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August 13, 2026
A California federal judge has approved a $57 million settlement between the U.S. government and Tetra Tech EC Inc., resolving claims that the company billed the Navy for radiation cleanup work at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard that it never performed.
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August 13, 2026
A split Eleventh Circuit panel affirmed a decision to slash three Georgia landowners' conservation easement value from $18 million to $1 million Thursday, saying the U.S. Tax Court didn't need to determine the property's best use because the parties already agreed on that use.
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August 13, 2026
The federal government fired back in California federal court Wednesday against a bid by California and Santa Clara County to block a planned ICE office and temporary holding facility in Silicon Valley, arguing that the project's alleged environmental, health and safety impacts are speculative and unsupported.
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August 12, 2026
Whatcom County, Washington, has asked a federal court to dismiss the sole claim against it in a lawsuit from the Lummi Nation over broadband construction that allegedly disturbed ancestral remains, arguing that the county cannot be held liable for how it reviewed permits for the projects.
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August 12, 2026
McCarter & English LLP gained a new real estate and government affairs special counsel this week from FBT Gibbons LLP in Newark, New Jersey, who focuses on land use, zoning and redevelopment.
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August 11, 2026
Nvidia, Goldman Sachs, KKR, Apollo Management, BlackRock, Brookfield and Blackstone are teaming up to spend over $500 billion in "third-party capital" on building artificial intelligence infrastructure, Nvidia announced.
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August 10, 2026
Immigration officials told a Texas federal judge that construction of a barrier along the Mexico border near Big Bend National Park is a national priority and the need for quick construction outweighs compliance with numerous environmental laws.
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August 10, 2026
A California tribe is accusing the U.S. Department of the Interior of illegally pulling trust status from a 160-acre plat of Vallejo, California, land that the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians were planning to turn into a casino, a move the tribe said was barred in a previous round of litigation.
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August 04, 2026
The Internal Revenue Service should be barred from pursuing unconstitutional notices of deficiency assessed against a real estate firm, the firm told the Fourth Circuit, saying it's being retaliated against for exercising protected free speech.
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August 03, 2026
A Minnesota childcare center that missed a county deadline for claiming a tax exemption was still entitled to secure the tax break through an appeal to the state's tax court, the center's owner told the state Supreme Court.
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July 31, 2026
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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July 31, 2026
A Northeast Pennsylvania town's zoning code placed unacceptable burdens on the religious exercises of an Orthodox Jewish congregation using two properties for worship, instruction and communal living, a split Third Circuit panel said in an opinion ordering the properties to be reopened.
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July 31, 2026
Parsons Government Services Inc. asked a Colorado federal judge to pare three claims from a subcontractor's suit over a Marshall Islands project, arguing that the subcontractor failed to develop evidence for any of them during discovery.
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July 30, 2026
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would create a pilot program for the federal judiciary to obtain direct authority to maintain its buildings, which the judiciary says is desperately needed.
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July 30, 2026
Resolution Copper Co. said it established a $54 million trust that will provide annual funding to 11 Indigenous nations that have cultural and ancestral ties to a sacred Arizona worship site that's facing destruction to make way for a multibillion-dollar mining operation.
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July 28, 2026
A Colorado Court of Appeals panel Tuesday largely sidestepped the underlying statutory questions in a mountain town's appeal over the dismissal of its case seeking condemnation of an easement over a concert series, instead pondering why they were being asked to rule on the appeal at all.
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July 28, 2026
A D.C. federal judge has trimmed a lawsuit contesting federal approvals for a wind farm off the New York and New Jersey coasts while preserving claims that the government wrongly allowed the project to harm migratory bottlenose dolphin populations.
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July 28, 2026
An international tribunal has awarded U.S.-based construction aggregates company Vulcan Materials "negligible" damages in its arbitration accusing Mexico of improperly clamping down on its limestone quarrying activities in Quintana Roo, the company said Monday.
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July 27, 2026
Four limited liability companies defended total deductions of $245 million for conservation easements on land in two Wisconsin counties they donated in 2021, telling the U.S. Tax Court the properties had the potential to support nearly 300 oil production wells.
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July 27, 2026
Indigenous, environmental and preservation groups say a decision by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to advance a proposed rulemaking notice for revisions to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act will weaken tribal nations' roles in ensuring that their sacred burial sites and ancestral lands are protected.
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July 27, 2026
Environmental organizations asked a Washington federal judge Monday to overturn a nationwide permit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reissued for oil and gas pipelines, accusing the agency of allowing companies to fast-track stream crossings without the appropriate considerations or safeguards.
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July 24, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Brookfield Asset Management acquires Aypa Power from funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners, Brookfield and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board buy LXP Industrial Trust, and Novagold Resources Inc. and Paulson Advisers LLC agree to give Novagold full ownership of Donlin Gold LLC.
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July 23, 2026
Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to acquire Aypa Power from funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners in a deal valuing the battery storage developer at about $7 billion, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP and White & Case LLP advising.
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July 22, 2026
The Internal Revenue Service improperly denied a Georgia partnership a $6 million charitable contribution deduction it claimed for the donation of a conservation easement, the partnership told the U.S. Tax Court, disputing the agency's assertion of an income tax underpayment and penalties.
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July 22, 2026
Washington, D.C., will allow a new way to appeal the fair market value of properties transferred for no or nominal consideration under legislation that took effect after the end of a required congressional review period.