We were eagerly anticipating 40th American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference. The 2022 Conference in Scottsdale was one of the first meetings where everyone was back in-person (and was a smashing success), but that conference was early in the game so not everyone could or would attend. But in the past
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following since its inception.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed the Eastern District of New York’s 12(b)(6) dismissal of a complaint alleging that New York (state)’s sweeping amendments to its Rent Stabilization (rent control) statute effected physical and regulatory takings.
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Land users: come join us online for the 36th Annual Land Use Institute. Yes, the venerable program is back again, with the usual line up of dirt law experts covering all you need to know and bringing you up to speed on the latest. Here’s the description of the program:
This Annual Land Use Institute
Property Rights – Eminent Domain
(and where to find them on the interwebs)
Count me surprised and touched: when I wore the prototype of our new inversecondemnation.com fleecy swag vest at the recently-completed — and very icy — ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference in Austin (see below), quite a few of the
Join our Pacific Legal Foundation colleagues Jon Houghton, Daniel Woislaw, Kady Valois, and Sam Spiegelman (moderating) tomorrow, Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET for a free webinar, “Emerging Issues in Property Rights.”
Here’s the agenda:
Protecting private property rights has been at the heart of PLF’s
“…When the big man comes a knockin, he is there to represent the humble little farmer with his farm law arguments.
The judges all agree and so does every jury,
they say he’s the best farm lawyer in the whole state of Missouri…”
Thanks to our Missouri colleague Paul Henry (himself a darn good
You remember, don’t you? In the early days of the Co-19 epidemic, government and public health authorities were scrambling to do something … sometimes anything! … to respond.
Dare County, North Carolina might have been one of those local governments that went maybe just a bit too far in the precaution vs effectiveness departments:
Here’s your chance to spend some time with the author of one of the hottest land use and public policy books out there, Nolan Gray.
RSVP now (admission free, but space is limited) to join our Land Use class when we welcome Mr. Gray to respond to the question in the title of this post.
If your first reaction to the Texas Court of Appeals (First District)’s decision in City of Houston v. The Commons of Lake Houston, Ltd., No. 01-21-00369-DV (Jan. 12, 2023) is scratching your head, then please come join us in bewilderment.
After all, the court held that a takings claim failed because the city
We’re not suggesting you read the entire majority and dissenting opinions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Landcastle Acquisition Corp. v. Renasant Bank, No. 20-13735 (Jan. 12, 2023). After all, together they comprise 126 pages (yikes!). And the case isn’t our usual fare, but “arises out of the insolvency