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New Residential Property Management Laws: Leasing Compliance Shifts for Summer 2025

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With the summer wave of state legislative adjournments ending, residential property managers are confronting a new landscape of regulatory obligations. Several states and municipalities have enacted or finalized laws and...more

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Unpicking the Government’s Bill to Ban Upwards Only Rent Reviews

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The Government (through Deputy PM Angela Rayner) introduced the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill into the Commons on 10 July. Amongst other matters the Bill seeks to reignite a Labour policy last seen at the...more

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Texas Adopts New Decommissioning Law for Battery Energy Storage Systems

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Texas has enacted a new statutory framework governing the decommissioning of battery energy storage systems (BESS) not owned by an electric utility. On May 29, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 3809 (H.B. 3809)...more

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ANTAQ Publishes New Guidelines on Transfer of Corporate Control in Port Contracts

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The Brazilian National Agency for Waterway Transportation (ANTAQ) published Resolution No. 128/2025 (RN 128/2025), revising the procedures for the transfer of corporate control under port authority concession contracts, lease...more

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Significant tax benefits for owners of long-term rental buildings

Owners of buildings designated for long-term rentals are entitled to significant tax benefits that are being granted in order to encourage the construction of buildings that include residential apartments earmarked for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

State of Conversion: Update on Adaptive Reuse and Conversion Legislation

Earlier this year, our article in the Spring 2024 issue of NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Magazine touched on some of the challenges of and tools for adapting underutilized commercial spaces and property for...more

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Luxembourg’s Residential Lease Reform: What Does It Mean for Real Estate Investments?

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The Bill of Law No. 7642 (referred to here as the Residential Lease Law) entered into force on 1 August 2024. The Residential Lease Law modifies the residential-leasing regulations in Luxembourg....more

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Status of California Rent Control Reform

It seems like year-after-year, attempts are made to reform or repeal California’s rent control regulations, namely the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Civ. Code §§ 1954.50 et seq.) (Costa-Hawkins Act). 2024 has proven to be...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Unleashing AB 2216: Will Fido Have a Leg Up on Landlords?

The California State Legislature is considering Assembly Bill (AB) 2216, a measure introduced by Assemblymember Matt Haney, that would force landlords to permit pets in residential rental properties. Specifically, the...more

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Colorado Bill Adds New Rental Agreement Prohibitions Effective Aug. 7

A bill adding to the list of prohibited provisions in rental agreements recently became law in Colorado. Although the state already had rules in place for what can appear in rental agreements, HB 23-1095 adds prohibitions...more

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Pennsylvania Adds New Royalty Payment Reporting Requirements and Deadlines for Unconventional Oil and Gas

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On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed Act 153 of 2022, which revises the Oil and Gas Lease Act’s provisions on required disclosures accompanying payments made to royalty owners from unconventional oil and...more

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Florida Legal Update: Laws of Interest Effective July 1, 2020

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Business Legal Updates - Collegiate Student Athletes Can Now Receive Compensation - With the passing of Section 1006.74, F.S., effective July 1, 2020, intercollegiate athletes at a “postsecondary educational...more

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Game Place Decision Legislation Signed

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On February 13, 2019, the Governor signed into law House Bill 2287. This legislation negates the potential adverse consequences of the Virginia Supreme Court’s May 2018 decision in The Game Place, L.L.C. v. Fredericksburg 35,...more

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California Update: New Laws Give Residential and Commercial Tenants Rights to Install EV Charging Stations and Streamline...

Last month Governor Brown signed AB 2565, which gives residential and commercial tenants new rights to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, and AB 2188, which directs cities and counties to streamline permitting...more

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Decree “Sblocca Italia”: News On The Matter Of Lease

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Following its publication in the Official Gazette on September 13, 2014, the Law Decree September 12, 2014 no. 133 “Urgent actions for the opening of construction sites, the realization of public infrastructures, the digital...more

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Legislative Update: Pa. Passes Oil and Gas Lease Act Share

On July 9, 2013, Governor Corbett signed the Oil and Gas Lease Act, Senate Bill No. 259 of 2013 (the "Act"), which amends Pennsylvania's Guaranteed Minimum Royalty Act....more

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SB 1186 Update: California Legislature Attempts to Promote Compliance with Accessibility Standards and to Curtail Vexatious...

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In September 2012, the California State Legislature enacted SB 1186 in an effort to cut back on opportunistic litigation and encourage compliance with disability access laws. The new law imposes additional notice, procedural...more

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