We’ve been following the ongoing efforts to settle the Clean Water Act case involving the County of Maui with some amusement.
Why, you ask? Part of it is that we like municipal law. (Perhaps sad, but true.) But we’re amused mostly because the case’s current posture illustrates the dual principles of “be careful what you
We’re in California, where we’re playing Lincoln Lawyer for a few days because in its infinite wisdom, the utility company has preemptively shut off power for one week due to the threat of wildfire inverse condemnation lawsuits. We’re actually playing Chevy Tahoe Lawyer, because we’re literally working out of a truck since that’s
One should never be surprised, we suppose, when the Supreme Court denies a cert petition due to the daunting statistics, but we really thought that maybe the third time was a charm for the quick-take-by-preliminary-injunction issue, and that the Givens petition had a real chance. The petition was strong, the issue (in our opinion)
Here is a transcript of the remarks I delivered today at the 2019 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference. I was honored to join lawprof Henry Smith and Florida Supreme Court Justice (ret.) Ken Bell (who authored the Florida court’s opinion in Stop the Beach Renourishment which was challenged in SCOTUS as a “judicial taking”) to speak
Today’s the kickoff events for William and Mary Law School’s Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference. We started the day with eminent domain and property law attorneys speaking about the practice of law (pictured above, Justin Hodge (TX) and Christian Torgrimson (GA)).
Toronto’s Shane Rayman and I spoke about international and comparative property and eminent domain
With the 2019 edition of the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference (and award of the B-K Prize to Professor Steven Eagle) to get underway later this week, it is also publication time for the latest issue of the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Journal.
This edition focuses on the “Federalism Dimension of Constitutional Property,” and we contributed
This one is a break from our usual programming because it involves … insurance law. Specifically the law of “bad faith.”
We highlight the case because we represent the prevailing petitioner. (See, we don’t just do property appeals.) And come on, everyone should be interested in insurance law. Especially the law of how health insurers