Real Estate Litigation

In 2026, hundreds of new laws will affect litigation and business operations across California and New York. This update highlights significant statutory and regulatory developments with practical implications for in-house legal teams and practitioners, spanning civil litigation, corporate governance, employment, real estate, artificial intelligence, and cannabis.

The United States Supreme Court recently declined to review a property rights challenge to rent stabilization laws in New York City. The laws at issue limit rent increases and generally require landlords to renew a tenant’s lease. The denial of certiorari by the Supreme Court has significant implications for the countless rental unit owners and tenants in New York City, where approximately one million homes are subject to rent regulation, and could have serious ripple effects for rental owners and tenants in California.