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Maine Opens Door to Tribal Internet Gaming
Maine Opens Door to Tribal Internet Gaming
Maine will soon offer internet gaming, with a focus on creating economic opportunities for the Wabanaki Nations and other federally recognized...
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January 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Maine Opens Door to Tribal Internet Gaming
Proposed revisions to the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act: Key developments and implications
Proposed revisions to the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act: Key developments and implications
On December 29, 2025, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) seeking public comment...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Proposed revisions to the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act: Key developments and implications
Navigating Cambridge’s Building-Sector Energy and Emissions Requirements
Navigating Cambridge’s Building-Sector Energy and Emissions Requirements
The City of Cambridge, Mass., is beginning to implement its Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO). The law seeks to drive substantial...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Navigating Cambridge’s Building-Sector Energy and Emissions Requirements
Texas Real Estate: A Strategic Entry Point for Mexican Investors
Texas Real Estate: A Strategic Entry Point for Mexican Investors
Texas continues to stand out as one of the most attractive U.S. real estate markets for Mexican investors seeking scale, stability, and long-term...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Texas Real Estate: A Strategic Entry Point for Mexican Investors
Minnesota Attorney General Sues Nonprofit and President for Alleged Governance Violations
Minnesota Attorney General Sues Nonprofit and President for Alleged Governance Violations
On January 6, Minnesota Attorney General (AG) Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota nonprofit corporation Act for Cause (AFC) and...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Minnesota Attorney General Sues Nonprofit and President for Alleged Governance Violations
Locking in the Lease: Key Considerations for Tenant Estoppel Certificates
Locking in the Lease: Key Considerations for Tenant Estoppel Certificates
Tenant estoppel certificates play a critical role in commercial real estate transactions by providing purchasers and lenders with direct...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Locking in the Lease: Key Considerations for Tenant Estoppel Certificates
Shareholder Activism in the Public REIT Sector: A Lookback at 2025 and What to Expect for 2026
Shareholder Activism in the Public REIT Sector: A Lookback at 2025 and What to Expect for 2026
Shareholder activism in the public real estate investment trust (REIT) sector has accelerated in recent years, with over 100 public campaigns and...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Shareholder Activism in the Public REIT Sector: A Lookback at 2025 and What to Expect for 2026
Tenant Estoppel Certificates: Understanding Their Role in Real Estate Transactions
Tenant Estoppel Certificates: Understanding Their Role in Real Estate Transactions
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Tenant estoppel certificates play a critical role in real estate transactions. Whether you are a purchaser, lender or tenant,...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Tenant Estoppel Certificates: Understanding Their Role in Real Estate Transactions
Data Center Deployment in Maine: Challenges, Policy and Development Updates, and Permitting Considerations
Data Center Deployment in Maine: Challenges, Policy and Development Updates, and Permitting Considerations
Currently, data center capacity in the United States is concentrated in northern Virginia and in several large cities throughout the country, but...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Data Center Deployment in Maine: Challenges, Policy and Development Updates, and Permitting Considerations
US Tariffs and the Hospitality Industry: Their Impact and What to Watch Next
US Tariffs and the Hospitality Industry: Their Impact and What to Watch Next
Since the Trump Administration’s tariff actions began in February 2025, the US hospitality industry has weathered the resulting uncertainty and...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
US Tariffs and the Hospitality Industry: Their Impact and What to Watch Next
Determining ‘Termination’: Calculating Lease Rejection Damages in Bankruptcy
Determining ‘Termination’: Calculating Lease Rejection Damages in Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy law provides special treatment for landlord claims arising from termination of a lease, using a calculation set forth in Section...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Determining ‘Termination’: Calculating Lease Rejection Damages in Bankruptcy
The Restaurant Letter of Intent: Locking in Your Deal Terms Before the Lawyers Fight Over the Lease
The Restaurant Letter of Intent: Locking in Your Deal Terms Before the Lawyers Fight Over the Lease
The Letter of Intent (LOI) is where you set the business deal. The lease is where the lawyers argue over the details. If the LOI is vague or...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The Restaurant Letter of Intent: Locking in Your Deal Terms Before the Lawyers Fight Over the Lease
Sharing the Spotlight: A Discussion of Agrivoltaics and the Drafting Considerations in Related Site Control Documents
Sharing the Spotlight: A Discussion of Agrivoltaics and the Drafting Considerations in Related Site Control Documents
Solar developers contend with a wide array of challenges, from competing for viable project sites to combatting disinformation surrounding the...
