The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is set to become law tonight, in the first major effort to impact Federal housing policy in years. The President has refused to sign the bill, passed by a veto-proof bipartisan supermajority, in an effort to leverage the bill to...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has formally proposed a series of regulatory changes that would significantly reduce compliance obligations for large insured depository institutions while lowering the banking industry's annual deposit insurance...
In 2026, the commercial real estate market is undergoing a fundamental structural reset. The long-anticipated "debt overhang," driven by a massive wave of maturing commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and traditional bank loans, has transitioned from a looming...
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool consumers and businesses use to draft emails or generate images. A new generation of AI systems, known as agentic AI, can take autonomous actions on a user's behalf: browsing the web, placing orders, navigating...
Many Ohio counties are already in the process of developing valuations for countywide reappraisals or triennial updates. Soon these counties will be publishing, mailing or providing notices of property assessments as required by Ohio law. Ohio Revised Code 5715.17...
The Backstreet Boys have sold more than 150 million records and spent three decades as one of the most recognizable acts in popular music. Now they are trying to do something that has never been done quite this way before: trademark the sound of their own voices....
Following on its decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County in 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States again waded into the thicket of tax foreclosure and enforcement in its ruling this week in Pung v. Isabella County, a case arising out of Michigan. Justice Alito’s...
For brands selling on Amazon, Brand Registry has become an essential line of defense. Enrollment provides access to enhanced IP enforcement tools, the ability to report violations directly, and Amazon's proactive monitoring technology. In 2025, Amazon reported that...
New York has enacted significant amendments to its Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”), bringing the state’s commercial law framework into alignment with the 2022 amendments developed by the American Law Institute and the Uniform Law Commission. Signed into law in...
Cuyahoga County recently announced the creation of the Cuyahoga County Unified Zoning Code (UZC), an effort intended to provide a shared framework for updating and maintaining local zoning regulations in participating municipalities. County Planning developed the UZC...