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The American Lawyer

Morgan Lewis Says Global Clients Are Noticing ‘Expanded Capacity’ After Kramer Merger in Paris

Firm chair Jami McKeon and group managing partner Steven Wall spoke during their visit to the new office earlier this month.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

HUD Charges Texas HOA With Housing Discrimination in Last Days of Biden Administration

HUD charged a Texas homeowners association with race-based housing discrimination, but if the Trump administration does not proceed, complainants have civil recourse.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Considerations for Establishing or Denying a Texas Partnership to Invest in Real Estate

Rachel Roosth and Emma Oliver of Norton Rose Fulbright examine considerations for proving or disputing the existence of a general partnership and how an alleged partnership’s investments in real estate may affect that analysis.
8 minute read

International Edition

Morgan Lewis Says Global Clients Are Noticing ‘Expanded Capacity’ in Paris After Kramer Merger

Kramer Levin’s former Paris office prized its “flexibility” but is adjusting to its place in Morgan Lewis’ global platform.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judgment of Partition and Sale Vacated for Failure To Comply With Heirs Act: This Week in Scott Mollen’s Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses “Gelinas LLC v. Hayes,” where the key issue was “whether this action for partition is governed by traditional legal principles of partition or is subject to the special protections and procedures of the relatively new Uniform Partition Heirs Property Act.”
17 minute read

Texas Lawyer

O'Melveny, White & Case, Skadden Beef Up in Texas With Energy, Real Estate Lateral Partner Hires

Am Law 100 firms based outside of Texas continue to hire lateral partners in the state's hot market.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Controlling Costs on Capital Construction Projects

In his Construction Law column, Kenneth Block discusses measures that owners can follow to control cost and ensure the project is not only within budget, but also on time and in compliance with all construction documents.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Late Fees on a Balloon Payment Due at Maturity

Virtually all commercial real estate loan documents contain a provision providing that if a payment is not timely, a late fee is imposed in connection with that late payment—typically 5% of the amount of the payment that was due. A 5% late fee imposed on a delinquent monthly installment payment does not usually cause much controversy.
5 minute read

International Edition

Clifford Chance Loses Two More Key German Real Estate Partners As Focus Shifts to Cross-Border Deals

Clifford Chance’s head of real estate in Germany and a senior partner are departing amid a market slump; three real estate partners have departed in as many months.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Buchalter Hires Longtime Sheppard Mullin Real Estate Partner as Practice Chair

Buchalter added Aaron Sobaski as a shareholder and chair of its Irvine-based real estate practice group.
2 minute read

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