/real-estate-authority/other?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Real Estate Authority Other Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:43:25 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2349740?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2349740 Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP announced Thursday that it's continuing its Sunshine State hiring spree with a new partner to its real estate, construction and development service line in St. Petersburg, Florida, from Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns LLP. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:45:21 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2349498?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2349498 California land that is transferred to a federally recognized Native American tribe would be exempt from state real estate transfer tax under a bill passed in the state Assembly.  Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:04:38 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2349522?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2349522 The owner of an abandoned northwest Georgia chemical plant filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against its former owner-operators alleging that they left hundreds of drums of toxic waste behind, resulting in its new owner facing federal prosecution and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean up. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:01:34 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2349443?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2349443 A New Jersey man linked to an intricate pension plan scheme involving refunds from the Dutch government pled guilty to evading more than $2.4 million in U.S. taxes by concealing ownership of more than $5.5 million in real estate, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday.  Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:23:35 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2345831?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2345831 While students often practice as lead trial attorneys in law school, such an opportunity likely won’t arise until a few years into practice, so junior associates should focus on honing skills that are essential to supporting a trial team, including organization, adaptability and humility, says Lucy Zelina at Tucker Ellis. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:23:38 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2349009?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2349009 Oregonians, including a photographer and a charter boat operator, started the latest trial against utility PacifiCorp over wildfire damage Tuesday, with their lawyer telling a jury the 10 property owners deserve some $100 million for the fraught experiences they endured. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:13:04 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2348581?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2348581 Hobart, Wisconsin, has asked a federal judge to undo a move by the U.S. Department of the Interior to place properties into a trust for the Oneida Nation, arguing that the transfers were made despite the village's claims of a biased administrative process. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:37:28 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2347960?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2347960 The U.S. says it no longer wants to intervene in a dispute between the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the city of El Paso, Texas, over 155 acres of land, a shift in position from the prior administration that argued it never authorized non-Native Americans to usurp the tribe's property. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:59:12 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2348563?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2348563 Holland & Knight LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a partner from DLA Piper to enhance its capacity to handle real estate matters for its clients. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:00:31 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2345428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2345428 A rebound in client work sent the nation’s largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the °µÍø½ûÇø 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:08:09 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2348287?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2348287 A donated 85-acre land plot in Georgia originally valued at nearly $22 million should have been valued around $193,000, the U.S. Tax Court found Monday, agreeing with the Internal Revenue Service. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:26:15 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2348102?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2348102 Holland & Knight LLP has added a former Squire Patton Boggs LLP partner in its Dallas office, bolstering its real estate section. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:46:38 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2347924?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2347924 Crowell & Moring LLP hired a former in-house Yale University associate general counsel with real estate transactions experience as senior counsel for the firm's corporate group in New York, the firm announced. Fri, 30 May 2025 19:00:31 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2340207?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2340207 Local zoning and planning boards, usually unelected decision-making bodies, often operate with sweeping discretion that can provide cover for discrimination against religious communities. But backed by pro bono attorneys, religious groups are leaning on a 2000 federal law in their bid for court intervention. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:12:53 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2346865?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2346865 An Ohio state jury has convicted a former Ohio mayor and a member of the same town's City Council of multiple corruption-related felonies and misdemeanors, and each man has been barred from public office for seven years. Wed, 28 May 2025 22:45:29 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2345052?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2345052 A Colorado energy company has sued the federal government over what it says is an approved 60-year-old oil and gas lease, saying that it was suddenly told in April that it never actually owned an interest in the lease on an Indian reservation in North Dakota. Wed, 28 May 2025 15:52:55 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2345891?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2345891 A real estate attorney with expertise in the Philadelphia commercial property market has joined Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP after practicing for more than six years with boutique firm Vos-IP. Tue, 27 May 2025 21:14:23 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2345382?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2345382 The Supreme Court's decision to deny an Apache nonprofit's petition that looked to save a centuries-old Arizona Indigenous worship site from destruction to make way for a multibillion-dollar copper mine is a grievous mistake with consequences that threaten to reverberate for generations, Justice Neil Gorsuch said in a Tuesday dissent. Tue, 27 May 2025 10:04:43 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2343897?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2343897 Paul Hastings LLP's real estate practice is adding an experienced five-partner land use team from Latham & Watkins LLP in Los Angeles, the firm announced Tuesday. Tue, 27 May 2025 09:49:15 +0000 /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2270514?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /real-estate-authority/other/articles/2270514 The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a challenge by an Apache nonprofit that seeks to undo the federal government's transfer of nearly 2,500 acres of land to an Arizona copper mining company, a decision that could ultimately decide the fate of a centuries-old Indigenous worship site.