Real Estate Law and Construction Law

Monetary Relief for Homeowners, Foreclosure Prevention Programs and Servicing Reforms to be Implemented

According to the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, residential and commercial buildings will account for 73.2 percent of total electricity consumption and 40.1 percent of the nation’s total energy consumption in 2011, with approximately half of those totals attributable to commercial buildings alone.

Rising foreclosure rates in the residential real estate market have prompted underwater borrowers to ask about possible foreclosure strategies—most notably, how to avoid deficiency judgments.

The take-private REIT and Real Estate M&A market has remained active throughout the first half of 2025 as increased and persistent volatility in the stock market, coupled...

Any industrial factory or storage facility handling ignitable or otherwise hazardous materials should be aware of the Massachusetts Fire Code, which governs the storage...

In San Diego, the City owns and operates the local water utility system, which provides potable water to its 1.4 million residents.

A landowner sought a Certificate of Compliance from the City of Oakland, asserting that a pre-1972 deed referencing three lots (Lot 18, Lot 17, and a portion of Lot 16) created three separate legal parcels.

An easement is the right to use the land owned by another for some designated purpose. Such uses typically include ingress/egress, rights-of-way, utility, or water access.

Among the approximately 1,000 bills signed by California Governor Brown last month was Assembly Bill 1654 ("AB 1654"), which allows a class of employees to waive the remedies created by the PAGA of 2004.

Property owners in 19 Ohio counties have from January 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025, to formally challenge the real property tax valuation of their properties; otherwise, they must wait until the following year.

U.S. real estate remains a favored asset class for foreign investment by Israeli residents. With the Israeli shekel currently being relatively strong against the U.S. dollar, investments in the U.S.

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