instructed the agency to choose between three proposed sites, defending the agency's sudden shift in choosing to convert the Ronald Reagan Building instead Wednesday.
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June 17, 2026
A Florida appellate panel Wednesday upheld a lower court's class certification for several individuals suing a condominium association over being displaced by a Miami apartment fire, finding objective criteria were used to define the group of people seeking recovery for relocation costs and loss of personal items.
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June 17, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to join a lawsuit challenging a Chicago suburb's reparations housing program for Black residents, arguing the race-based benefits violate the Constitution's equal protection clause and the Fair Housing Act and claiming the city has refused to cooperate with an ongoing federal probe into the program.
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June 17, 2026
A private lender and its top brass have shaved a host of claims from a dispute with the part-owners of a real estate development project that never got off the ground, with a North Carolina Business Court judge finding that many of the allegations against them were too "thin" to advance.
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June 17, 2026
Data center operator CSquare Inc. has filed plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering, steered by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.
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June 17, 2026
Two real estate companies that own several upscale Detroit area apartment buildings have failed to respond to a federal lawsuit accusing managers of subjecting a Native American engineer to repeated racist remarks and stereotypes, according to a clerk of court's entry of default Tuesday.
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June 17, 2026
A west Michigan township has told a federal judge that a local cannabis business alleging the township improperly refused to issue it a permit and prevented it from opening in fact missed the deadline for the permit in question.
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June 17, 2026
A cannabis real estate company and an affiliate gutted a $27 million cultivation facility, stopped paying taxes on it and defaulted on a $4.6 million clean-energy loan, according to a federal lawsuit by the lender, which seeks a court-ordered sale of the property.
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June 17, 2026
The Michigan tax tribunal wrongly ruled that a senior care facility's low-income units shouldn't be considered when assessing the property, a state appeals court panel said, remanding the case back to determine its valuation considering the rental restrictions.
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June 17, 2026
A Pennsylvania trial court must reconsider the charitable use of land owned by a trust under an analysis provided by the appellate Commonwealth Court and reevaluate whether the land is eligible for a charitable tax exemption, the appellate court ruled Wednesday.
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June 17, 2026
The operator of a metal recycling scrapyard in Camden, New Jersey, currently facing two lawsuits over its handling of the facility has filed its own lawsuit in state court, alleging the city acted beyond its statutory authority in suspending the operator's license.
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June 17, 2026
Florida established an independent special district in Hillsborough County that may impose taxes, including property taxes if approved by voters in a referendum, under a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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June 17, 2026
A proposed class of commercial tenants has alleged CoStar Group Inc., Colliers International Group Inc., Colliers International USA LLC, Cushman & Wakefield and others ran a rent-fixing scheme that involved real estate companies using CoStar's platform to share confidential lease transaction information in order to avoid undercutting each other.
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June 16, 2026
New Jersey officials are declaring war on "junk fees" in the state with tighter regulation and enforcement, the latest state-level move to step up consumer protection efforts amid the Trump administration's pullback at agencies like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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June 16, 2026
The city of Fresno, California, imposed an "excessive fine" for what it claimed was marijuana cultivation and allowed the plants to be destroyed before a landlord could challenge its finding, he contended in a federal lawsuit, saying he had no idea his tenant was allegedly growing cannabis.
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June 16, 2026
At Connecticut's request, a state judge has briefly barred a property owner from demolishing a nearly 200-year-old house, giving the parties time to argue whether longer-lasting protections are warranted after the state sought to include the building in a proposed historic district.
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June 16, 2026
A west Michigan township accused of illegally demolishing a historic church is asking a federal judge not to allow a town resident to amend his complaint alleging the property belonged to him, arguing the plaintiff previously admitted that the church did not belong to him.
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June 16, 2026
A group of Washington and Oregon residents can proceed with a proposed class action accusing paper mill operator WestRock Longview LLC of negligently releasing noxious gases that sickened neighbors and hurt property values, a Washington federal judge ruled Monday.
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June 16, 2026
Renters and building owners in multidistrict litigation alleging landlords used RealPage's software to inflate rental rates have told a Tennessee federal court the deals they reached cover any damages that attorneys general for four states and the District of Columbia might seek on behalf of their citizens.
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June 16, 2026
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has hired three former lawyers from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP who will work with investment management clients in Abu Dhabi and Washington, D.C., according to a Tuesday announcement.
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June 16, 2026
Planned unit development agreements are administrative matters that must be changed through the statutory amendment process, not by citizen initiative, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled, blocking a bid by a property owner and local petitioners to put a Telluride PUD change before voters.
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June 16, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision upholding federal agency fines without a jury trial doesn't undermine a challenge against IRS penalties tied to a charitable tax deduction for a Louisiana conservation easement contribution, the partnership donor told the Fifth Circuit.
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June 16, 2026
A Minnesota office building was overvalued at $108 million, its owner told the state Supreme Court, challenging the state tax court's reconciliation of competing appraisers' conclusions and other matters.
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June 16, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a California fraudster to 13 years in prison Tuesday for impersonating prosecutors and a law firm as he defrauded a New York City architectural business, capping a 20-year career of "duplicity, theft and dishonesty."
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June 15, 2026
With a limited number of major professional sports teams for sale and astronomical valuations leaving a high barrier to entry, experts say college sports and emerging leagues are providing opportunities for private investment, and the rapidly shifting rules are creating compliance challenges for attorneys.