Expert Analysis

Navigating Mortgage Insurance Provisions After LA Fires

As homeowners affected by the Los Angeles wildfires consider rebuilding, mortgage lenders and servicers must negot... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal appellate cou... (more story)

Year Of The Snake Will Shake Up RE And Mortgage Finance

The year ahead may bring profound transformation and opportunities for growth in the real estate and mortgage fina... (more story)

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Appeals Court Says No Contract Dooms Ranch Sale Challenge

A Texas appeals court found no grounds to revive most of the rejected claims a land brokerage lodged against the owners of a 1,200-acre ranch and their real estate and escrow agents after its attempt to buy th... (more story)

Polsinelli Adds Veteran Real Estate Atty To Boston Office

Polsinelli PC has hired a veteran real estate transactions attorney with more than two decades of experience as a shareholder for the real estate team in its Boston office, which makes her the firm's sixth rea... (more story)

Skyscrapers at 48th Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan. CBRE's CEO said that demand for top-quality space has led to rising rents in large markets such as New York. (Photo by Gordon Donovan/NurPhoto via AP)
CRE Brokers Ride 'Park Avenue Phenomenon' In Q4 Results

Commercial real estate's big brokers reported a flush of capital markets activity in the fourth quarter, with one executive crediting Park Avenue for a normalization in leasing that the brokers expect to conti... (more story)

Lewis Brisbois Launches Corporate Landlord Practice

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has announced the launch of a new corporate landlord practice, with two partners from Atlanta and Houston serving as co-chairs.

Latham Advises Cain On Taking $300M One Beverly Hills Loan

Latham & Watkins LLP advised Cain International in accepting a $300 million loan from VICI Properties Inc. and Eldridge Industries on its $5.2 billion ultra-luxury urban resort, One Beverly Hills.

Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, V&E, Cravath, Dechert

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Diamondback Energy buys Midland Basin assets from another oil and natural gas company, GTCR closes its second strategic growth fund, Light & Wonder Inc. buys Grover... (more story)

Tribes Fail To Win Reversal Of Ore. Casino Project Decision

A D.C. federal judge has denied a bid by three tribes to reverse an Interior Department decision approving a land trust application for another tribe in what is Oregon's first off-reservation casino, ruling th... (more story)

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Quinn Emanuel-Backed Clients Join Eaton Fire Litigation Fray

Southern California Edison on Friday was hit with yet another lawsuit over the destructive Eaton Fire, this time by an Altadena family represented by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, the largest firm yet... (more story)

City Housing Agency Supervisor To Face Some Claims In Bias Suit

A North Carolina federal judge on Friday trimmed portions of a workplace retaliation and discrimination suit by a former Charlotte public housing authority coordinator, concluding that most of her punitive dam... (more story)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams revealed a new plan that aims to build hundreds of mixed-income homes in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighborhood. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via AP)
Property Plays: GSA, United Center, Coney Island

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Mich. Panel Admits To Frustrating Flip-Flop In Slip & Fall Suit

A Michigan appellate panel expressed some empathy to a trial court's anticipated frustration as the panel reversed the lower court's decision to free a condominium association from a slip-and-fall suit after i... (more story)

Sales Launch At Fla. Luxury Condo With Focus On Resiliency

As sales recently launched on the Viceroy Residences Clearwater Beach, the developers touted the project as the first new waterfront condominium in the region in more than a decade but also emphasized design f... (more story)

Feds Say DC Judge Can't Bar 'Hypothetical' Spending Freezes

A Justice Department attorney argued before a D.C. federal judge Thursday that there is no basis to continue blocking the Trump administration from implementing a blanket suspension on federal spending, saying... (more story)

NFIP Flood Claim Borrowing Raises Viability Concerns

FEMA's recent announcement that it was borrowing $2 billion from the U.S. Treasury to pay National Flood Insurance Program claims related to Hurricanes Helene and Milton emphasizes the insurance program's need... (more story)