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Texas Lawyer

In Dallas, Real Estate Investor Sues Person Allegedly Behind 'LPWhisperer' X Account

David Sillers, a partner at Clare Locke in Alexandria, Virginia, represents the plaintiff, Scott Everett, in the defamation-by-tweet lawsuit against the defendant, Jakub Kostecki, who allegedly goes by the handle LPWhisperer on the social media website X.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'False Appraisal'?: Offit Kurman Seeks $1M Damages Award in DC Real Estate Negligence Lawsuit

Appraisal Management Solutions "breached" its appraisal duty by "failing" to determine the correct square footage of the D.C. residential property, according to the allegations in the complaint.
2 minute read

International Edition

Trio of Firms Score Roles as Warburg Pincus, LendLease Buy Singapore Portfolio For $1.2B 

Latham & Watkins, Allen & Gledhill and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Current State of New Jersey's Arbitrary Sidewalk Liability Law

Since the New Jersey Supreme Court decision in Stewart v. 104 Wallace St., 87 N.J. 146 (1981), commercial property owners have owed a duty to maintain…
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Taking Action: How We Can Build Trust and Collaborate Within Our Communities?

Following the publication of my article titled, "Real Estate Developers Don't Need to be Jerks— We Must Build Trust," I received an incredible…
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Real Estate Fund Sues Fiduciary After $58 Million USD Converted to Euros

Plaintiffs, represented by a team at Steptoe, claim Land Services USA breached their contractual and fiduciary obligations as escrow agent while disbursing a loan from Deutsche Bank Luxembourg in July.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Legal Fee Award; Constructive Trust, Unjust Enrichment, and Conversion: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "COD, LLC v. Ljuljdjuraj," and "Rojas v. Roche."
16 minute read

New York Law Journal

IRS Targets Related-Party Basis Shifting

On June 17, 2024, the IRS released Notice 2024-54, which states that the IRS and the Treasury Department intend to issue proposed regulations relating to partnership basis adjustments resulting from transactions between related parties. The proposed regulations would introduce massive additional complexity to an area of the tax law that is already complicated.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida's Latest Community Association Bill (HB 1021): Enhancing Governance and Transparency

  The passage of HB 1021 marks a significant shift in the governance and management of community associations in Florida. Effective from July…
7 minute read

Law.com

'Nothing Is Good for the Consumer Right Now': Experts Weigh Benefits, Drawbacks of Updated Real Estate Commission Policies

"Consumers are caught in a maze of 'What do I do?' Nobody has good answers and even the realtors themselves have no clue what's going on," said University of Buffalo School of Law professor Tanya Monestier.
7 minute read

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