Here’s what’s on the reading list for today:
- “Who owns the fertilized eggs? It’s a conundrum” from our Owners’ Counsel colleague Dwight Merriam, a piece about the property aspects of the question.
- “Dismissal of review in takings case restored precedential effect of Court of Appeal opinion” – the California Supreme Court decided not to decide Bottini, and whether the “substantially advances” test is still a takings test after Lingle. Via At the Lectern.
- “Plunder At Love Field” – Professor Richard Epstein, writing about the Love Terminal Partners takings case, now being considered for cert review by SCOTUS. Via the Hoover Institution.
- “James Stern on the Myth of Nonrivalry” – a podcast episode of Ipse Dixit, about law, economics, and intellectual property.
- Lawprof Molly Brady has authored “Property and Projection” (forthcoming Harvard Law Review), about property law issues in projecting nonpermanent images on someone else’s property.
- “How a Train Through Paradise Turned Into a $9 Billion Debacle” – from the Wall St. Journal, a piece about the Honolulu rail project. An interesting read, no matter on which side of the legal and policy debate about the rail you might fall.