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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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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 6.12.26

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The federal government is planning a review of the California Coastal Commission and other state regulatory agencies that deal with the state’s shoreline, alleging they are likely out of compliance with the nation’s coastal...more

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New York’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Amends Climate Act and SEQRA

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New York’s recently enacted Fiscal Year 2027 budget includes significant amendments to the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act or CLCPA) and State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). The budget...more

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States Reconsider Data Center Incentives and Permitting as Energy, Water, and Fiscal Pressures Mount

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State policymakers are recalibrating how they regulate and incentivize data center development....more

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Oneida County Expands Housing Incentives for Rental and Owner-Occupied Projects

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The Oneida County Industrial Development Agency adopted a new Uniform Tax Exemption and Agency Benefits Policy (the “Policy”) for rental and owner-occupied projects, expanding its prior market-rate rental housing policy and...more

Hogan Lovells

Data centres in Italy: The new Lombardy regional law on data centres

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What is the new Lombardy regional law on data centres? On 26 May 2026, the Lombardy Regional Council approved Regional Law no. 11/2026 (the “Regional Law”), governing the establishment and authorization of data centres within...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

Opportune LLP

Why Blocking Grid Infrastructure Increases Data Center Emissions

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Recent media coverage has increasingly highlighted the unprecedented growth of data centers in Northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley.”  The statistics defining Data Center Alley are nothing short of shocking: 35% of all...more

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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

Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

Opportunity Zone Redesignations Are Coming: Action Items for Economic Developers

The Opportunity Zone program is moving into its next phase, and communities should start preparing now. Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3A), the program is now permanent and will operate on a rolling 10-year...more

Perkins Coie

The Lights Are On: Plaintiffs’ CEQA Challenge Against Bay Bridge Light Art Installation Barred by the Doctrine of Issue Preclusion

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In Baker v. Bay Area Toll Authority, No. A174642 (1st Dist, June 5, 2026), the court affirmed the dismissal of a CEQA challenge against the Bay Area Toll Authority’s approval of the Bay Lights 360 project, an LED light art...more

K&L Gates LLP

Facing a Federal Lawsuit, Hill County Repeals Blanket Pause on Data Center Construction, Adopting New Approval Procedures Instead

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As anti-data center sentiment grows nationwide, the legal strategies necessary to protect project investments are continually evolving. We wrote here about a construction moratorium on new data centers enacted in Hill County,...more

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EPA Launches Superfund Solutions Initiative to Accelerate Cleanups

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Superfund Solutions Initiative signals the agency’s push to accelerate the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) investigations and...more

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NJDEP Proposes to Extend REAL Rules Legacy Period Until July 2027

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On June 1, 2026, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) published a proposal to extend the Resilient Environments and Landscapes (REAL) Rules’ “legacy” period—during which qualifying applications may be...more

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Proposed Rental Housing Supports in the 2027 DC Budget

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The 2027 DC budget would deliver significant new funding, programs, and policy changes to rental housing across the District of Columbia, affecting all parties involved, like tenants, landlords, and developers....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Proposes National Standards for Wireline Access to Rights-of-Way

In advance of its June 25, 2026 open meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Draft NPRM) titled "Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireline...more

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Texas Court Doubles Down on the Van Dyke Presumption

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We at Energy and the Law solemnly swear and affirm that we will no longer report on the Van Dyke Presumption just as soon as litigants – win, lose or remand – exhaust their efforts to confirm, refute, distinguish or overcome...more

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New York State Legislature Passes First-in-the-Nation Data Center Moratorium

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On June 4, 2026, both houses of the New York State Legislature passed the Responsible Data Center Development Act (S10642/A11560) (the Act), which would impose a one-year moratorium on the issuance of certain permits for...more

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The Energy Nexus: UK Data Centres and Power Strategy

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Power decides which UK data centre projects get built. AI and high-performance computing are pushing campus demand into the hundreds of megawatts. Electricity grid capacity is scarce in key UK data centre locations....more

Morgan Lewis

The e in eVTOL: What It Will Take to Build the Next Generation of Transportation

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The advanced air mobility (AAM) industry is ready for takeoff. As electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developers move closer to certification and the regulatory framework prepares for these new aircraft,...more

Allen Matkins

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 6.9.26

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Numerous state housing bills were passed by the applicable house of origin by the May 29, 2026 legislative deadline, meaning that they will continue to move forward in the legislative process....more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Real Estate: The legal landscape around World Cup-driven developments

The FIFA World Cup is more than just a global sporting event – it has the potential to transform host nations and cities and act as a catalyst for investment, urban development, and economic transformation. With 48 teams, 16...more

Miller Starr Regalia

Preclusion Confusion?  First District Holds Plaintiff’s Second CEQA Challenge to Bay Lights 360 Project Time-Barred Due to...

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In a partially published opinion filed June 5, 2026, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 1) affirmed a judgment entered after Defendant and Respondent Bay Area Toll Authority’s (BATA) demurrer brought on statute of...more

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Pennsylvania’s New GRID Standards: Opportunities and Challenges for Data Center Developers

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As part of Governor Josh Shapiro's efforts to position Pennsylvania as a destination for large-scale data center investment, the Commonwealth recently released the Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development ("GRID")...more

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The City of Los Angeles Seeks to Delay Implementation of Senate Bill 79 (SB 79) Until 2030

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The City of Los Angeles is in the process of doing both. If adopted and approved, two proposed ordinances — a “Phased Implementation Ordinance” and a “Low-Rise Ordinance” — would delay SB 79 Citywide until likely 2030,...more

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