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January 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Sharing the Spotlight: A Discussion of Agrivoltaics and the Drafting Considerations in Related Site Control Documents
Connecting data centres to the electricity networks
Connecting data centres to the electricity networks
The United Kingdom (UK) is one of the world's largest data centre markets, with facilities housing IT infrastructure needed to process, store and...
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January 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Connecting data centres to the electricity networks
Kentucky borrower files putative class action alleging usury through ‘rent-a-tribe’ scheme
Kentucky borrower files putative class action alleging usury through ‘rent-a-tribe’ scheme
Recently, a Kentucky resident filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, alleging that a...
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January 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Kentucky borrower files putative class action alleging usury through ‘rent-a-tribe’ scheme
New Year SBA and 8(a) Update
New Year SBA and 8(a) Update
Given the new year, I thought it would be helpful to provide a summary of recent events involving the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and...
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January 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
New Year SBA and 8(a) Update
Data Center Development at Brownfields Sites
Data Center Development at Brownfields Sites
Due to an unprecedented surge in data creation and consumption driven primarily by the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Data Center Development at Brownfields Sites
[Webinar] A Legislative Look at Legionnaires’: An Update on NY & NJ Legionella-Related Regulatory Requirements - January 22nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
[Webinar] A Legislative Look at Legionnaires’: An Update on NY & NJ Legionella-Related Regulatory Requirements - January 22nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Join Goldberg Segalla partners Andrew Scholz and Karen Cullinane for an informative discussion regarding updated and new legionella-related...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM
[Webinar] A Legislative Look at Legionnaires’: An Update on NY & NJ Legionella-Related Regulatory Requirements - January 22nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Maryland Court: Lender May Recover for Damage to Property Even After 'As-Is' Foreclosure Sale
Maryland Court: Lender May Recover for Damage to Property Even After 'As-Is' Foreclosure Sale
In a win for commercial real estate investors and lenders, the Appellate Court of Maryland clarified this month that a buyer who purchases...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Maryland Court: Lender May Recover for Damage to Property Even After 'As-Is' Foreclosure Sale
Key Takeaways from the Third Grenfell Progress Report
Key Takeaways from the Third Grenfell Progress Report
On 17 December 2025, the government published the third Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Progress Report (Progress Report) in addition to...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Key Takeaways from the Third Grenfell Progress Report
Beat the AI Clock: Federal Initiatives to Accelerate Data Center Environmental Permitting and Brownfield Opportunities
Beat the AI Clock: Federal Initiatives to Accelerate Data Center Environmental Permitting and Brownfield Opportunities
As the United States seeks to maintain primacy in data processing and artificial intelligence, the Trump Administration is taking steps to reduce...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Beat the AI Clock: Federal Initiatives to Accelerate Data Center Environmental Permitting and Brownfield Opportunities
The Next Thing Knocking at Real Estate’s Door: Quantum Computing
The Next Thing Knocking at Real Estate’s Door: Quantum Computing
The world has not yet fully explored the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), and yet another major technological wave is already forming...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The Next Thing Knocking at Real Estate’s Door: Quantum Computing
2025 Year-End Review: Israeli Real Estate Taxation
2025 Year-End Review: Israeli Real Estate Taxation
In 2025, Israeli real estate taxation was characterized by strict adherence to statutory requirements: reliefs, exemptions, and lower tax...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
2025 Year-End Review: Israeli Real Estate Taxation
Recipients of Federal Education Funds Should Reassess Programs Following DOJ Findings on Race
Recipients of Federal Education Funds Should Reassess Programs Following DOJ Findings on Race
In the wake of a Dec. 2, 2025, analysis by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) of race-based programs awarded by the U.S. Department of...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Recipients of Federal Education Funds Should Reassess Programs Following DOJ Findings on Race
Cour d’appel de la C.-B. : L’ancien régime de titres miniers à accès ouvert de la province est incompatible avec la DNUDPA
Cour d’appel de la C.-B. : L’ancien régime de titres miniers à accès ouvert de la province est incompatible avec la DNUDPA
Aperçu Le 5 décembre 2025, la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CACB ») a publié sa décision dans l’affaire Gitxaala v. British...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Cour d’appel de la C.-B. : L’ancien régime de titres miniers à accès ouvert de la province est incompatible avec la DNUDPA