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  • May 22, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: $69B Merger, West Palm Beach, Congress

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including a $69 billion merger in the residential sector, a dramatic transformation in Florida's West Palm Beach, and the landmark housing bill creating strange bedfellows in Congress.

  • May 22, 2026

    The Bears' Best Gameplan? Playing Ill. And Ind. Off Each Other

    Creating a multibillion-dollar competition between Illinois and Indiana to build the Chicago Bears' new stadium is a strategy that has become increasingly popular among pro franchises that can leverage tax and financial incentives, and even real estate deals.

  • May 22, 2026

    Texas Justices Say Appeal Bond Cap Applies Per Debtor

    A split Texas Supreme Court on Friday found that each debtor of a $400 million judgment is subject to the state's bond cap, finding a joint $25 million bond by a group of three real estate defendants insufficient in their bid to pause collection efforts while they appeal a wrongful-death suit judgment.

  • May 22, 2026

    DOJ Demands Divestiture For Acquisition Of Concrete Plants

    The U.S. Department of Justice is requiring a Japanese cement company and its CalPortland subsidiary to divest three ready-mix concrete plants to a Southern California company to address antitrust concerns arising from CalPortland's proposed $712 million acquisition of construction giant Vulcan Materials' Golden State concrete plants, the agency announced.

  • May 22, 2026

    5th Circ. Seeks 'Sound Basis' To Gauge Water Antitrust Claims

    The Fifth Circuit has remanded a real estate developer's antitrust claims over a Texas city's alleged illegal restraint on retail water utility services, saying a lower court did not give the appeals court a "sound basis" to examine the claims.

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