Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the telescope Thirty Meter. Its five year continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out a Conservation District Use Permit from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and navigate the treacherous waters of Hawaii administrative law. To boldly go where twelve other
Upcoming Events And CLE’s – Appellate, RLUIPA, Sharing Economy, And More
Here are some upcoming events in which you may be interested, in chronological order:
- Sharing Economy: this Friday, October 16, 2015, from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET: “Is Sharing Really Caring? Part I: The Law of Transportation Sharing: Uber, Lyft, and the Sharing Economy.” This is a webinar-format program, a follow up
It’s Here – 2016 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference: Complete Agenda, Faculty, Registration Information
Here’s the full agenda for the 2016 Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation / Condemnation 101 Conference, January 28-30, 2016, in Austin, Texas.
Together with our friend and colleague Joe Waldo, we think we’re put together a pretty good program that covers a lot of ground. This is the first time the conference has been
From Think Tech Hawaii: SCOTUS Reapportionment, The New Environmental Court, And The TMT Oral Arguments
We visited Think Tech Hawaii’s downtown studios for a chat with Chris Lethem about Evenwel v. Abbott, the one-person-one-vote reapportionment case currently being briefed in the U.S. Supreme Court. As we’ve written, Evenwel could directly affect how Hawaii has reapportioned its legislature since statehood, and is a case to follow closely.
We
Not Quite “Where No Man Has Gone Before” – Hawaii Supreme Court Considers Mauna Kea’s 30 Meter Telescope
Oral Arguments part I
Oral Arguments part II
Three points before we get to our more involved thoughts on last week’s oral arguments in what is known as the “Thirty Meter Telescope” case, Mauna Kea Anaina Hou v. Bd. of Land and Natural Resources, No. SCAP-14-0000873:
- Appellate oral arguments are not necessarily an accurate
Federal Court Enjoins Implementation Of EPA’s New WOTUS Rules: Intermittent And Remote Wetlands Have No Nexus To Navigable Waters
Here’s the latest in an issue we’ve been following, the myriad legal challenges to the EPA’s recently-adopted rules expanding the scope of the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.
The U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, one of several District Courts considering the plethora of lawsuits
Nice Try: No, The Supreme Court Didn’t Make Wildlife Public Property In The Raisin Case
After the Supreme Court’s decision in Horne v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 14-275 (U.S. June 22, 2015), we were waiting for this shoe to drop. And now it has.
In “Raisin ruling seen as a lifeline for endangered species,” Environment & Energy writes, “[a] Supreme Court ruling that struck down an odd Depression-era raisin
What You Need To Know About Hawaii’s New Environmental Court
Enviro Wars Episode IV: A New Court
You may have heard that the Hawaii Legislature, after an intensive years-long effort by environmental groups, recently created a new court with specialized jurisdiction that could have a big impact on how property and business owners are treated by Hawaii’s courts.
Known as the “Environmental Court,” this new
No Taking When Owner Prohibited From Developing In Floodplain
The headline of this post shouldn’t be that surprising, especially when the the property owner purchased the land already subject to a floodplain designation, and those regulations effectively prohibited development.
But the two twists in the South Carolina Supreme Court’s opinion in Columbia Venture, LLC v. Richland County, No. 27563 (Aug. 12, 2015), were
Guest Post – Liquid Gold, or Water For Pecans: Valuation of Texas Water
Our colleague William Wade, in addition to being an economist, is a prolific author on the topic we find fascinating, takings. He looks at the issues with an economists’ perspective, and we’ve found his articles very helpful. We’ve even posted a few over the years: