You know how we’re always saying that certain parties have an enviable record of success in the Hawaii Supreme Court? Well, now the statistics are official.
The latest edition of the University of Hawaii Law Review published an article by lawprof David Callies summarzing the decisions of the court during the tenure of now-retired Chief
Planning co-chairs Professor David Callies and Ben Kudo have once again assembled a stellar faculty and put together an agenda that covers
For those of you sticking around Chicago after the ABA Annual Meeting, there’s the opportunity for even more land use, zoning, takings, and condemnation programming. ALI-CLE (fka ALI-ABA) is putting on it’s annual Land Use Institute later this week. It looks like Planning Co-Chairs Gideon Kanner and Frank Schnidman have put together a wide-ranging
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
A must read: our Owners’ Counsel of America colleague Michael Rikon, the doyen of New York’s eminent domain bar, has published “I Represented The Devil Of Brooklyn,” in the Practical Real Estate Lawyer. As Mike writes, “it wasn’t a demonic fight in front of the hot dog line at Nathan’s in
Here’s one for your California readers. You know Proposition 13, the provision in the California Constitution that limits property tax increases, and allows reassessment of value only upon a change of ownership, and you either love it or hate it: to some it insulates property owners from being forced out of their homes by
Here’s what we’re reading today:
San Francisco Bay Areans: come join us at the Roxie Theater (3117 16th Street between Valencia and Guerrero, San Francisco) tonight for screenings of Battle for Brooklyn, the Oscar-shortlisted documentary film about the Atlantic Yards eminent domain case. Two shows, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Details, including ticket purchase here.
I’ll be
Here’s what we’re reading today:
