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October 02, 2025
Wis. Bill Seeks Awards For Tax Tip-Offs In Construction Biz
Wisconsin would authorize monetary awards for people who provide information to the state Department of Revenue about construction industry employers believed to be violating state tax laws under a bill introduced in the state Assembly.
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October 01, 2025
NJ Boroughs, Townships' Affordable Housing Suits Tossed
A New Jersey state judge has permanently thrown out two lawsuits from multiple boroughs and townships challenging a 2024 state law laying out how much new affordable housing needs to be built, ruling the plaintiffs failed to bring a viable legal claim.
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October 01, 2025
Baker Donelson Brings On Construction Biz COO In Atlanta
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has added the chief operating officer and former general counsel of construction, program management and real estate development company H. J. Russell & Co. to its Atlanta office, strengthening its real estate group.
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October 01, 2025
Ore. Court Won't Hear Industrial Tax Classification Claim
An Oregon company's effort to classify property as agricultural was rejected by the state's tax court, which ruled that the company did not identify a statute that could provide the relief it requested.
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October 01, 2025
Retroactive Religious Tax Break Affirmed For Ohio Property
A property that held worship services is entitled to a religious tax exemption for two years before it applied for the tax break, even though it no longer qualified for the tax benefit when it sought the exemption, an Ohio state appeals court affirmed.
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September 30, 2025
Wash. Lake Cleanup Agencies Sued Over Enviro Review
A man whose house overlooks Capitol Lake in Olympia, Washington, is suing a slew of federal and state government agencies over an estuary restoration project near his residence, alleging they have committed millions of dollars in funds without performing an environmental review.
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September 30, 2025
Senate Bills Look To Return 2,000 Acres To California Tribes
A pair of U.S. senators have introduced a trio of bills that will transfer 2,000 acres of land to three California tribes that the lawmakers say will bring more housing and protections for Indigenous spiritual connections associated with the properties.
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September 30, 2025
Landlord Faces TM Suit Over Trump-Themed Burger Biz
The companies behind a Donald Trump-themed burger restaurant in Texas have filed a federal trademark lawsuit against their landlord, accusing him of hijacking the concept and operating the restaurant as his own establishment.
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September 30, 2025
Judge Recommends Tribal Win, Talks In NY Thruway Row
A U.S. magistrate judge is recommending a summary judgment win and negotiations for the Seneca Nation and New York officials in an ongoing dispute over a portion of a thruway that runs through the tribe's reservation, saying the state obtained a 1954 easement for the superhighway in violation of federal law.
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September 30, 2025
Longtime SEC Litigator Joins Invitation Homes In Texas
A litigator with more than two decades of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission experience has joined the legal team at Dallas-based single-family home leasing and management company Invitation Homes Inc. as senior vice president, litigation and investigations.
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September 30, 2025
Fla. Earmarks Miami-Dade Parcel For Trump Library
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his Cabinet voted Tuesday to earmark a 2.63-acre parking lot in downtown Miami as the site of the future Donald J. Trump Presidential Library.
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September 29, 2025
NJ Panel Rejects Suit Over Deadly Warehouse Fire
A New Jersey appellate court on Monday backed the dismissal of a proposed class action that was filed over a deadly December 2021 fire in a Hoboken commercial warehouse that killed two people.
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September 29, 2025
6 Copyright, TM Cases On Tap As Justices Begin New Term
The new U.S. Supreme Court term could be an eventful one for intellectual property law, with a $1 billion copyright fight on deck between music publishers and Cox Communications that is expected to clarify the bounds of liability for internet companies over their customers’ illegal downloads. Here's a look at some of the IP cases under review as the justices begin their new term Oct. 6.
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September 29, 2025
Ohio Justices Order Auditor To Place Bond Levy On Tax List
An Ohio county auditor must place a bond levy on the property tax list for 2026, the state Supreme Court ruled, saying Ohio law doesn't empower the auditor to refuse to list the levy based on her argument that the repayment period expired.
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September 29, 2025
Fla. Cities, Counties Take Aim At Storm Recovery Law
A coalition of 25 Florida municipalities and counties sued the state on Monday over a state law aimed at encouraging post-hurricane rebuilding efforts that the local governments say unconstitutionally tramples their authority to regulate land use and development in their communities.
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September 26, 2025
11th Circ. Told $33M Easement Deduction Improperly Cut
The U.S. Tax Court ignored evidence of land values that the IRS had failed to rebut — or even backed — when it drastically reduced a partnership's $33 million tax deduction for donating a Georgia conservation easement, the partnership told the Eleventh Circuit.
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September 25, 2025
Sens. Renew Bipartisan Push To Fund Schools On Federal Lands
A group of U.S. senators have reintroduced legislation that would increase funding over a five-year period from the U.S. Department of Education's Impact Aid program for public schools located on federal lands.
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September 25, 2025
NJ Amusement Park Co. Won't Get Hearing On Shore Project
New Jersey appeals court found Thursday that a Jersey Shore amusement park owner isn't entitled to a hearing before an agency that approved a grant making way for a luxury housing and retail development on the site of a nearby parking lot.
