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Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

From Indiana to Disney Springs: Major Developments in Property Tax Law

In the last legislative session, the Indiana General Assembly introduced and passed significant changes to Indiana’s business personal property tax regime. The changes in Indiana’s SB 1, along with subsequent amendments from...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Lender Considerations in Deed-in-Lieu Transactions

When a commercial mortgage lender sets out to enforce a mortgage loan following a borrower default, a key goal is to identify the most expeditious manner in which the lender can obtain control and possession of the underlying...more

Perkins Coie

Percolating Groundwater Is Appurtenant to Land and Is Transferred With It

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The Court of Appeal confirmed that the rights to floodwater captured and stored in an aquifer beneath property were not personal property but rather appurtenant to the land and were transferred with the property during a...more

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Just Argued: Florida Supreme Court Tackles Property Law Shake-Up That Could Hit Property Owners and Developers Alike

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This morning, the Florida Supreme Court heard RJ’s International v. Crown Castle, a high-stakes case poised to reshape how contractual terms in property agreements affect future landowners. The justices are weighing whether...more

McDermott Will & Emery

UKREiiF 2025: Key Takeaways From a Week of Ideas, Energy, and Collaboration

Alongside the glorious Yorkshire sunshine, what stood out most during this year’s UKREiiF was the energy and enthusiasm shared by so many across the UK real estate sector. In a year where market momentum hasn’t been as strong...more

K&L Gates LLP

Victorian Government to Extend the Temporary Off-the-Plan Duty Concession

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As part of the 2025–2026 Victorian State Budget announced on 20 May 2025, the Victorian government has confirmed that it intends to extend the availability of an expanded off-the-plan stamp duty concession for a further...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

TOPA Reform Alert

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As reported in our April 2025 Alert on March 3, 2025, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson introduced the Rebalancing Expectations for Neighbors, Tenants, and Landlords (RENTAL) Act (B26-0164), which includes proposed...more

Bracewell LLP

Surface vs. Mineral Owners: Texas Supreme Court Settles Salt Cavern Ownership Dispute

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The Texas Supreme Court has settled the issue of who owns the voids, known as salt caverns, created in subsurface salt formations (whether naturally occurring or caused as a result of salt mining operations). In...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Workers' Compensation Exclusivity Does Not Prevent Claims Against Employer's Officers as Landlords

For employers, workers' compensation laws act as both a sword and a shield. While injured employees do not have to prove negligence resulting in the injury, they cannot sue the employer for personal injury outside of the...more

Frost Brown Todd

Sale-Leaseback Due Diligence Considerations

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This is the fourth installment in our series on sale-leaseback transactions, a real estate financing mechanism growing in popularity. For a recap, check out part one on sale-leaseback fundamentals, part two on reverse...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Maryland attorney general announces three housing settlements

On May 20, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General announced three significant actions to enforce both Maryland and federal fair housing laws. The attorney general’s efforts resulted in three major settlements by the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Trade organization challenges CFPB’s final PACE rule

On May 28, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida received a complaint from a trade organization representing the residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) industry. The complaint challenged the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Montana revises its appraiser licensing regulations

On May 13, the governor of Montana signed into law HB 872 to amend the state’s regulations concerning appraiser licensing. The act clarifies that licensed or certified real estate appraisers can offer evaluations to financial...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Will There Be Light? FinCEN’s New Reporting Rule Faces Legal Challenge

The U.S. real estate market has long been a cornerstone of the American dream—a path to stability, investment, and generational wealth. But at the margins, that same market has also provided an opportunity for illicit actors...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Ohio Court Holds Non-Disclosure of Sewer Assessment Fraudulent in Real Estate Sale

A recent Eleventh District Ohio Court of Appeals decision (Bockelman v. Griffin) reminds us that: 1) fraudulent concealment/non-disclosure is an exception to the general real estate principle of “Caveat Emptor” (Let the Buyer...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Easement Cannot be Granted on Inconsistent Theories

An easement — an interest in the land of another entitling the easement owner to a limited use or enjoyment of another’s land — can be established by a variety of theories...more

Cozen O'Connor

PA Tells AI-Powered Property Management Company to Get Smart

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Pennsylvania AG Dave Sunday settled with property management company Home365, LLC to resolve allegations that its use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted platform resulted in failures to timely address tenants’...more

Hogan Lovells

Green Leasing in the US

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Green lease provisions are being added with increasing frequency in U.S. leases, especially in lease forms of larger and more sophisticated owners. For example, major owners of industrial spaces throughout the U.S....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Texas Supreme Court: Subsurface Storage Rights Generally Belong to Surface, Not Mineral Owner

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The Supreme Court of Texas has provided helpful guidance as to ownership of subsurface storage rights and pore space. In the recent holding in Myers-Woodward, LLC v. Underground Services Markham, LLC, the court held that "the...more

Perkins Coie

California Supreme Court Upholds Reduced Rent Remedies in Cotenancy Clauses

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Key Takeaways - - In JJD-HOV Elk Grove, LLC v. Jo-Ann Stores, LLC, the Supreme Court of California upheld the validity of a cotenancy provision in a retail lease, affirming that in certain instances where clauses are drafted...more

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Can a Production Sharing Agreement Override Surface Owner Consent? Hamilton v. ConocoPhillips Explored

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A landowner’s failure to provide consent for surface use related to oil and gas operations does not necessarily preclude the lessee from conducting activities if the lease agreements allow surface use....more

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Client Alert: 2025 Virginia Legislative Updates for Common Interest Communities

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The Virginia General Assembly approved a number of bills during its 2025 legislative session. Some of the bills impact, directly or indirectly, common interest communities. The Governor of Virginia signed the following bills...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

What is a Rent-Ready Credit in Multifamily Real Estate?

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A rent-ready credit is a legal provision commonly included in a multifamily real estate purchase agreement that allows a buyer to recover turnover costs at closing. The credit is used to cover the costs needed to make vacant...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Lease of Mind: Why Developers Should Consider Lease Options in Real Estate Agreements

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Before leasing land, it is important for developers to understand the benefits of using a lease-option structure instead of jumping straight into a leasehold. By deliberately separating and sequencing the grant of rights from...more

Mayer Brown

Déductibilité fiscale de services d’asset management rendus entre sociétés liées

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La Cour administrative d’appel de Paris confirme que la déductibilité fiscale de charges facturées au titre d’un contrat d’asset management entre sociétés liées suppose la démonstration concrète de prestations réellement...more

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