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Hanson Bridgett

California to Implement Retention Cap and Change-Order Dispute Requirements for Private Works in 2026

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California is implementing two new laws for contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2026 for commercial and large mixed-use projects. Residential and mixed-use projects four stories and under are exempt....more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Texas Granted Primacy over Class VI Carbon Sequestration Wells

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On November 12, 2025, the Railroad Commission of Texas (“RRC”) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that EPA had granted Texas primary enforcement authority (“primacy”) under the Safe Drinking Water Act...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

FinCEN’S New Real Estate Reporting Rule: Historical Context, Compliance Requirements, Legal Challenges and What ACMA Members Need...

In August 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a sweeping new rule aimed at increasing transparency in residential real estate transactions—marking a significant...more

Weintraub Tobin

Estopped in Your Tracks: How a Simple Form Can Trap Tenants

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Most lawyers think very highly of themselves. Nothing delights a lawyer more than citing an obscure, usually non-English phrase and mansplaining in a patronizing fashion to anyone who isn’t familiar with the term. Using these...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

PA State Budget Imposes New Permitting Review Deadlines on PADEP

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The 2025-26 state budget signed into law yesterday by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro contains a number of provisions that will require the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to complete its review of...more

King & Spalding

Southern District of New York Applies Colorado River Abstention to Dismiss Lender Liability Action Against Foreclosing Lender

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On September 29, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York applied the Colorado River abstention doctrine to dismiss a lender liability action against Computershare Trust Company, National...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Opportunity Zones and the Sports & Entertainment Industries: New Incentives Under the OBBBA

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The Opportunity Zone (OZ) program, originally enacted under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was designed to stimulate private investment in low-income communities by offering significant tax benefits to investors who reinvest...more

Ius Laboris

Coworking Spaces: How to Protect Workers From Third Party Harassment

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Coworking and the use of shared/serviced office spaces has surged post-pandemic, reducing employer control over the people with whom they share the physical work environment. With new duties to prevent sexual harassment of...more

Akerman LLP

New York City Council Approves the Long Island City Neighborhood Plan

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On November 12, 2025, the New York City Council approved the city-led Long Island City Neighborhood Plan known as OneLIC. OneLIC is designed to create significantly more housing, including the introduction of Mandatory...more

Allen Matkins

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 11.12.25

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The San Diego Planning Commission unanimously approved a proposal last week to accelerate homebuilding in the city by softening historic preservation rules. Developers praised the new proposal as a sensible policy change that...more

Perkins Coie

Percolating Groundwater Is Appurtenant to Land and Is Transferred With It (UPDATED)

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The Court of Appeal again confirmed that the rights to floodwater captured and stored in an aquifer beneath property were not personal property but rather appurtenant to the land and were transferred with the property during...more

Goodwin

Derivatives for REITs: Managing Risks and Rewards

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In the modern age, public REITs use derivative instruments to manage risk, raise capital and manage their sources and uses of capital based on future commitments. ...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

People Over Parking: How Illinois’ Parking Reform Law Reshapes Opportunity for Developers and Property Owners

As part of a sweeping legislative package aimed at modernizing land use and supporting public transit, Illinois has enacted the People Over Parking Act (SB 2111)— a major policy shift for commercial real estate. Taking effect...more

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Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (11/12/25) – Banks Weather CRE Storm, Industrial Outdoor Storage Markets Soar, and Office...

In our latest roundup, turnover rate for US homes drops to a 30-year low, global data center real estate funding struggles to keep pace, industrial real estate space surges, and more! U.S. regional banks’ commercial real...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Redefining Anchors and Reimagining Community: Takeaways from the ICSC+ U.S. Law Conference

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As a first-time attendee of the ICSC+ U.S. Law Conference, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I arrived in San Diego. Some things were immediately apparent — many of my G&S colleagues were seasoned ICSC participants —...more

Data Center Lease Considerations

While data center leases need to include most of the standard provisions of typical warehouse or manufacturing facilities’ leases, special attention should be given to their unique operational needs and special investments...more

Allen Matkins

What are your predictions for the office sector in 2026?

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“I predict increasing demand for recently renovated office space located within close proximity to desirable retail areas, which will serve as an off-site amenity, drawing more workers back to the office....more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

NY Court Ruling Highlights Real Estate Due Diligence

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A recent court victory for a Fairport, New York, landlord shows the importance of prospective tenants or buyers to perform sufficient due diligence before signing rental or purchase agreements....more

Bilzin Sumberg

Florida Supreme Court Declines Review of Biscayne 21—Leaving Third DCA’s Constraints on Condo Terminations Intact

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On October 14, 2025, approximately three months after the revised opinion in Avila v. Biscayne 21 Condominium, Inc., 50 Fla. L. Weekly D1509 (Fla. 3d DCA July 10, 2025), the Florida Supreme Court declined to accept...more

Polsinelli

3rd Quarter 2025 Analysis - Polsinelli-TrBK Distress Indices

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The Polsinelli | TrBK Distress Indices are prepared and published quarterly. The indices are contrarian measures of economic performance, and are intended to reflect the level of economic distress in the U.S. economy by...more

DLA Piper

Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill– increasing the need for speed

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As previously signalled, the New Zealand Government has introduced the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill (Bill)....more

Maison Law

California Injuries Due to Negligent Security: Who is Liable?

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If you are the victim of a crime due to unsafe conditions on another’s property, you may wonder who is responsible. That’s the question at the heart of negligent security. When a property owner or business fails to provide...more

DLA Piper

New Zealand real estate trends 2025: capital flows, asset classes and regulatory shifts

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New Zealand’s real estate sector is entering a new phase of growth and diversification. Notable developments across data centres, logistics, build-to-rent (BTR), student accommodation and hospitality are reshaping investor...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Common Pleas Court Addresses Environmental Group Challenges to Ohio House Bill 507

In Ohio Environmental Council v. State of Ohio, Case No. 23-CV-002403, the court of common pleas of Franklin County, Ohio addressed certain claims brought by environmental groups seeking to challenge the state land leasing...more

Marshall Dennehey

It Was Just a Mistake! Or Was It Negligence? Ohio Supreme Court Defines Mistake for Contract Principles

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Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. v. SuperAsh Remainderman, Ltd. Partnership, 2025-Ohio-2835 - In a certified conflict, the Ohio Supreme Court considered whether a negligent failure to exercise a lease renew option warranted...more

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