Here’s one not to miss, not only because it’s free, but because it features our PLF colleague Paul Beard II, arguing and prevailing counsel in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Mgm’t Dist., No. 11-1447 (June 25, 2013): on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, from 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET, Greenberg Traurig and
Upcoming Teleconference: Lessons from Koontz – Game Changer or Just a Little Rule Refinement?
On Wednesday, July 17, 2013, from 4:00 – 5:30 pm ET, I will be a panelist in the American Planning Association’s above-titled teleconference. The session was put together by our ABA and OCA colleague Dwight Merriam, and in additon to Dwight and me, includes Professors David Callies (U. Hawaii) and Carol Brown (U.
2014 Planning, Law, And Property Rights Conference – Haifa
Another date to save on your calendar: the 2014 Conference of the International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights will be held from February 11-14, 2014 in Haifa, Israel, at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. The Conference will include the usual presentations, plus day-long workshops, and excursions. You don’t need to be
Koontz Teleconference – July 11, 2013
Generally, we don’t plug seminars that might compete with our own, but in this case, we made an exception because the faculty for this one consists of three people we could just not go without hearing from.
On Thursday, July 11, 2013, Law Seminars International is sponsoring “Koontz v. St. Johns River Water
Waiting For Koontz
Mostly mising from all the anticipation over the Supreme Court’s “blockbuster” cases on same sex marriage, voting rights, and affirmative action, is the Court’s third takings decision of the term, Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District. Professor Ilya Somin primes the pump in this post, “Still Waiting for the Koontz Decision
Upcoming ALI-CLE Conference: Land Use Institute – Planning, Regulation, Litigation, Eminent Domain, and Compensation
Mark your calendars: On August 14-16, 2013, ALI-CLE is putting on the annual Land Use Institute. It’s in San Francisco, which is very convenient for those who may be attending the ABA Annual Meeting the week earlier. A good excuse to stay longer.
The Land Use Institute, now in its 29th year, is designed
Upcoming ABA CLE: “Supreme Court Takings – A First Look At Koontz And Horne”
Mark your calendars for July 12, 2013 for our CLE teleconference on “Supreme Court Takings: A First Look at Koontz and Horne,” sponsored by the ABA’s State and Local Government Law Section. We’ll start at 1:00 pm ET (Noon CT, 11:00 am MT, 10:00 am PT, 7:00 am HT). Here’s the program
Eminent Domain And Condemnation Law Conference (Honolulu, Aug. 21, 2013)
Mark your calendars: on August 21, 2013, The Seminar Group is putting on the 2d Annual Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law Conference, in Honolulu (Hilton Waikiki Beach). Our Damon Key partner Mark M. Murakami is the Planning Chair, and the rest of the faculty is pretty good, too.
We’ll be speaking at two of the
Audio Of HSBA Appellate Section CLE On Amicus Briefing
Earlier this week, I spoke to the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Appellate Law Section about amicus briefing, along with Daniel Gluck, Senior Staff Attorney at ACLU Hawaii.
I appeared by videoconference, and we were able to record my remarks. The handout and links I mention are posted here.
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Materials And Links From Today’s HSBA Appellate Section CLE On Amicus Briefing
Here is the handout (2 pages) from today’s CLE program on Amicus Briefing, sponsored by the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Appellate Law Section.
Links to the briefs mentioned are also posted here.
Update: here’s the audio of my remarks.
Amicus Briefing – Hawaii State Bar Association, Appellate Law Section – CLE 5-20-2013