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Ep. 3: The Culture-Building Mindset (Podcast)
What does it take to build a culture of relentless effort and high performance in commercial real estate? In this episode of Legends of Culture, Jared Oakes sits down with Kyle Matthews, founder and CEO of Matthews Real Estate Investment Services, to explore how a commitment to effort, discipline, and leading from the front has shaped one of the fastest-growing brokerage firms in the country.
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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
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SJC Blocks Rent-Control Initiative From 2026 Ballot — Massachusetts’s Statewide Prohibition On Rent Regulation Remains Intact
Today the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that Initiative Petition 25-21, which would have repealed the statewide ban on rent control and capped annual residential rent increases at 5% or CPI, whichever is lower, is constitutionally barred from the November 2026 ballot. The Mintz team, led by Elissa Flynn-Poppey and Edmund Daley, represented a coalition of Massachusetts voters seeking to block the Petition from the ballot.
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Mintz
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Title Nerds Season 5, Episode 2 (Podcast)
The Colorado Court of Appeals recently weighed in on whether the complete defense rule applies to title insurance policies, examining Covered Risks 4 and 5 alongside policy exclusions. This decision joins a growing body of case law addressing the fundamental differences between liability insurance and title insurance coverage obligations. The ruling also clarifies important distinctions about property access rights and their implications for real estate development.
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Riker Danzig LLP
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San Francisco’s Family Zoning Plan: How the Game Changes for Housing Developers
In December 2025, a divided San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved, and Mayor Daniel Lurie signed, the much-anticipated Family Zoning Plan (the “Plan”), which aims to expand housing availability and affordability by (1) upzoning certain parts of the City and (2) providing a suite of tools and incentives to add housing to the City’s well-resourced neighborhoods.
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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Wildfire Readiness Is Becoming a Development Issue in Idaho
Idaho's 2026 fire season brings heightened wildfire risk due to below-normal snowpack, early melt, and drought conditions. Developers face a complex regulatory landscape where wildfire readiness affects site selection, building materials, emergency access, insurance availability, and long-term project feasibility. Understanding how to navigate fire district requirements, subdivision ordinances, and insurance constraints before breaking ground can determine whether a development project succeeds or stalls.
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Fennemore
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OHCA Releases Proposed Emergency Regulations Implementing AB 1415 Reporting Requirements For Private Equity (PE) And Management Services Organizations (MSOs)
Since Governor Newsom signed AB 1415 into law last October, stakeholders have been awaiting the release of draft regulations from California’s Office of Health Care Affordability to clarify the statute’s notice and clearance requirements with respect to private equity firms and management services organizations involved in certain healthcare transactions.
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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