At today’s ALI-ABA annual conference on eminent domain law in Coral Gables, Florida, Tony Della Pelle (NJ Condemnation Law blog) and I (in a session moderated by Nancy Myrland) presented “The ‘Social’ Lawyer: New Media Strategies for Marketing Your Eminent Domain Practice,” about how eminent domain attorneys can use social media for
U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Whether A Councilmember With A Conflict Of Interest Has a First Amendment Right To Vote Anyway
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide a case about whether state laws which require elected officials to recuse themselves from considering matters on which they appear to have conflicts of interest, impermissibly infringe upon the officials’ First Amendment rights.
This issue has wide-ranging importance to the players in the land use arena since
Greg Kugle To Speak To HSBA On Shoreline Issues (2/18/2011)
On Friday, February 18, 2011 from noon to 1:00 p.m., my Damon Key colleague Greg Kugle will be speaking to the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Real Property and Financial Services Section on Shoreline Issues. Greg chairs our firm’s real estate and construction law practice group, and has been representing property owners on shorelines issues across
Vermont Law Review: Essay Reflections From The Amicus Curiae In The Judicial Takings Case
As we noted here (when we posted our article), the latest issue of the Vermont Law Review deals with the U.S. Supreme Court’s “judicial takings” case, Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, 130 S.Ct. 2592 (June 17, 2010).
In eight essays, the authors of several of the many amicus
Cert Petition Coming In Ninth Circuit Rent Control Takings Case (Guggenheim)
The last chapter in the Ninth Circuit’s rent control saga has not been written. In Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, No. 06-56306 (Dec. 22, 2010), a sharply divided en banc Ninth Circuit concluded that Goleta’s mobile home rent control ordinance was not a taking under the three-factor regulatory taking test of Penn Central Transportation
Best Plaintiff Group Name: Association of Irritated Residents
An opinion today from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Association of Irritated Residents v. Envt’l Protection Agency, No. 09-71414 (Feb. 2, 2011)
The case involves whether the EPA properly approved revisions to California’s State Implementation Plan for meeting air quality standards for ozone under the Clean Air Act. The
What’s An Oscar, Emmy, Or Tony When Compared To A ZiPLeR?
Since this is the season for self-congratulatory industry awards, we can’t overlook one of our industry’s highest honors, the Zoning and Planning Law Report Land Use Decision Awards (aka the “ZiPLeRs”). For those of you who do not subscribe to the Zoning and Planning Law Report, the “strangest, or at least more dramatic” land
Worth Reading: Law Review Comment On Hawaii’s “Procedural Standing” Theory And The Superferry Case
U. Hawaii law student Stewart A. Yerton has published a comment in the most recent issue of the Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal, “Procedural Standing and the Hawaii Superferry Decision” How a Surfer, a Paddler, and an Orchid Farmer Aligned Hawaii’s Standing Doctrine with Federal Principles.”
From the Introduction:
This paper will
Book Signing: Regulating Paradise – Land Use Controls In Hawaii (2d ed. 2010)
For those of you who do not yet have your copy of University of Hawaii lawprof David L. Callies‘ recent book Regulating Paradise – Land Use Controls In Hawaii, here’s your chance to get it signed by the author himself.
This Saturday, January 29, 2011 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., Professor Callies will
Justice Alito Is Coming To Town – Time To Re-Read His “Ceded Lands” Opinion
As noted by my blogging colleagues, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito is coming to Honolulu next week to participate in the U.H. Law School’s “jurist in residence” program, and to address the Bar. (Mark Murakami summarized several of Justice Alito’s more important opinions here, and Tred Eyerly summarizes his opinions