
How Law Firms Are Winning The Succession Game
Law firms take great care to ensure their longevity. To develop leaders, they carefully identify, mentor and groom the next generation. While top firms can outspend them, some firms are finding alternatives to acquire and retain partners. In a bid to win the loyalty of key clients, firms are increasingly involving them in their lateral hiring processes.

Maturing Proptech Sector Navigates Uncertain Times
The volatility in the global economy this year has generated uncertainty within just about every industry, with no exception for property technology. Nonetheless, this subsector of the tech industry finds itself on relatively solid footing and with an overall positive outlook, according to professionals closely tracking its development.

CoStar Claims Zillow Stole Copyrighted Property Photos
CoStar Group Inc. and CoStar Realty Information Inc. alleged Wednesday in New York federal court that property listings giant Zillow stole and profited off of more than 46,000 of CoStar's copyrighted real estate photos.
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An insolvent company that developed a resort and other properties in California told a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday that it had cobbled together two more weeks of Chapter 11 financing, avoiding for no... (more story)
Federal and state courts continue to weigh litigation involving public nuisance, long-tail environmental and sexual abuse claims. Here, Law360 breaks down some of the blockbuster commercial general liability i... (more story)

As investment funds reach the ends of their life cycles and have capital that must be deployed, funds are looking to pour that capital into U.S. data centers, among other asset classes, one of DLA Piper's glob... (more story)
A Delaware bankruptcy judge has refused to throw out or convert the involuntary Chapter 7 proceedings launched against the onetime hopeful developer of a casino in Mississippi, concluding the creditors that fo... (more story)
VICI Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust focused on gambling and experiential real estate, touted investments in casino developments and its Canadian casino performance as Las Vegas sees a tourism ... (more story)
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. can't get out of a lawsuit alleging that two hotels, in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, forced homeless or desperate people into servitude in exchange for shelter, though ... (more story)
Latham & Watkins LLP expanded its presence in midtown Manhattan by signing a 12-year lease for 12,000 square feet on two whole floors in RXR's building at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, RXR announced Thursday.
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A New York state court judge refused to stay a dispute between current and former owners of New York City apartment buildings with illegally deregulated units while an appeal plays out, finding an eventual rul... (more story)
A homebuyer has accused a Raleigh, North Carolina, brokerage of taking kickbacks to refer borrowers exclusively to mortgage origination company CrossCountry Mortgage under a secret arrangement by executives of... (more story)

A master developer has agreed to sell a 550-acre tract of land within a larger project to a Texas company planning more than 1,000 residential lots at a site on the Lake Texoma reservoir north of Dallas.
Home sellers are defending $110 million in settlements cut with several real estate brokerages in the sprawling litigation targeting the National Association of Realtors' broker commission rules from objection... (more story)
A joint venture of Kushner Real Estate Group and National Real Estate Advisors has secured a $255 million refinancing for a recently completed luxury apartment tower in Jersey City, New Jersey, according to br... (more story)
Invitation Homes Inc.'s CEO said during a second-quarter earnings call on Thursday that the single-family leasing and management company is "confident" it will meet or surpass its $500 million to $700 million ... (more story)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a New York City Council vote that shot down gambling company Bally's Corp.'s bid to build a $4 billion resort and casino in the Bronx, saying Wednesday that a casino in th... (more story)