Residential
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December 11, 2024
Ex-Rep. TJ Cox Reaches Plea Deal On Fraud Charges
Former U.S. Rep. T.J. Cox reached a deal with California federal prosecutors and agreed to plead guilty to two charges and pay up to a $3.5 million fine over allegations he stole from his companies and took illegal campaign contributions, according to a plea agreement filed Wednesday.
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December 11, 2024
DOJ Tells Justices To Preserve Antitrust Probe Into NAR
The U.S. Department of Justice told the U.S. Supreme Court that it made no commitment not to reopen its investigation into the National Association of Realtors as part of its 2020 consent decree with the company, urging the justices to reject the association's bid for a day before the high court.
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December 11, 2024
Black Realtor, Client Cuffed During House Showing Can Sue
The Sixth Circuit has partially reinstated a lawsuit filed by a Black real estate agent and his client who were arrested while touring a Michigan house for sale after a neighbor called the police, reviving an unlawful detention claim against one of the officers.
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December 16, 2024
A State-By-State Look At The Latest In Real Estate News
Major real estate moves are happening across the country every day, so Law360 Real Estate Authority has created a way for attorneys to search for deals, litigation and policy news in the states they practice in.
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December 11, 2024
NY Appellate Court Upholds Penn Station Area Revamp Plan
New York state's approval of a plan to overhaul 18 million square feet of buildings surrounding Penn Station, which are largely owned by developer Vornado Realty Trust, was not erroneous because the proposal qualifies as a project for the public good, a state appeals court panel ruled.
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December 11, 2024
What Real Estate Pros Learned About Multifamily In 2024
While the multifamily sector has consistently fared better than many other real estate asset classes in the years since COVID-19 started to spread, 2024 signaled some shifts for the space on the geographic and lending fronts. Here, Law360 looks at what real estate professionals learned about the multifamily space this year.
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December 11, 2024
Ariz. Ending Local Taxes On Long-Term Residential Rentals
Long-term rentals of residential property in Arizona will no longer be subject to local taxes or fees after Jan. 1 under recent legislation, the state Department of Revenue said Wednesday.
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December 10, 2024
Property Manager At Center Of Gang Claims Sues Colo. AG
A property management company caught up in a national controversy following allegations a Venezuelan gang had taken over some of its buildings in Aurora, Colorado, is suing the state to block probes by the state's attorney general into the company's management of its properties.
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December 10, 2024
NC Law Firm, Insurer Drop Phishing Coverage Row
A law firm specializing in real estate transactions and its cyber insurer told a North Carolina federal court Tuesday they've agreed to settle their dispute over coverage for a phishing scam the firm said caused it to unwittingly wire roughly $647,000 to the hacker's bank account.
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December 10, 2024
Wash. HOA Can't Get Early Win Bid In Water Damage Row
A homeowners association for a Seattle-area condominium complex can't yet prevail on its bad faith claims against its insurer over coverage for extensive water damage, a Washington federal court ruled, finding a material factual dispute over whether the association filed its coverage action within its policy's two-year suit-filing deadline.
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December 10, 2024
Ore. Real Estate Agent Underreported Income, Court Says
An Oregon real estate agent and investor failed to report nearly $188,000 in income, including the profits from two property sales, the state's tax court ruled, rejecting her appeal of the state tax department's findings except for small adjustments.
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December 10, 2024
Sheppard Mullin Guides Slate Property On $70M Queens Loan
Sheppard Mullin represented Slate Property Group in connection with a $70 million Queens construction loan the company acted as co-lender on, the law firm told Law360 Real Estate Authority on Tuesday.
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December 09, 2024
RealPage Says DOJ's Ended Multifamily Rental Criminal Probe
RealPage said the U.S. Department of Justice had ended a criminal probe into the multifamily rental housing industry's pricing practices, adding that the algorithmic pricing company was never identified as an investigation target.
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December 09, 2024
Insurer Asks 7th Circ. To Review Faulty Work Coverage Ruling
An insurer urged the Seventh Circuit on Monday to review a ruling requiring it to defend an architectural design firm and its owner against faulty work claims seeking more than $3.4 million in damages, saying the ruling is contrary to an Illinois Supreme Court decision involving the same issues.
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December 09, 2024
Supreme Court Won't Review Ex-HUD Official's Conviction
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a former staffer in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Inspector General who was convicted of failing to disclose a loan from a friend who was later hired as a government subcontractor.
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December 09, 2024
NYC Real Estate Week In Review
Fried Frank and Tannenbaum Helpern are among the law firms that handled work on the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, a period that saw three residential unit trades at one Manhattan building.
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December 09, 2024
Offit Kurman Adds Landlord Attorney In Bethesda Office
Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law said it has added Shelbie Cook as a landlord representation attorney in the firm's Bethesda, Maryland, office.
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December 06, 2024
Billionaires Show New Interest In Texas' Intermediate Courts
Billionaire-backed funding in Texas helped push a wave of Republican judges who swept races for intermediate appellate courts across the state, representing a new level of corporate spending in judicial races often marked by underfunded campaigns and low voter awareness.
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December 06, 2024
J&J Seeks New Talc Trial As Developer Seeks $30M More
As Johnson & Johnson seeks to toss the underlying verdict, a real estate developer and cancer patient who was awarded $15 million in compensation from a talc trial jury has asked a Connecticut state judge to award another $30 million to punish the company for allegedly putting "profits over people."
