Another complaint asserting that a business that had to shut down is entitled to compensation for a taking (among other claims). The business in this case is a law firm, and the complaint is a class action. This joins a long (and growing) list of similar complaints. See here, here, here,
Saturday Readings: Commandeerings, Business Reopenings, #coronalaw Property Rights
Here’s what we’re reading today as we enter a long weekend (who can tell?):
- “Real Liberty,” Vaccination, Plague, Police Power and Takings,” from ALI-CLE’s blog and The Practical Real Estate Lawyer. ALI-CLE was kind enough to reprint an earlier blog post of ours. Here’s a printable pdf.
- “Business re-opening limbo
Things I’ve Learned (Am Learning) About #CoronavirusLaw
Our shut-in time has got us to thinking.
We’re all environmentalists now. This is the precautionary principle writ large. In a way, this is only part of a greater problem.
Welcome to the Twitterverse. We now have access to a vast amount of data — very often on a granular level — and this moves
A Good Time To Make Bad Law?
Last Friday, we had the good fortune to moderate a debate between two scholars — F.E. Guerra-Pujol and Ilya Somin — on the question of takings and emergencies (“COVID-19 & Property Rights: Do Government Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic Create Compensable Takings?“). This issue has resulted in a flurry of claims
One More Coronavirus Takings Complaint (Nevada, pt. II)
Virginia Supreme Court To Consider Whether City Has The Right To Pollute Chesapeake Bay
A development in the “oyster takings” case that we’ve been following as it has worked its way up to the Virginia Supreme court: that court today issued this Order, in which it awarded an appeal by Nansemond River oystermen (and the City of Suffolk’s cross-appeal) who claim that their property was taken when the
One More Coronavirus Complaint (Ill.): Indefinite Business Closures Are Takings
Yet Another Coronavirus Complaint: Eviction, And Retroactive Rent Freeze In Rent-Controlled Apts Is A Taking
Here’s another coronavirus-related complaint asserting a taking.
But unlike other, recently-filed complaints (see here, here, here, here, here, here and here), this one doesn’t object to shut down orders. Instead, it challenges two measures undertaken by local authorities related to the owner/tenant relationship.
To deal with the pandemic, Union
Another Federal Takings Complaint For Business Shut-Down Order (California)
Here’s the latest complaint asserting that a state governor’s business shut-down order (under which certain businesses are deemed “essential,” while others not) is a taking, inter alia, that joins a growing list of similar lawsuits (see here, here, here, here, here and here).
This one is by licensed beauty