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December 12, 2024
Ch. 7 Trustee Must Explain $200M Holdback Bid, Court Told
The owner of two bankrupt real estate companies has asked a Connecticut state court for permission to question the Chapter 7 trustee who wants a $200 million placeholder in connection with a shareholder's derivative claims, arguing the trustee must detail his allegations of the owner diverting millions to other business interests.
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December 12, 2024
Mich. Judge Hesitant To Rule On $217M Dam Repair Tax
A Michigan federal judge sounded reluctant Thursday to make a decision about whether a $217 million dam repair tax assessment violated homeowners' constitutional rights before a state appellate panel rules on the homeowners' challenge to the assessment in a parallel case over properties affected by flooding from the 2020 Edenville Dam collapse.
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December 12, 2024
11th Circ. Won't Rehear Guatemala Power Plant Fight
The Eleventh Circuit will not reconsider its decision refusing to vacate an arbitral award issued following an ill-fated Guatemalan power plant construction project, rejecting arguments that the tribunal improperly turned a blind eye to alleged corruption underlying the project.
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December 12, 2024
Wash. Judge Weighs Stay Of Gas Reg Suit Amid New Cases
A Seattle federal judge hinted on Thursday she might pause a building industry coalition's lawsuit challenging Washington regulations discouraging the use of natural gas appliances in new construction, pointing to fresh litigation in state court that could force regulators to revise the rules in the wake of an initiative voters passed in November.
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December 12, 2024
NY Judge Bars Pot Regulator From Processing Retail Apps
A New York state judge Thursday ordered cannabis regulators to stop processing applications submitted by would-be marijuana sellers who did not secure a location for their proposed pot shop before November of last year, leaving hundreds of prospective retailers in limbo.
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December 12, 2024
Insurer Owes Defense In Faulty Landscaping Row, Court Told
A contractor facing claims it did faulty irrigation and landscaping work told a Florida federal court that its commercial general liability insurer must defend it, saying while the insurer declined additional insured coverage to the underlying claimant, it still hasn't communicated a coverage position with the contractor.
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December 12, 2024
Cannabis Shops Ask DC Judge To Halt Store Shutdowns
A coalition of Washington, D.C.-based recreational marijuana shops is asking a D.C. federal judge to put a stop to district regulators' enforcement actions against their stores, saying the businesses face "imminent destruction" absent an injunction.
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December 12, 2024
DOI Plan Would Protect NM Land From New Mining Claims
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Thursday initiated a two-year segregation period to temporarily withdraw 165,000 acres of public lands in New Mexico from new mining claims and the issuance of new federal mineral leases.
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December 12, 2024
NY Courts Defy Watchdog, Won't Release Judicial Ethics Data
Counsel for the New York State Unified Court System told the state transparency watchdog Wednesday it has no obligation to release judges' and court officials' financial disclosure data under public records law.
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December 12, 2024
Saul Ewing Named In Wage Class Reps' Hidden-Asset Suit
A Pittsburgh-based home health care company and its counsel from Saul Ewing LLP are improperly shuffling assets in order to avoid paying future judgments, according to a lawsuit by representatives of a proposed wage class seeking $12.2 million.
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December 12, 2024
Blackstone Buying Tokyo Mixed-Use Building For $2.6B
Blackstone said Thursday it has agreed to acquire a 2.4 million-square-foot mixed-use office building in central Tokyo from affiliates of Japanese hotel and railway group Seibu Holdings for $2.6 billion, in what the private equity giant called the largest-ever real estate investment by a foreign investor in Japan.
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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
Suit Says Plastic Bag Maker Owes $3M For Property Damage
An Illinois property owner said Bio Star Films, a maker of plastic shopping bags, must pay over $3 million for repairs to five industrial buildings it leased in Chicago for recycling and plastic manufacturing, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.
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December 11, 2024
Justices Question Affiliates' Liability In $47M TM Judgment
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned why lower courts ordered affiliates of a real estate company to pay a $47 million trademark infringement judgment against it when they were not defendants, with Justice Clarence Thomas asking counsel for the prevailing party why they did not include the affiliates in the case.
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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
LA Fitness Fights To End DOJ's Gym Accessibility Suit
LA Fitness urged a California federal judge to toss the U.S. Department of Justice's civil enforcement lawsuit alleging the gym chain failed to accommodate patrons with disabilities at its nearly 700 locations across the country, arguing the lawsuit relies on "isolated" incidents and doesn't show "a pattern and practice."
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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 11, 2024
Akerman Can't Escape Malpractice Suit Over Lease Dispute
Akerman LLP has lost its jurisdictional challenge to a lawsuit alleging it owes a seafood restaurant chain over $1 million for giving bad advice during a lease dispute in Florida, with a Texas appeals court ruling the malpractice claims stem from work the firm solicited within the Lone Star State.
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December 11, 2024
Yellow Corp. Seeks OK For $192.5M Truck Terminal Sales
Trucking group Yellow Corp. has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to sign off on sales of 12 owned and leased truck terminals that would bring some $192.5 million into its Chapter 11 estate.
