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Latest News in Real Estate
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February 25, 2026
HUD Attys Fight To Keep Fair Housing Suit Alive
Five attorneys with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development urged the District of Columbia federal court to not dismiss their suit accusing HUD of impeding the enforcement of fair housing laws by wrongfully reassigning the lawyers to other jobs, arguing that the Fair Housing Act provides an avenue for them to sue.
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February 25, 2026
NYC Energy Storage Guidance Clarifies Compliance Pathways
The New York City Department of Buildings’ recently issued bulletin provides long-awaited clarity on how battery storage systems may generate greenhouse gas emissions deductions, materially expands compliance pathways for building owners and creates new opportunities for providers, say attorneys at Hodgson Russ.
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February 25, 2026
Builders Lose Bids To Toss NJ Town's Suit, DQ Counsel
A New Jersey state judge refused to dismiss a municipality's challenge to a neighboring borough's controversial waterfront development and declined to disqualify O'Toole Scrivo LLC as plaintiffs' counsel, finding that the defendants failed to show an ethical conflict.
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February 25, 2026
Fla. Officials OK Land Transfer For Tampa Rays' Ballpark Plan
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet have granted Hillsborough College a plot of state land in Tampa that could be redeveloped with new academic buildings and a ballpark for Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays.
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February 25, 2026
Takeaways From CFPB's Retreat On Immigrant Fair Lending
Practices discouraged under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Justice Department's 2023 statement on the treatment of immigration status under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act may now be permissible following its recent withdrawal, making it crucial for lenders to follow unfolding fair lending developments in this area, say attorneys at Steptoe.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Real estate deals valued at $50MM or more
- Real estate financing and securitization
- Formation of real estate investment trusts
- Major construction projects
- Commercial leasing deals
- Asset sales in bankruptcies
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- Green Building Council
- State and municipal real estate and development regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Development and permitting rules
- Tax issues related to real estate
- Real estate lobbying
- LITIGATION
- Suits between buyers and sellers
- Suits between developers and contractors
- Breach of contract disputes
- Zoning, environmental, and land-use suits
- Real estate financing disputes
- Disputes over securitized real estate assets, including mortgage-backed securities
- Class actions and multiparty litigation over evictions and foreclosures
- Insurance coverage suits over real property
- Real estate bankruptcy proceedings
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of real estate practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the real estate industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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