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February 26, 2026
Senator Moves To Dismantle Utah National Monument Plan
A Utah senator has started the formal process of overturning a resource management plan designed to protect an Indigenous national monument by adding a Government Accountability Office opinion on the 1.9-million-acre site to the Congressional Record that could fast-track a vote on the controversial endeavor.
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February 26, 2026
Minn. Bill Floats Tax Credit For Rehabbing Property In City
Minnesota would allow an income tax credit for the cost of property conversions made to underused or vacant properties in the city of Brooklyn Center under a bill introduced Thursday in the state Senate.
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February 26, 2026
11th Circ. Accuses CSX Of 'Semantics Games' In Fla. Trail Spat
CSX's bid to throw out a Surface Transportation Board ruling that revoked approval for a purported rails-to-trails project in St. Petersburg, Florida, was met with skepticism from an Eleventh Circuit panel Thursday that seemed to doubt the railway's claimed limits on the board's authority.
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February 26, 2026
IRS Wrongly Backs Easement Valuation, 11th Circ. Told
The IRS wrongly backed a legal error by the U.S. Tax Court in calculating the value of a Georgia conservation easement, a partnership told the Eleventh Circuit in trying to reclaim its $33 million tax deduction for the donation.
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February 25, 2026
Judge Tosses Kucinich's Suit Over Browns' Stadium Move
An Ohio state court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by ex-Cleveland Mayor and former Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich against the city and the NFL's Cleveland Browns over the team's planned stadium move, ruling that the suit is partly moot due to a $100 million settlement between the city and the football team.
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February 25, 2026
Colo. Lawmakers OK Wider Farm, Ranch Tax Classification
Colorado would broaden its definition of farms and ranches for property tax purposes to allow more agriculture producers to qualify for tax advantages under a bill unanimously approved by state lawmakers and headed to Gov. Jared Polis.
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February 25, 2026
Landowner Says Insurer Must Cover $1.3M Easement Dispute
A San Diego landowner said a Liberty Mutual insurer must cover an easement interference suit that resulted in a $1.3 million award against it, telling a California federal court that the insurer wrongfully denied a valid claim for defense and indemnity coverage.
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February 24, 2026
Voters Can't Have Say In PUD Project, Developers Claim
A ballot measure in Greeley, Colorado, attempting to overturn the creation of a planned unit development project is under fire from three signatories, which claimed in a complaint filed in state court Monday that the ballot measure is unconstitutional.
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February 24, 2026
Denver Schools Face Racketeering, Mortgage-Scheme Suit
A group of parents with students in the Denver Public Schools system claimed in a complaint Tuesday that DPS has illegally been mortgaging numerous school district-owned properties for decades, which has created a "financial catastrophe" and "extraordinary debt situation" for the school district.
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February 24, 2026
Procopio Real Estate Pros Jump To Hanson Bridgett In Calif.
Hanson Bridgett LLP is expanding its California team, bringing in a pair of Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP real estate attorneys as partners.
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February 24, 2026
Interior Department Finalizes NEPA Rollback For Public Lands
The Interior Department said it has cleared the way for faster approval of large infrastructure projects by finalizing a rollback of nearly 50-year-old policies in the National Environmental Protection Act to reduce the scope of the law by more than 80%.
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February 23, 2026
Chemical Co. PQ Contaminated Port Of Tacoma, Suit Says
The Port of Tacoma has sued Pennsylvania chemical company PQ LLC for millions of dollars in cleanup costs, going to Washington federal court to hold the business liable for contamination from a now-shuttered manufacturing and processing plant.
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February 23, 2026
Justices Wary Of Broad Reading Of Cuba Expropriation Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared inclined to erect guardrails around a federal law allowing U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages, in a pair of cases involving damages that could exceed $1 billion and claimants that include Exxon Mobil Corp.
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February 23, 2026
Insurer Found In Breach Of Duty In Timeshare Exit Co. Case
Insurer RSUI Indemnity Co. Inc. breached its duty to defend timeshare exit company Reed Hein & Associates LLC from class claims that it engaged in deceptive practices and defrauded customers, a Washington federal judge said in a mixed summary judgment ruling.
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February 23, 2026
Greenberg Glusker Adds Land Use, Corporate Attys In LA
Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP announced Monday the firm is expanding its ranks with the addition of two new partners to its Los Angeles office: a land use whiz from Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP and a transactional ace from Prospera Law LLP.
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February 23, 2026
5th Circ. Says Atty Fee In Architecture IP Case Wasn't Explained
The Fifth Circuit has vacated a $500,000 attorney fee award granted to the legal team representing a realty firm that was accused of infringing copyrighted designs for a senior living facility, finding that a federal judge had not explained the calculation behind that amount.
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February 23, 2026
Wash. Ranch Asks High Court To Undo Tribal Immunity Order
A Washington cattle ranch is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an order that dismissed its challenge over rights to a parcel of land along the Stillaguamish River, arguing that the immovable-property rule's application to tribal sovereign immunity is an issue of federal law that should be settled.
