Expert Analysis

What Interest Rate Cuts Mean For Housing Markets

The Federal Reserve's recent reduction of interest rates may provide limited immediate relief for real estate sect... (more story)

California Supreme Court's Year In Review

Attorneys at Horvitz & Levy highlight notable decisions on major questions from the California Supreme Court's las... (more story)

How CFIUS' Updated Framework Affects Global Investors

The recent change to the monitoring and enforcement regulations governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in t... (more story)

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Manhattan Office Space Leases Decline As Demand Goes Up

The monthly leasing volume of Manhattan, New York, office space decreased by 12.4% in November but still topped prior years, with demand set to be the strongest since the pandemic, according to a Colliers repo... (more story)

Kirkland Adds 2 Real Estate Partners To NYC Office

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired ex-Fried Frank partner Matthew Bettinger and former Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP partner Seth R. Henslovitz as new partners for its real estate team in New York City, the firm announced on Monday.

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Developer Reboots Plan For Miami Beach Deauville Project

Miami Beach officials have reviewed a new plan to bring a hotel and condominium towers to the city's former Deauville Beach Resort location, with developers relying on a new state law preventing voter oppositi... (more story)

Deal Struck In Discount Chain Plan, No Sanctions In J&J Case

Holders of notes issued by 99 Cents Only will take a $297 million haircut, Beasley Allen dodged discovery sanctions in Johnson & Johnson's latest spinoff bankruptcy and a Mexican industrial equipment leasing g... (more story)

Cargo Facility Merits Property Tax Break, Mass. Justices Told

A property leased from the Massachusetts Port Authority to a for-profit cargo enterprise is exempt from property tax because the facility serves a public purpose, the lessee told the state's highest court Mond... (more story)

EB-5 Visa Scam Suit Against Fla. Immigration Atty Ends

A Florida federal judge on Monday dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit against an immigration attorney over a $500,000 visa scam after the two parties filed a stipulation of dismissal.

NYC Real Estate Week In Review

Goodwin Procter and Blank Rome are among more than half a dozen law firms that guided the top New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, a busy period for filings despite the holiday-shortened week.

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Consulting Firm Says Insurer On Hook For $7.6M Deal

A consulting firm told an Illinois federal court that its insurer must reimburse it for a $7.6 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice relating to a lawsuit accusing the firm of allowing persona... (more story)

Landlords Tell NY High Court To Nix Kingston's Rent Rollback

A nonprofit representing property owners and a group of Kingston, New York, landlords urged the state's highest court to reverse a lower court's March ruling that upheld the city's rent stabilization resolutio... (more story)

Water flows into neighborhoods from floodwaters brought on by Hurricane Harvey in Houston on Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Howard Hughes Corp. Beats Hurricane Harvey Flood Suit

A Texas state appellate court has sided with Howard Hughes Corp. and an engineering company in an appeal brought by homeowners who claimed the companies were liable for property damage caused by Hurricane Harv... (more story)

Developer Settles Landslide Claims From Ryan Homes, Town

The bankrupt developer of a housing project that was beset by landslides has settled with a construction company and a Western Pennsylvania township in exchange for finishing some of its remaining cleanup work... (more story)

Compass NJ Tapped To Sell $33M Miles Guo Mansion In Ch. 11

The trustee handling the Chapter 11 of exiled Chinese businessman and convicted fraudster Miles Guo asked the Connecticut bankruptcy court to let him hire four agents with residential real estate firm Compass ... (more story)

Data Cos. Lose Challenge To NJ Judicial Privacy Law

A federal judge has ruled that the New Jersey judicial privacy and security measure known as Daniel's Law is constitutional, handing a defeat to a large group of data brokers accused of illegally posting judge... (more story)

NAR Buyer-Broker Settlement Approved Over DOJ Concerns

A Missouri federal judge granted final approval Tuesday to the National Association of Realtors' antitrust settlement with home sellers, signing off on a $418 million payment and changes to broker commission r... (more story)