A shift in housing? Returns for landlords softened last year as about 400,000 units entered the US multifamily-housing market, outstripping demand, according to RealPage . Rent increased an average 2.5% in 2017, down from a peak of 5.2% in 2015, while rent from newly signed leases decreased 0.9% in the fourth quarter compared with Q3. […]

Lawyers must take reasonable steps to protect client info in US border searches, ethics opinion says

August 1, 2017

Lawyers should take reasonable measures to avoid disclosure of client data in the event U.S. border agents search electronic devices, according to an ethics opinion by the New York City Bar. And if confidential or privileged material is disclosed, lawyers will have to notify affected clients. ABA Journal Daily News

New York prosecutors want info on Paul Manaforta s real estate loans

July 19, 2017 admin

Manhattan's District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. requested information on $ 16 million in real estate loans issued to Paul Manafort amid a fraud and money laundering probe into the former campaign chairman for President Trump. Manafort and his wife borrowed $ 16 million against two New York properties and a Virginia home from Federal Savings […]