Events | Conferences

Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley, and David Beilinson, the makers of “Battle of Brooklyn,” a documentary about the controversial Atlantic Yards project, screened a rough cut of their film last night at the American Law Institute-American Bar Association’s eminent domain law conference. It’s an inside look at one property owner at the

AliabaAt 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

Readers: are you planning on attending tomorrow’s eminent domain conference at Fordham Law? Details here.

The agenda and faculty look very good. Speakers include Associate Justice James Catterson (N.Y. Appellate Division) (who wrote recently, “Unfortunately for the rights of the citizens affected by the proposed condemnation, the recent rulings of the Court of

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There’s still time to register to attend either of the upcoming two courses of study, Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, and the sixth annual presentation of the basic-level Condemnation 101: Making the Complex Simple in Eminent Domain, both at the Hyatt Regency in Coral Gables (Miami), Florida. Both courses also are offered via

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

To all of you who attended the first day of the Hawaii Land Use Conference today, thank you. As promised, here are the items I discussed during my two sessions:

  • United States v. Milner, 583 F.3d 1174 (9th Cir. 2009) – the case in which the Ninth Circuit affirmed a finding of common law

11.LULHI This Thursday (January 13, 2011) I’ll be leading two sessions at the fifth Hawaii Land Use Law conference at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu. This conference takes place biannually, so this is your last chance until 2013 to get updated on the hottest topics, by a stellar faculty.

My sessions will cover Coastal Issues

11.LULHI On January 13 and 14, 2011, I’ll be leading two sessions in the fifth Hawaii Land Use Law conference. This one only comes around every two years, so this is your chance to get updated on the hottest topics by a stellar faculty.

My sessions will cover Coastal Issues (which includes shoreline boundary, takings

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Thursday-Saturday, February 17-19, 2011, come join us for the 28th annual presentation of the advanced-level ALI-ABA Course of Study, Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, and the sixth annual presentation of the basic-level ALI-ABA Course of Study, Condemnation 101: Making the Complex Simple in Eminent Domain, both at the Hyatt Regency in Coral Gables

Last Friday, I was on the faculty of Integrating Water Law and Land Use Planning, a seminar on Hawaii’s unique water law.

My session covered “Water Rights, Property Rights and the Law of Settled Expectations,” and provided a crash course in Hawaii land use law, the interrelationship between land use law and water law