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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Proposed revisions to the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act: Key developments and implications

On December 29, 2025, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) seeking public comment on potential revisions to the regulations implementing the Agricultural Foreign...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Navigating Cambridge’s Building-Sector Energy and Emissions Requirements

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The City of Cambridge, Mass., is beginning to implement its Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO). The law seeks to drive substantial building-sector greenhouse gas reductions, which Cambridge identifies as...more

Winstead PC

Texas Real Estate: A Strategic Entry Point for Mexican Investors

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Texas continues to stand out as one of the most attractive U.S. real estate markets for Mexican investors seeking scale, stability, and long-term value. With its strong economic fundamentals, business-friendly legal...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Minnesota Attorney General Sues Nonprofit and President for Alleged Governance Violations

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On January 6, Minnesota Attorney General (AG) Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota nonprofit corporation Act for Cause (AFC) and its president, Rajesh Mehta. While the stated mission of AFC was to help needy...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Locking in the Lease: Key Considerations for Tenant Estoppel Certificates

Tenant estoppel certificates play a critical role in commercial real estate transactions by providing purchasers and lenders with direct confirmation from tenants regarding key lease terms. In many respects, estoppels operate...more

Goodwin

Shareholder Activism in the Public REIT Sector: A Lookback at 2025 and What to Expect for 2026

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Shareholder activism in the public real estate investment trust (REIT) sector has accelerated in recent years, with over 100 public campaigns and related engagements launched since 2020. As M&A markets regain momentum and...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Tenant Estoppel Certificates: Understanding Their Role in Real Estate Transactions

Introduction - Tenant estoppel certificates play a critical role in real estate transactions. Whether you are a purchaser, lender or tenant, you have likely encountered these documents. This bulletin highlights four...more

DLA Piper

2025: A Year In Retrospect - UK Restructuring

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A year ago we were poised for turbulence, cautious of the effect the new US administration, ongoing transformation of post-pandemic consumer behaviours, and conflicts in Europe and the Middle East might have on global...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Data Center Deployment in Maine: Challenges, Policy and Development Updates, and Permitting Considerations

Currently, data center capacity in the United States is concentrated in northern Virginia and in several large cities throughout the country, but continued demand for additional data center capacity may encourage developers...more

ArentFox Schiff

US Tariffs and the Hospitality Industry: Their Impact and What to Watch Next

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Since the Trump Administration’s tariff actions began in February 2025, the US hospitality industry has weathered the resulting uncertainty and shown resilience. The industry’s fundamentals remain broadly stable: deals are...more

ArentFox Schiff

Determining ‘Termination’: Calculating Lease Rejection Damages in Bankruptcy

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Bankruptcy law provides special treatment for landlord claims arising from termination of a lease, using a calculation set forth in Section 502(b)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code. The starting point for the calculation is to...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

The Restaurant Letter of Intent: Locking in Your Deal Terms Before the Lawyers Fight Over the Lease

The Letter of Intent (LOI) is where you set the business deal. The lease is where the lawyers argue over the details. If the LOI is vague or one-sided, you’ll either overpay in the lease or burn a ton of time and fees trying...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Sharing the Spotlight: A Discussion of Agrivoltaics and the Drafting Considerations in Related Site Control Documents

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Solar developers contend with a wide array of challenges, from competing for viable project sites to combatting disinformation surrounding the expansion of clean energy development. With demand for energy rapidly growing...more

Hogan Lovells

Connecting data centres to the electricity networks

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The United Kingdom (UK) is one of the world's largest data centre markets, with facilities housing IT infrastructure needed to process, store and share data across various sectors, including Artificial Intelligence (AI),...more

Holland & Knight LLP

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act and What It Means for the Real Estate Industry

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On this episode of "Real Estate Law Unlocked," Deputy Real Estate Section leader Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz sits down with Partners Joel Roberson and Andrew Siracuse to break down what the new year could have in store...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Redefining Mortgage Lending Compliance: B.C.’s Bill 29 and Canada’s Evolving AML Regime

In this episode of the Blakes Sound Business podcast, we explore key updates to Canada’s anti-money laundering (AML) regime, with a focus on the real estate and mortgage lending sectors. Blakes Partners Jacqueline D....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Data Center Development at Brownfields Sites

Due to an unprecedented surge in data creation and consumption driven primarily by the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services, demand for computing power is increasing and data center development has...more

Why Commercial Facility Services Are a Quiet Value Driver in the Data Center Boom

Explosive growth in cloud computing, AI workloads, edge deployments, and enterprise digitization continues to drive unprecedented demand for capacity, leading the data center sector to become one of the most closely watched...more

California Takes a ‘Study First’ Approach to Data Center Regulation

California lawmakers have recently focused renewed attention on the rapid growth of data centers, driven in large part by cloud computing and artificial intelligence capacity demands. ...more

Goldberg Segalla

[Webinar] A Legislative Look at Legionnaires’: An Update on NY & NJ Legionella-Related Regulatory Requirements - January 22nd,...

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Join Goldberg Segalla partners Andrew Scholz and Karen Cullinane for an informative discussion regarding updated and new legionella-related monitoring & mitigation regulations for certain NJ & NY property owners....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Maryland Court: Lender May Recover for Damage to Property Even After 'As-Is' Foreclosure Sale

In a win for commercial real estate investors and lenders, the Appellate Court of Maryland clarified this month that a buyer who purchases property at foreclosure may recover for post-sale damage to the property by the prior...more

BCLP

Key Takeaways from the Third Grenfell Progress Report

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On 17 December 2025, the government published the third Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Progress Report (Progress Report) in addition to the Single Construction Regulator prospectus and consultation, the fire engineering...more

Williams Mullen

Beat the AI Clock: Federal Initiatives to Accelerate Data Center Environmental Permitting and Brownfield Opportunities

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As the United States seeks to maintain primacy in data processing and artificial intelligence, the Trump Administration is taking steps to reduce the regulatory burdens for development of data centers necessary to sustain...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

The Next Thing Knocking at Real Estate’s Door: Quantum Computing

The world has not yet fully explored the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), and yet another major technological wave is already forming on the horizon: quantum computing. ...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

2025 Year-End Review: Israeli Real Estate Taxation

In 2025, Israeli real estate taxation was characterized by strict adherence to statutory requirements: reliefs, exemptions, and lower tax brackets were granted only when the conditions prescribed by law were met, within the...more

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