Lessons From Justices' Split On Major Questions Doctrine
The justices' varied opinions in Learning Resources v. Trump, which held the International Emergency Economy Powers Act did not confer the power to impose tariffs, offer a meaningful window into the U.S. Supreme Court's perspective on the major questions doctrine that will likely shape lower courts' approach to executive action challenges, say attorneys at Venable.
Data No Longer An Afterthought In Real Estate
Data is an increasingly important component of the real estate business, informing operations and helping to shape expansion strategy and acquisitions. Its custodianship, legal structure, licensing agreements and the contracts governing data performance and use are all important points that attorneys who specialize in technology transactions negotiate.
Senate Dem Bill Adds To Trump's Wall Street Home Buy Ban
Senate Democrats are proposing to end tax breaks for Wall Street's single-family home purchases and ramp up antitrust enforcement, offering a rival plan aimed at housing affordability as President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address Tuesday repeated a call to ban big investors from the market.
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At a recent appearance in Miami, Nadeem Meghji, global head of real estate at Blackstone Inc., outlined why he is optimistic about the market, where the investment giant is looking to deploy its money, its app... (more story)
Property listings company Re/Max LLC has alleged in Colorado federal court that a former franchisee failed to pay more than $6.1 million owed under two franchise agreements and keeps using Re/Max's trademarks ... (more story)
Amid rapid advances in artificial intelligence and augmented reality, the newly launched Digital Rights Network platform is aiming to give building owners the infrastructure they need to protect the digital ri... (more story)
Real estate investment adviser Sagard Real Estate and global investment group La Caisse have started a $360 million joint venture partnership that focuses on U.S. industrial outdoor storage properties, the com... (more story)
A developer behind the planned redevelopment of Philadelphia's historic Bourse building has sued its joint venture partner and several affiliated entities in the Delaware Chancery Court, accusing them of unlaw... (more story)
Two Florida real estate executives and their brother have been convicted on sexual assault, rape and sex trafficking charges in a jury trial held in New York federal court, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Tuesday that it added two new partners to its national real estate platform from Perkins Coie LLP.
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Southdown Properties Inc., a Pennsylvania developer, has filed for Chapter 11 protections with between $1 million and $10 million in estimated liabilities and assets.
Citing a need for public confidence in judicial decisions, a Connecticut state court judge has set aside an agreed-upon $18.7 million judgment against a housing nonprofit, which claimed that its ex-leader "fab... (more story)
The U.S. Senate has advanced a bipartisan housing bill that aims to increase housing availability and affordability by, among other things, cutting back on housing regulations to speed up the construction of h... (more story)
A trio of developers announced Tuesday that they secured a $125.5 million Freddie Mac refinancing for the partners' new multifamily development in New York City's Gowanus neighborhood, with two more adjacent p... (more story)
Among changes made last week to a bipartisan housing bill intended to curb institutional investors' ownership of single-family homes was one provision that could effectively stop build-to-rent housing construc... (more story)
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC on Tuesday named a Princeton, New Jersey-based partner specializing in healthcare and secured lending to co-lead the real estate practice group.
Krieger & Prager and Pryor Cashman are among the law firms that assisted with the largest New York City real estate deals that became public last week, with transactions in three separate boroughs comprising t... (more story)