by Pillsbury’s Construction & Real Estate Law Team
In our latest roundup, government shutdown affects contractors, hotel construction stays flat, and more!
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Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (10/29/25) – Office Market Bounces Back, Senate Passes ROAD to Housing Act, and CRE Embraces Blockchain
by Pillsbury’s Construction & Real Estate Law Team
In our latest roundup, lab space real estate faces challenges, demand for data creates power brokers, the cost burden of sports stadiums, and more!
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New California Law Imposes a Five Percent Cap on Retention for Private Works of Improvement
by Samuel Bucher, Marc Coats and William S. Hale, P.E.
Most private construction contracts executed on or after January 1, 2026, must limit progress payment retention to five percent or less under a new law that goes into effect…
CARB Publishes Preliminary List of Entities Subject to Climate Disclosure Rules
by Amanda G. Halter, Michael S. McDonough and Jillian Marullo
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released a preliminary list of companies it believes may be subject to the state’s new climate disclosure regime, which imposes significant disclosure…
Climate Superfund Litigation: Courts Split on Venue and Intervention in New York and Vermont Cases
by Amanda G. Halter, Ashleigh Myers and Jillian Marullo
Coalitions of Republican-led states, industry associations led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and, most recently, the U.S. Department of Justice are testing “climate superfund” laws that aim to recover…
DOE Issues First Solicitation for AI Data Center and Energy Co-Location on Designated Federal Land
by Ashleigh Myers, Adam J. Weaver, Robert A. James, Sidney L. Fowler and Samuel Bucher
On September 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Request for Applications (RFA) seeking proposals from U.S.…
Satellite Data Centers
by Jodi A. Goldberg, Robert A. James and Clarence H. Tolliver
Data centers … in space.
How did the “final frontier” become a genuine consideration for siting and constructing next-generation data centers? Perhaps it is the inevitable result of…
The Supreme Court’s Administrative and Regulatory Law Rulings in the 2024 Term and Preview of Cases to Be Decided in Fall 2025
by Anthony B. Cavender and Jillian Marullo
This post reviews the U.S. Supreme Court’s significant regulatory and administrative law decisions from the Court’s 2024 Term and previews cases on the docket for Fall 2025. While the term produced no true…
Executive Order 14275: Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement
Under the President’s Executive Order 14275: Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement, the government is undertaking a comprehensive overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Led by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and the…
Federal Court Halts Enforcement of Texas SB 2337 Regarding Proxy Advisor Disclosure of ESG or Other “Nonfinancial” Considerations
by Amanda G. Halter, Ashleigh Myers and Jillian Marullo
Enacted earlier this year and scheduled to take effect September 1, SB 2337 would impose new disclosure obligations on proxy advisory firms issuing recommendations regarding Texas-based public companies, including a…