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Connecticut Heightens Scrutiny of Private Equity in Healthcare with Law Banning Hospital Sale-Leaseback Agreements and Requiring...

On May 27, 2026, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 26-22, “An Act Concerning Hospital Sale-Leaseback Agreements and Attestations Concerning Lack of Private Equity Control of the Hospital and Control...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Tracking SB 79 Implementation Before the Train Leaves the Station

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Signed into law in October 2025, California Senate Bill 79 (SB 79) is intended to facilitate the development of multifamily housing near major public transit stops in urban transit counties. The groundbreaking law provides...more

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Ohio Opens Nomination Window for Opportunity Zones 2.0 Designations

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Ohio has opened a short nomination window for census tracts to be considered for the next generation of federal opportunity zone designations. The nomination period opened June 10, 2026, and nominations must be submitted by...more

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Contractual Controls Register: what the new Regulations mean for your deals

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On 8 June 2026, the Government made the Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026 which form the statutory framework for the new Contractual Controls Register. Contractual controls are...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Real Estate: Market Pulse (June 2026) (UPDATED)

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CRE Enters a Selective Cycle as Growth Becomes More Targeted - Seyfarth’s real estate team provides a bird's-eye view of the current state of commercial real estate throughout the country—highlighting which markets and...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Texas Proposes Rules Governing Foreign Ownership of Real Property Under SB 17: What Facilitating Entities Must Know Now

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The Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG) recently proposed Chapter 67 of the Texas Administrative Code, containing rules with direct consequences for parties active in Texas real property transactions. The proposed...more

K&L Gates LLP

New Transparency Requirements for Contractual Control Arrangements Over Land

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The Government has recently published regulations and guidance for a new transparency regime requiring details of certain contractual control arrangements affecting registered land in England and Wales to be disclosed to HM...more

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REAL Rule Relief: Sherrill and DEP Extend REAL Rule’s Legacy Provisions by One Year

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Late last month, Governor Mikie Sherrill and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) Commissioner Ed Potosnak announced that the agency would delay the implementation of the controversial new land use and...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Real Estate Due Diligence: Sewer Inspection Risks and Buyer Protections

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In the world of real estate, what lies beneath the surface can be just as important as what stands above it. Buyers frequently focus their commercial real estate due diligence on topics including structural integrity,...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

What’s the Purpose of Your LLC?

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New York LLCs without operating agreements are as common as noodles in Naples. Most function just fine without one. Their members just rely upon the statutory default rules found in the New York Limited Liability Company Law...more

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Easement by Estoppel or Not? Texas Supreme Court Wrestles With the Question

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In Boerschig v. Rio Grande Electrical Cooperative, Inc. the Supreme Court of Texas, in a four-justice opinion, a concurrence and four dissents, determined that an electric cooperative holds an easement by estoppel for a...more

FBT Gibbons LLP

Go Dark, Go Dim, or Get Out: Understanding Occupancy Clauses in Retail Leases

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In today’s retail leasing environment, the assumption that tenants will continuously operate a fully staffed, fully stocked store for the entire lease term is increasingly difficult to sustain....more

A&O Shearman

Australian merger control regime’s application to property transactions

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Australia’s new mandatory merger control regime commenced on January 1, 2026. Parties must notify the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of acquisitions exceeding specified thresholds and must not complete...more

Carlton Fields

New Qualified Contractor Law Takes Effect in July

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Signed into law by Governor DeSantis on May 6, 2026, HB 927—and now Ch. 2026-64, Laws of Fla.—makes changes to Florida's local land development and permitting framework....more

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Entertainment Districts as the New Sports Asset

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The Dallas Mavericks’ and Dallas Stars’ plans to leave the American Airlines Center around 2031 are more than venue relocations; they reflect a broader shift in how professional sports franchises create and capture long-term...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Revives Trafficking Claims in First-Ever Helms-Burton Decision

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Title III of the Helms-Burton Act empowers U.S. nationals who own claims to property confiscated by Cuba's Communist regime to sue anyone who "traffics in" such property for potentially enormous damages. Since Title III...more

Hogan Lovells

Reflections from Datacloud Global Congress 2026

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We've just returned from Datacloud Global Congress 2026. And one thing is clear: Data centres are not just a real estate play anymore. They are the physical backbone of the next century. Every AI model, every cloud service,...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

IRS Revenue Procedure 2026‑17 Opens Door to Bonus Depreciation for Real Estate Investors

Real estate investors rarely get a second chance to revisit a tax election once it has been made, especially one the Internal Revenue Code labels “irrevocable.” Revenue Procedure 2026‑17 changes that. In a significant...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

When the Fraction in Your Old Oil and Gas Deed Isn't What It Appears to Be

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In March 2026, a Texas appeals court looked at a 1956 deed that said "3/32" three times — with the math shown — and held that the parties did not actually mean that number. The case, Hoffman v. Thomson, No. 04-19-00771-CV...more

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UK Real Estate Summer 2026 Horizon Scanner

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What is coming down the track in terms of new legislation over the next few months? We pull it all together here so you know what's on the horizon. Check out our new Summer Horizon Scanner to see what's happening and...more

Akerman LLP

Multifamily at the Crossroads: The Maturity Wall, the Recovery, and the Decisions in Between

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As $162 billion in apartment loans come due this year, the gap between market fundamentals and legacy capital structures is forcing difficult decisions — and creating significant opportunities....more

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Update on Recent Binding Opinions Issued by the Public Access Counselor Regarding the Open Meetings Act

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The Public Access Counselor of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office (“PAC”) recently issued several binding opinions regarding the Illinois Open Meetings Act (“OMA”). While more in-depth summaries are included below,...more

Offit Kurman

Why Real Estate Issues Slow ETA Deals

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Most buyers expect environmental issues to be the real estate risk. In many deals, the larger risk is operational disruption. Real estate shows up in the vast majority of lower middle market transactions in some form....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Portuguese real estate transfer tax on restructurings violates EU law – signal effect for Germany

By judgment of June 4, 2026, in case C‑837/24 ‘Nova Iberomoldes’, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that the Portuguese real estate transfer tax on restructurings infringes the Capital Duty Directive...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

Saving Your Lease, Saving Your Restaurant

For most New York restaurants, the lease is the business. You can change the menu, rebrand, or swap out equipment—but if you lose the right space, at the wrong time, the restaurant may not survive....more

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