Land use law

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Lawprof Ilya Somin (GMU Law), Mercatus Center’s Charles Gardner,
and lawyer Emily Cruikshank Bayonne (Tubman Realty, LLC)
speaking on “
How Policy Changes Can Address Incursions on
Property Rights Where Courts Have Failed to do So.”
Jim Burling (PLF) moderating.

Recently, we attended a wonderful symposium co-sponsored by George Mason Law School’s Journal of

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Hawaii lawyers (and those barred in the 808), take note: On October 21, 2024, the Hawaii State Bar Association will hold its annual Convention, and as always there’s a full lineup of CLE programs so you can meet your MCLE requirements.

Thanks to the Real Property & Financial Services Section, there’s a significant dirt law

CRE prize

Congratulations to our Pacific Legal Foundation colleague Brian Hodges for his article “Build-to-Rent Homes: A Promising Solution to Chronic Housing Shortages” being awarded the 2024 Jared Shales Prize by the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE).

From the Introduction:

When homeownership is increasingly out of reach for many, build-to-rent (BTR) housing offers a

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Here’s the full report from David Morrill about the 21st Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference earlier this month. Pictured above: Professor James Stern (responsible for the overall planning of the B-K Conference), this year’s Prizewinner Professor Lee Fennell (U. Chicago Law School), and Andrew Brigham, St. Augustine, Florida – property rights lawyer extraordinaire).

Here are what

The gunfight at the OK Corral is about all we know
about bearing arms in public places.

There’s a lot going on in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s opinion in Wolford v. Lopez, No. 23-4356 (Sep. 6, 2024), and none of it is about takings, at least directly. And the

As we hinted at a couple of weeks ago, we have some good — nay, great — news: the Eminent Domain Podcast, retired earlier this year by its originator Clint Schumacher, is back with a new host and a slightly new title: “Come and Take It: The Eminent Domain Podcast.”

Bobby Debelak

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Yes, the mysterious ducks remain — and seem to have multiplied.

It’s that time of the year again. Fall’s-a-coming, and that means that starting today, we’re back at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia to lead two courses:

  • Eminent Domain and Property Rights (W&M is one of the few law schools

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Come join us in Williamsburg, Virginia at the William and Mary Law School for the 21st edition of the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference. The Conference is unique, because its express purpose is to bring property legal scholars and property law practitioners together to discuss, what else, property and property rights law.

Yes, there’s a

Check this out, the latest takings cert petition from the Pacific Legal Foundation shop.

Since this is one of ours (our colleague Chris Kieser is in the lead), we’re not going into too much detail, but will say that this involves ripeness in a regulatory takings claims, a topic we’ve been focused on a