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February 23, 2026
NM Legislators OK Property Tax To Pay Bonds, Interest, Costs
New Mexico would authorize the imposition of a property tax to repay principal, interest and costs for state-issued bonds under a bill unanimously approved by state lawmakers and headed to the governor.
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February 20, 2026
Partnership Defends $22M Donation Under 5th Amendment
A Georgia partnership raised arguments under the Fifth, Seventh and Eighth amendments in defending a $22.9 million conservation easement deduction for 2018, saying the denial of the deduction amounts to the government taking property for public use without just compensation.
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February 19, 2026
Colo. Metro District Wants Claim Paid On $2M Project
A metropolitan district in Arvada, Colorado, has told a state court that its insurer wrongfully denied a claim to complete work on a $2 million construction project after the city deemed the work completed by the contractor insufficient.
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February 19, 2026
Property Co. Denies Connection To Hawaii Temple Access Suit
A property management company is looking to escape a challenge by a group of Native Hawaiians over access to an ancient Indigenous temple, arguing its alleged wrongful conduct is not called out with any specificity in the complaint.
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February 19, 2026
Md. Senate OKs Service Station Conversion Tax Break
Maryland's political jurisdictions would be allowed to grant property tax credits for service stations converting to other uses under a bill passed unanimously by the state Senate.
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February 18, 2026
Ga. Railroad Defends Land Seizures In Eminent Domain Fight
A small Georgia railroad operation urged a state appellate court Wednesday to uphold successive rulings by the state's utility commission and a trial court to allow condemnation of landowners' property to build a new spur in its network and to lift the stay that's currently holding up construction.
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February 18, 2026
Oklahoma Tribes' Bid For Indian Country Status Denied
A federal court judge has denied four Oklahoma tribes' bid for a declaration that lands within the historic boundaries of their reservations maintain their Indian Country status, saying there's no evidence of a live controversy between the Indigenous nations and Sooner State prosecutors.
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February 17, 2026
Colo. Utility Advocates Dispute Energy Financing Program
The Colorado Office of the Utility Consumer Advocate, or UCA, claimed in Colorado state court Friday that a recent decision to approve a tariffed on-bill financing program to help customers purchase energy efficiency upgrades violates state law.
Expert Analysis
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Law School's Missed Lessons: What Cross-Selling Truly Takes
Early-career attorneys may struggle to introduce clients to practitioners in other specialties, but cross-selling becomes easier once they know why it’s vital to their first years of practice, which mistakes to avoid and how to anticipate clients' needs, say attorneys at Moses & Singer.
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As Federal Water Regs Recede, Calif.'s Permitting Tide Rises
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 decision in Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reduced federal protections for many wetlands and surface water features, but as California's main water regulator has made clear, many projects are now covered by state rules instead, which have their own complex compliance requirements, says Thierry Montoya at FBT Gibbons.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Resilience
Resilience is a skill acquired through daily practices that focus on learning from missteps, recovering quickly without internalizing defeat and moving forward with intention, says Nicholas Meza at Quarles & Brady.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm
Launching and sustaining a law firm requires skills most law schools don't teach, but every lawyer should understand a few core principles that can make the leap calculated rather than reckless, says Sam Katz at Athlaw.
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OFAC Sanctions Will Intensify Amid Global Tensions In 2026
The Office of Foreign Assets Control will ramp up its targeting of companies in the private equity, venture capital, real estate and legal markets in 2026, in keeping with the aggressive foreign policy approach embraced by the Trump administration in 2025, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building
A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving
Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.
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AG Watch: Texas Junk Fee Deal Shows Enforcement Priorities
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's recent $9.5 million settlement with online travel agency website Booking Holdings for so-called junk fee practices follows a larger trend of state attorneys general who have taken similar action and demonstrates the significant penalties that can follow such allegations, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Client-Led Litigation
New litigators can better help their corporate clients achieve their overall objectives when they move beyond simply fighting for legal victory to a client-led approach that resolves the legal dispute while balancing the company's competing out-of-court priorities, says Chelsea Ireland at Cohen Ziffer.
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10th Circ. Debtor Ruling May Expand Wire Fraud Law Scope
The Tenth Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Baker decision, holding that federal fraud law can reach deceptive schemes designed to prevent a creditor from collecting on a debt, may represent an expansive new theory of wire fraud — even as the ruling reaffirmed the requirements of the interstate commerce element, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Networking 101
Cultivating a network isn't part of the law school curriculum, but learning the soft skills needed to do so may be the key to establishing a solid professional reputation, nurturing client relationships and building business, says Sharon Crane at Practising Law Institute.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Educating Your Community
Nearly two decades prosecuting scammers and elder fraud taught me that proactively educating the public about the risks they face and the rights they possess is essential to building trust within our communities, empowering otherwise vulnerable citizens and preventing wrongdoers from gaining a foothold, says Roger Handberg at GrayRobinson.
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In NY, Long COVID (Tolling) Still Applies
A series of pandemic-era executive orders in New York tolling state statutes of limitations for 228 days mean that many causes of action that appear time-barred on their face may continue to apply, including in federal practice, for the foreseeable future, say attorneys at Sher Tremonte.