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With the 100th anniversary of Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. nearly upon us in 2026, we’ve put together a series of events designed to reexamine the case that set the stage for a century’s-worth of intense land use regulations and restrictions.

Are Euclid‘s assumptions and conclusions still valid? If the original separation-of-uses and nuisance-prevention rationale of zoning made sense, does that rationale apply when “zoning” has become the shorthand for extremely granular regulation of property’s uses? What of the role of judicial review and a return to Nectowian review? 

Our Euclid series begins with a call for papers, and a follow-up conference at which these articles will be presented and discussed. For more, see the call for papers: “Euclid Turns 100: Rethinking an Antiquated Case and Reimagining Euclidean Zoning for the Century Ahead.” The link also has a few suggestions about

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Last year, we attended a conference devoted to the future of regulatory takings, hosted by the Antonin Scalia School of Law (George Mason U), and Pacific Legal Foundation.

The publisher, the Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy has released the articles and essays from that conference, and made them available here

Here’s the list of articles:

  • Michael M. Berger, Juries for Takings Liability: Treating Litigants Alike
  • Ethan W. Blevins, Cyber Takings: A Preliminary Study of Regulating Takings of Virtual Spaces
  • Eric R. Claeys, Takings and Choice of Law After Tyler v. Hennepin County
  • Emily Cruikshank Bayonne and Wesley M. Davenport, Counting Costs: the Institutional Effects of Regulatory Takings
  • Emily Hamilton and Charles Gardner, Legislative Responses to the Regulatory Takings Conundrum
  • Brian T. Hodges and Deborah J. La Fetra, Sheetz v. County of El Dorado: Legislatures Must Comply With the Takings Clause
  • Donald J. Kochan, Involuntary Regulatory Servitudes:


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Here’s news we’ve been waiting for.

The William and Mary Law School announced that Professor William Fischel will be awarded the 2025 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize at the annual conference in Williamsburg in October 2025. 

The Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize is presented annually to a scholar, practitioner, or jurist whose work affirms the fundamental importance of property rights. It is named in honor of the late Toby Prince Brigham, a leading property rights attorney, and the late Gideon Kanner, a devoted scholar of property rights who was Professor of Law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

Professor Fischel taught in the Economics Department at Dartmouth from 1973 until his retirement in 2019. His scholarship focuses on the law and economics of local government, and his expertise includes local government law, school finance, zoning and land use controls, property taxation, and regulatory takings law. He is the author of five

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Mark your calendars — or better yet, register now — for the 8th Annual Texas Eminent Domain Conference (Houston), August 14-15, 2025.

We’ve attended in the past, and can report from first-hand experience that it is a great conference, chock-full of the information you need for eminent domain practice in the Lone Star State. 

Check out the agenda and speaker list., and thee to Houston!Continue Reading Register Now: 8th Annual Texas Eminent Domain Conference, Houston: August 14-15, 2025

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Want to learn of some of the options available to property owners whose land is taken by eminent domain (or, even more sadly, destroyed by a disaster)?

Then you should sign up for next week’s ALI-CLE webinar, “1033 Exchanges: Advanced Strategies for Optimal Tax Deferral.”

Here’s a description of the program:

When property is lost due to an involuntary conversion such as a taking by eminent domain, destruction by natural disaster, or theft, many clients assume they must immediately face a significant tax burden from compensation received. However, IRS §1033 provides a powerful alternative—tax-deferral through strategic reinvestment. Understanding the nuances of 1033 exchanges allows attorneys to guide clients through the process, ensuring they maximize tax benefits and rebuild wealth effectively.

Join us for this comprehensive CLE course designed to equip legal professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate 1033 transactions with confidence.

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Virginians: now is a good time to register for the Virginia Eminent Domain Conference, May 8-9, 2025, at the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg.

We have spoken and attended the Conference in past editions, and can report that it is excellent. We’re looking forward to joining friends and colleagues again in The Burg in the spring. Check out the faculty and agenda, and then register and reserve your spot.

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Texans: now is a good time to register for the 24th Annual Texas Eminent Domain Superconference, March 27-28, 2025, at the Austin Country Club in Austin.

We spoke at the Conference a couple of years agolast year and in other editions, and can report that it is excellent. Check out the faculty and agenda, and then register and reserve your spot.Continue Reading Texas Eminent Domain Conference – Austin, March 27-28, 2025

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If you are looking for us tomorrow but we don’t respond, that’s because we’ll be in the audience in rapt attention at “Property Rights and the Roberts Court, 2005-2025” at the U.C. Berkeley Law School (fka “Boalt Hall”).

Here’s the description:

For much of the past century, property rights were relegated to second-class status compared to the rest of the Bill of Rights. However, under the Supreme Court leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, this trend has begun to shift.

In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Chief Justice’s elevation to the Supreme Court, Pacific Legal Foundation is partnering with Berkeley Law’s Public Law and Policy Program to host a day-long conference exploring the major property rights developments and future of property rights law in the Roberts Court.

We’ll hear from two different panels of renowned legal scholars and accomplished litigators, as well as a keynote lunch

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Registration is open and underway for this year’s edition of the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute in Denver, March 5-7, 2025. Location: University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

This conference is more what we’ll call “land usey” than ALI-CLE’s Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference (as the respective titles suggest), but there’s a lot at RMLUI for those whose practices lean more on the eminent domain side than the land usey. As we know, any attempt to draw a clean line between these practices is futile, and there’s tons of crossover. That’s why we’ll be there, downloading the latest.

As always, there’s a great a la carte menu of programs and tracks for attendees to choose from, including sessions on “Sheetz and Exactions,” “Brownfields Re-Re-Development,” “Managing Growth and Infrastructure in the Southwest,” “ADUs for Aging in Place,” and, thankfully, “Legal Ethics.” And some add-on workshops the day

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That was quick: no sooner are we all headed home from the just-wrapped 2025 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference in San Diego (report to follow soon), than Bobby Debelak posts up his report in the latest episode of the Eminent Domain Podcast –

Featuring Chris Clough, Angela Misch, Clint Schumacher, and Elizabeth Sockwell.

In this episode, we interview a handful of guests–presenters, first timers, and repeat attendees from the 2025 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Conference.

Note: Next Year’s conference will be in Savannah, GA.

Stream the episode above, or download it here.

And yes, we’re sporting our newly-acquired EDP pin:

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