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New York Law Journal

CTA Reporting: Disclosing Whether You Are a Terrorist

While the Corporate Transparency Act has been in effect since the first of the year, Jan. 1, 2025 will be the first reporting deadline for many New York building owners and boards. Failure to comply has the potential for costly penalties, so understanding if, when and how you need to report is a priority.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Year-End Tax Planning: How Real Estate Investors Can Leverage Qualified Opportunity Funds

The QOF program incentivizes private investment in economically distressed communities across the United States, providing investors with the opportunity to defer and reduce capital gains taxes by directing their funds into designated opportunity zones.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Winstead Real Estate Shareholder Returns to Jones Day

Jones Day continues to hire in Dallas, bringing on real estate partner Conrad Steele, who started his legal career at the firm.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Top Court Punts Certified Foreclosure Question Back to 2nd Circuit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had asked the New York Court of Appeals whether FAPA applies retroactively to actions occurring prior to enactment of the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act and whether retroactive application is constitutional.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Block Billing; Rent Arrears; Succession of Tenancy; Tenant's Right To Install an Appliance: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "EXPR 14 Holdings LLC v. LS-14 Ave LLC," "GMT 3435 Realty LLC v. Hyman," "Ocean Properties LLC v. Sierra," and "57 Elmhurst, LLC v. Fernandez."  
17 minute read

New York Law Journal

IRS Issues Regulations on Conservation Easement Reporting

In December 2022, the IRS issued proposed regulations designating certain syndicated conservation easements as listed transactions. In their financing column, Ezra Dyckman and Charles Nelson offer their thoughts on how the regulations, finalized by the IRS on Oct. 8, 2024, "seem to go beyond congressional intent and create the added confusion of having two similar but not identical sets of rules."  
5 minute read

International Edition

Davis Polk Relocates to Bigger London HQ

The firm has signed for over half of livery group the Mercers' office space at Whittington Building in the Square Mile.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyers Beat Other Local Sectors, Attorneys Elsewhere in Office Usage

Leasing activity is down for commercial real estate across the country, but law firm personnel are going back into the office at a higher rate than other industries, according to a new report.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Construction Performance Bond; Rent Overcharge: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "JDS Dev. LLC v. Parkside Constr. Bldrs. Corp.," and Levy v. NYS Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal."
17 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trends in Litigation, Part 4: Expedited Enforcement Procedures

This article is the last in a four-part series that examines how litigation can shape the evolution of best practices in the real estate industry. It discusses how care in drafting guarantees—a key feature of many real estate transactions—can help ensure the availability of the most efficient legal procedure for their enforcement.
8 minute read

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