Real Estate Law and Construction Law

In one of his final official acts, on January 20, 2026, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation amending the state's Project Labor Agreement (PLA) statute, N.J.S.A. 52:38‑1 et seq...

Directs federal agencies to restrict the sale, financing, insurance, guarantees, securitization, and disposition of single-family homes to large institutional investors, prioritize sales to individual owner-occupants, require greater ownership disclosure in federal housing programs, intensify antitrust scrutiny of large-scale housing acquisitions, and develop legislation to codify limits on institutional ownership of single-family homes.

The Supreme Court has held that a contractor cannot terminate its employment under the industry-wide standard form construction contract for a repeated default (such as late payment)...