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  • February 06, 2026

    $8M Rent-To-Own Class Settlements Get Final OK

    Five years of litigation — split between sister suits in North Carolina state and federal court — revolving around allegedly exorbitant fees on rent-to-own contracts for storage sheds ended this week after both courts entered final judgments and cemented a combined $8 million settlement.

  • February 06, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: Data Center Moratoriums, Fraud Detection

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including the states that may pump the brakes on data center construction and what private real estate lenders should know about fraud risk.

  • February 06, 2026

    Wintrust Beats Mortgage Loan Racial Bias Suit For Good

    Wintrust Financial Corp. and a mortgage lender subsidiary no longer face a proposed class action accusing them of discriminating against Black homebuyers after an Illinois federal judge found the amended suit doesn't show that the alleged discrimination was intentional or resulted in disparate lending outcomes.

  • February 06, 2026

    Menzies Targets NYC Townhouse In $7.6M Niger Award Feud

    A subsidiary of British aviation services company Menzies has set its sights on a $35 million luxury townhouse on the Upper East Side owned by the Nigerien government as it looks to enforce a nearly 13-year-old $7.6 million arbitral award against the West African country.

  • February 06, 2026

    Tampa Bay Rays Unveil New MLB Stadium Renderings

    Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays revealed new renderings for its proposed 31,000-seat stadium and mixed-use district project that's planned to be located at the Florida city's Hillsborough College, the team has announced.

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