Subject: Legal Issues (LEGL)

CoStar Group, which operates COMPS.com, says Seattle-based start-up ApartmentComps.com is illegally using the name "Comps." ApartmentComps plans to hold its ground.

June 19, 2000DALLAS – Income Opportunity Realty Investors Inc. (Amex:IOT) and Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc. (NYSE:TCI), two Dallas REITs that are managed by Basic Capital Management Inc., have hired independent counsel to review their operations to ensure that there is ...

June 14, 2000 Associated PressCOPENHAGEN, Denmark – Two Danish real estate developers on Wednesday were sentenced to at least five years in jail in a 3.7 billion kroner ($474 million) fraud and forgery case that has been dubbed Denmark's largest ...

April 17, 2000 Japan's Ministry of Construction says that a registration system for real estate advisors will be introduced by the end of April, according to Nomura Real Estate Development Co. in Tokyo.The system would affect companies that advise real ...

April 12, 2000 Associated PressMONTREAL (CP) – The Canadian police are seeking former Montreal businessman Wolfgang Stolzenberg, who is wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant on 41 charges of fraud and conspiracy. The police allege he caused about 200 million ...

March 23, 2000By Susanna Potter, IPGDirect.com Editorial AssistantHOUSTON – Litigation is again holding up the sale of a majority interest in a 1.3 million-square-foot, Class-A office building in downtown Houston.FirstCity Liquidating Trust (OTC:FCFCL) is trying to sell its interest in ...

March 13, 2000WASHINGTON – Marriott International Inc. (NYSE:MAR) will pay $39 million to settle a lawsuit filed in Texas by a group of limited partners. On Feb. 24, Marriott International and Host Marriott Corp. (NYSE:HMT) tentatively agreed to pay $500 ...

March 10, 2000 Associated PressNEW YORK – A Manhattan judge sentenced real estate mogul Abe Hirschfeld to 90 days in jail and fined him $8,000 for contempt of court because of actions during his criminal solicitation trial. State Supreme Court ...

March 8, 2000 By Samuel Maull, Associated PressNEW YORK – A Manhattan judge issued a warrant today for the arrest of real estate developer Abe Hirschfeld after he failed to appear for sentencing on several contempt of court charges. State ...

The bill before Congress that would expand the federal government's role in insuring against terrorism attacks has sparked debate, with the Bush Administration and the real estate industry at opposite ends.