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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 11, 2024
Judge Orders Home Sale To Pay Down $1.7M Tax Debt
A California federal judge ordered the private sale of a deceased couple's home to pay down a $700,000 tax bill that has been accruing interest for 20 years and now stands at roughly $1.7 million.
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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
Michigan Tribe Asks High Court To Undo Land Trust Order
A Michigan tribe is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a decision that rejected its bid to compel the federal government to take land into trust for a casino venture outside Detroit, arguing that if the ruling is left to stand, it will forever impair its ability to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
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December 10, 2024
Tribe Says Feds Cast Aside Calls For Consult On Ore. Casino
A number of Indigenous communities, along with state and federal lawmakers are calling on the federal government to take a harder look at Oregon's first proposed off-reservation casino project before its final approval, saying requests for tribal consultation on the endeavor have been ignored for more than a decade.
Expert Analysis
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Being An EMT Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While some of my experiences as an emergency medical technician have been unusually painful and searing, the skills I’ve learned — such as triage, empathy and preparedness — are just as useful in my work as a restructuring lawyer, says Marshall Huebner at Davis Polk.
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In Debate Over High Court Wording, 'Wetland' Remains Murky
Though the U.S. Supreme Court's decision limiting the Clean Water Act’s wetlands jurisdiction is now a year old, Sackett v. EPA's practical consequences for property owners are still evolving as federal agencies and private parties advance competing interpretations of the court's language and methods for distinguishing wetlands in lower courts, says Neal McAliley at Carlton Fields.
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Ga. Law Creates Challenges For Foreign Ownership Of Land
Under Georgia's new law limiting certain foreign possessory interests in agricultural land and land near military properties, affected foreign persons and entities will need to do significantly more work in order to ensure that their ownership remains legal, say Nellie Sullivan and Lindsey Grubbs at Holland & Knight.
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Questions Remain After Mass. Adverse Possession Case
A recent Massachusetts Land Court decision, concerning an adverse possession claim on a family company-owned property, leaves open questions about potential applicability to closely held corporations and other ownership types going forward, says Brad Hickey at DarrowEverett.
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4 Takeaways From Biden's Crypto Mining Divestment Order
A May 13 executive order prohibiting the acquisition of real estate by a foreign investor on national security grounds — an enforcement first — shows the importance of understanding how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States might profile cross-border transactions, even those that are non-notified, say attorneys at Kirkland.
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Insurer Quota-Sharing Lessons From $112M Bad Faith Verdict
In Indiana GRQ v. American Guarantee and Liability Insurance, an Indiana federal jury recently issued a landmark $112 million bad faith verdict, illustrating why insurers must understand the interplay between bad faith law and quota-sharing before entering into these relatively new arrangements, say Jason Reichlyn and Christopher Sakauye at Dykema.
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Exploring An Alternative Model Of Litigation Finance
A new model of litigation finance, most aptly described as insurance-backed litigation funding, differs from traditional funding in two key ways, and the process of securing it involves three primary steps, say Bob Koneck, Christopher Le Neve Foster and Richard Butters at Atlantic Global Risk LLC.
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11th Circ. Ruling May Foreshadow Ch. 15 Clashes
The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision in In re: Talal Qais Abdulmunem Al Zawawi has introduced a split from the Second Circuit regarding whether debtors in foreign proceedings must have a domicile, calling attention to the understudied nature of Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, say attorneys at Cleary.
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Teaching Yoga Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Being a yoga instructor has helped me develop my confidence and authenticity, as well as stress management and people skills — all of which have crossed over into my career as an attorney, says Laura Gongaware at Clyde & Co.
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A Vision For Economic Clerkships In The Legal System
As courts handle increasingly complex damages analyses involving vast amounts of data, an economic clerkship program — integrating early-career economists into the judicial system — could improve legal outcomes and provide essential training to clerks, say Mona Birjandi at Data for Decisions and Matt Farber at Secretariat.
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What A Louisiana Ruling Means For Pipeline Crossings
After a Louisiana appeals court's recent ruling on a conflict between two pipeline projects, operators and developers should review pipeline crossings to ensure that they occur at safe distances — and keep in mind the value of crossing agreements for protecting both sides in case of a dispute, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.
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A Look At New IRS Rules For Domestically Controlled REITs
The Internal Revenue Services' finalized Treasury Regulations addressing whether real estate investment trusts qualify as domestically controlled adopt the basic structure of previous proposals, but certain new and modified rules may mitigate the regulations' impact, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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What Lies Behind Diverging US And UK Insolvency Trends
Contrasting U.K. and U.S. insolvency trends highlight the importance of policy interventions in shaping consumer financial outcomes and economic recovery, and while the U.K.'s approach seems to have mitigated issues, the U.S. faces challenges exacerbated by economic conditions and policy transitions, says Thomas Curran at Thomas H. Curran Associates.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Text Message Data
Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.
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How New Rule Would Change CFIUS Enforcement Powers
Before the May 15 comment deadline, companies may want to weigh in on proposed regulatory changes to enforcement and mitigation tools at the disposal of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, including broadened subpoena powers, difficult new mitigation timelines and higher maximum penalties, say attorneys at Venable.