Greetings from the William and Mary Law School in (rainy) Williamsburg, Virginia, where we’re speaking at the 12th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference.
This year’s B-K Prize winner is Harvard Law’s Joseph Singer, who we wrote is “an interesting choice, given his theory that a ‘robust regulatory structure’ goes hand-in-hand with property
Check this out, a story in the September 28, 2015 edition of the New York Times, “Owner of Grand Central Sues Developer and City for $1.1 Billion Over Air Rights.”
Reminds us of this obscure Supreme Court case we heard about…
The Times reports that the current owner of Grand Central Terminal
As we’ve done every year lately, we’re soon headed to the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia.
This year, the B-K Property Rights Prize will be awarded to Harvard lawprof Joseph Singer, who is, shall we say, an interesting choice, given his theory that a “robust
Here’s the audio of the recording of the ABA talk we did last week on the Starr International v. USA takings case, “Taking AIG Without Compensation: The $40 Billion Question,” now ongoing in the Court of Federal Claims. The materials and links referred to in the talk are available here. If streaming
For those of you who couldn’t join us at the William & Mary Law School last month for the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference (see our report here), the law school has made videos of the four panel presentations available here.
They’re high quality videos, so be prepared for big downloads, but the
“You can’t have rights without advocates.”
– Michael Berger
We’re at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia today for the 11th Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference. As we’ve noted earlier, Michael Berger is this
A reminder: the 11th annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference is coming up on October 30-31, 2014, at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia. As we noted earlier, Michael Berger will receive the Brigham-Kanner Prize, so this one is special – he’s the first practitioner to receive the Prize.
More here, from
Like a visiting relative who won’t go home, the idea to seize underwater-but-performing mortgages is still hanging on. The llatest chapter is brought to us by way of our New York colleague Mike Rikon, who writes:
At a press conference on the steps of City Hall, City Council members and housing advocacy groups called
Worth reading: Gideon Kanner, Detroit and the Decline of Urban America, 2013 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1547 (2014), in the forthcoming issue of that august publication. Its not yet available on the law review’s web site, but Professor Kanner has written up a summary on his blog (he might even send you a
Each year, the William and Mary Law School’s Property Rights Project awards the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize to a deserving person “whose work affirms that property rights are fundamental to protecting and preserving individual liberty.” This list of past recipients is an All-Star roster of property scholars and jurists, including lawprofs Frank Michelman, Richard