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December 06, 2024
Property Plays: Valley, GSA, A's Stadium
Property Plays is a weekly roundup of the latest loans, leases, sales and projects around the country. Send your tips — all confidential — to realestate@law360.com.
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December 06, 2024
Advocates Shine Light On Rash Of Deficient Evictions In NJ
A new report from a team of New Jersey housing experts found that as many as 29,000 tenants and tenant families may be evicted in the Garden State every year based on legally deficient complaints. Now they’re calling for greater oversight in the state’s landlord-tenant courts.
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December 06, 2024
CMBS Lending Is Higher Than It's Been In Years
The comedown of interest rates this past year has been a boon for the commercial mortgage-backed securities market, with the amount of issued CMBS up roughly 172% year-to-date as of November, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency LLC.
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December 06, 2024
$29.75M Deal Proposed To End Del. Latch Inc. SPAC Suit
Attorneys for investors who bought into Latch Inc.'s Tishman Speyer-led, $1.5 billion take-public deal only to see their shares nosedive have tentatively settled consolidated class damage claims for $29.75 million, according to a Delaware Court of Chancery filing.
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December 06, 2024
Huizar's Big Brother Avoids Jail In LA City Hall Bribery Case
The older brother of former Los Angeles City Councilor José Huizar on Friday avoided prison for lying to investigators about his role laundering bribes for the disgraced politician, with a California federal judge crediting the defendant's cooperation after he "finally decided to tell the truth."
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December 06, 2024
NYC Council OKs Mayor's Affordable Housing Plan
The New York City Council passed a package of zoning reforms designed to spur housing production, greenlighting Mayor Eric Adams' City of Yes for Housing Opportunity plan after the city and state agreed to earmark $5 billion in funding to accompany the zoning overhaul.
Expert Analysis
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NC Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2
After federal banking agencies last quarter released a supplemental final rule updating the Community Reinvestment Act, North Carolina banks involved in community development should consider how the new rule might open up opportunities for investment and services that can benefit underserved areas, says Adam Goldblatt at Michael Best.
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What NYC's Green Fast Track Means For Affordable Housing
New York City's Green Fast Track for Housing initiative, which went into effect last month, aims to speed up the environmental review process for modest residential developments and could potentially pave the way for similar initiatives in other cities, say Vivien Krieger and Rachel Scall at Cozen O'Connor.
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The Often Overlooked NY Foreclosure Notice Requirements
As multifamily real estate defaults mount, New York foreclosing parties should be aware of pitfalls and perils that can await the litigant who is not prepared to ensure adherence with tenant notice requirements under the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law, say Christopher Gorman and John Muldoon at Rosenberg & Estis.
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Zoning Reform May Alleviate The Affordable Housing Crisis
As America's affordable housing issues continue to worsen, zoning reform efforts can help to provide more affordable homes and mitigate racial and economic segregation, though opposition from residents and in courts could present challenges, say Evan Pritchard and Madeline Williams at Cozen O'Connor.
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NJ Justices Clarify First-Party Indemnification Availability
In Boyle v. Huff, the New Jersey Supreme Court recently held that indemnification can be available in first-party claims, resolving an open question and setting up contracting parties for careful negotiations around indemnity clauses, says Todd Leon at Marshall Dennehey.
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Fla. HOA Reforms Bring Major Wins For Homeowners
A recently signed law brings broad changes for homeowners associations in Florida, alleviating some pressure imposed by overly restrictive rules and potentially setting up litigation surrounding how HOAs enforce their governing documents, says Christopher Miller at Varnum.
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Addressing Labor Shortages In The Construction Industry
As the construction industry's ongoing struggle with finding sufficient skilled workers continues, companies should consider a range of solutions including a commitment to in-house training and creative contracting protocols, say Brenda Radmacher and Allison Etkin at Akerman.
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A Framework For Investigating Commercial Loan Fraud
As commercial loan transactions are increasingly subject to sophisticated fraud schemes, lenders must adopt dynamic strategies to detect, investigate and mitigate these schemes, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
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How NY Co-Ops Can Minimize Sale Rejections Based On Price
New York co-op sales are regularly rejected for being below undisclosed price minimums, and co-op boards should address this problem by sharing information more transparently and allowing some flexibility for below-market sales, say Pierre Debbas and Seth Feldman at Romer Debbas.
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Money, Money, Money: Limiting White Collar Wealth Evidence
As courts increasingly recognize that allowing unfettered evidence of wealth could prejudice a jury against a defendant, white collar defense counsel should consider several avenues for excluding visual evidence of a lavish lifestyle at trial, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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High Court's BofA Ruling Leaves State Preemption Questions
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Cantero v. Bank of America sheds light on whether certain state banking regulations apply to federally chartered banks, but a circuit split could still force the Supreme Court to take a more direct position, says Brett Garver at Moritt Hock.
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How A Bumblebee Got Under Calif. Wildlife Regulator's Bonnet
A California bumblebee's listing as an endangered species could lead to a regulatory quagmire as California Department of Fish and Wildlife permits now routinely include survey requirements for the bee, but the regulator has yet to determine what the species needs for conservation, says David Smith at Manatt.
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The Clock Is Ticking For Fla. Construction Defect Claims
Ahead of the fast-approaching July 1 deadline for filing construction defect claims in Florida, Sean Ravenel at Foran Glennon discusses how the state's new statute of repose has changed the timeline, and highlights several related issues that property owners should be aware of.