2012

Check out the latest brief filed in the Federal Circuit by our colleague Thor Hearne. Readers know Thor as our semi-regular updater of the latest from the Court of Federal Claims in “rails-to-trails” takings cases, and this appeal is from a CFC case on that subject.

In Ladd v. United States, the CFC

For those who listened in to the just-concluded “Recent Developments in Eminent Domain” teleconference, thank you. Here are the links to the cases and briefs that we discussed that were not included in your written materials. Also, click on the link above to order the audio CD of the program if you missed

Mark your calendars for next Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern (noon CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT, 7:00 a.m. Hawaii Time) for “Recent Developments in Eminent Domain,” a live audio program sponsored by Lorman Education.

It’s a 1.5 hour teleconference discussing some of the more important recent court decisions

When does a party who loses a petition for rehearing actually win it?

In Bywaters v. United States, No. 2011-1032 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 1, 2012) an opinion we detailed here, a 2-1 panel of the Federal Circuit held that the property owner’s request for attorneys fees under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real

Remember the case from late last year in which the Honolulu Star-Advertiser brought a freedom of information/open records lawsuit against the Hawaii governor to force him to disclose the names of judicial nominees? Abandoning the practice of his two predecessors, the Governor refused to release the list of names of nominees transmitted to him by