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September 25, 2025
Scarinci Hollenbeck Lands Cleary Giacobbe Real Estate Vet
Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC announced Thursday it has added a land use attorney and former municipal administrator with experience leading large-scale developments as a partner from Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs LLC.
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September 24, 2025
Greystar Resolves Wash. AG Action On Military Housing Fees
Greystar, the largest apartment management firm in the U.S., reached a deal Tuesday with Washington state over allegations that the company charged illegal housing fees to military service members, according to an announcement by the state's attorney general.
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September 24, 2025
Calif. Panel Upholds County's Higher Tax Rates On Utilities
A California county's levying of property tax rates on utilities that are higher than rates on other types of properties doesn't violate the state constitution's tax rules, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday, rejecting a $12 million refund claim from Pacific Bell and six other public utilities.
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September 24, 2025
5th Circ. Tosses Takings Claim Over Texas Bridge Contract
The Fifth Circuit has ruled local governments can act like any other party to a contract after the city of Mesquite, Texas, refused to extend a development agreement and shut down an attempt by a group of real estate owners to claim a refund on costs for building a multipurpose bridge.
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September 23, 2025
Arnall Golden Adds Baker Donelson Health Real Estate Pro
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has expanded in Atlanta with a Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC attorney experienced in healthcare real estate matters who's closed hundreds of transactions, including deals valued at more than $1 billion, the firm said Monday.
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September 22, 2025
Browns Win Stadium Permit After Ohio DOT Reviews New Info
The Ohio Department of Transportation reversed an earlier permit denial for the new Cleveland Browns stadium, after reviewing additional info provided by Browns owner Haslam Sports Group and the airport operator.
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September 22, 2025
Feds Oppose Calif. Tribes' Bid To Halt Casino Dispute
The U.S. government has asked a District of Columbia federal court judge to reject a stay motion filed by three California Native American tribes that are challenging the approval of another tribe's casino-resort project, arguing that the trio has failed to justify pausing the suit before the court rules on the government's request for a Golden State federal court transfer.
Expert Analysis
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2 Rulings Highlight IRS' Uncertain Civil Fraud Penalty Powers
Conflicting decisions from the U.S. Tax Court and the Northern District of Texas that hinge on whether the IRS can administratively assert civil fraud penalties since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in SEC v. Jarkesy provide both opportunities and potential pitfalls for taxpayers, says Michael Landman at Bird Marella.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management
Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.
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Sales And Use Tax Strategies For Renewables After OBBBA
With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act sharply curtailing federal tax incentives for solar and wind projects, it is vital for developers to carefully manage state and local sales and use tax exposures through early planning and careful contract structuring, say advisers at KPMG.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Adapting To The Age Of AI
Though law school may not have specifically taught us how to use generative artificial intelligence to help with our daily legal tasks, it did provide us the mental building blocks necessary for adapting to this new technology — and the judgment to discern what shouldn’t be automated, says Pamela Dorian at Cozen O'Connor.
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FTC, CoStar Cases Against Zillow May Have Broad Impact
Zillow's partnerships with Redfin and Realtor.com have recently triggered dual fronts of legal scrutiny — an antitrust inquiry from the Federal Trade Commission and a mass copyright infringement suit from CoStar — raising complex questions that reach beyond real estate, says Shubha Ghosh at Syracuse University College of Law.
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You're Out?: Rooftop Views Of Sports Games Raise IP Issues
A high-profile dispute between the Chicago Cubs and a rooftop business adjacent to Wrigley Field strikes at the intersection of sports, intellectual property and Chicago neighborhood tradition, highlighting novel questions that could significantly affect IP rights in the context of live events generally, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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Definitions Of 'Waters Of The United States' Ebb And Flow
The issue of defining whether "waters of the United States" include streams and channels that sometimes have water and sometimes do not has been fraught since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2006 Rapanos decision, but a possible new rule may help property owners stay out of court, says Neal McAliley at Carlton Fields.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Make A Deal
Preparing lawyers for the nuances of a transactional practice is not a strong suit for most law schools, but, in practice, there are six principles that can help young M&A lawyers become seasoned, trusted deal advisers, says Chuck Morton at Venable.
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Assessing Strategies For Mixed-Use Pro Sports Projects
Counsel managing mixed-use sports and entertainment districts must combine expertise ranging from stadium-arena finance to municipal law to public relations into a unified strategy, and a series of practice tips can aid project management from inception to completion, say attorneys at Katten.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills
I took one negotiation course in law school, but most of the techniques I rely on today I learned in practice, where I've discovered that the process is less about tricks or tactics, and more about clarity, preparation and communication, says Grant Schrantz at Haug Barron.
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Conflicting Developments In Homelessness Legal Landscape
Looking at an executive order and Third Circuit opinion from last month highlights the ongoing tension in homelessness-related legal issues facing state and local governments, property owners, and individuals experiencing homelessness, says Josh Collins, an attorney for the City of South Salt Lake.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure
While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice — but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.
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What To Know As SEC Looks To Expand Private Fund Access
As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considers expanding retail access to private markets, understanding how these funds operate — and the role of financial intermediaries in guiding investors — is increasingly important, say attorneys at K&L Gates.