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Yesterday was the last day of instruction for the Spring 2024 semester at the University of Hawaii Law School. Did these last few months ever go by fast. 

A big thank you to Professor Mark M. Murakami, with whom I guest-lectured at the Old

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Be sure to join our Pacific Legal Foundation colleagues Brian Hodges and Larry Salzman, and Paul Beard (arguing counsel) and Chance Weldon (Texas Public Policy Foundation) tomorrow, Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 4pm ET for a free webinar on Sheetz v. El Dorado County, the Supreme Court’s recent decision holding that all permit conditions

Our friends Kristen and Dave at the Infrastructure Junkies Podcast are doing what we hoped they would: they’ve convinced Clint Schumacher to appear as a guest and reflect on his Eminent Domain Podcast, which has produced its final episode:

The popular Eminent Domain Podcast signed off after a successful six year run. The

You can spend all your time making money.
You can spend all your love making time.
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow, would you still be mine?

Count me as very surprised, and a bit saddened, when earlier this week my inbox pinged with notification that the latest episode of Clint Schumacher’s Eminent Domain

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If you’ve been around us long enough, you know that we’re big into the notion of “generational handoff” and doing what we can to make sure that students and others who are building their careers realize that dirt law and related topics are very good areas in which to find your way.

Well, here’s the

Screenshot 2024-02-28 at 13-12-21 Call for Papers Too Far Imagining the Future of Regulatory Takings PDF Justice Crime & Violence

Have thoughts about where regulatory takings are (or should be) headed? Here’s your chance to get in on the conversation, and to shape the future of the law. Our outfit, the Pacific Legal Foundation, in cooperation with the Antonin Scalia Law School’s Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy, are calling for papers on “Imagining the

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Save the date (and time): next Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, as we rejoin our friends and colleagues Patrick McAllister and Beth Smith, as they co-host the Eminent Domain and Right of Way Club.

We’ll be joining them to try and answer that question, “What is Inverse Condemnation?” As Patrick

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When it comes to the longstanding ALI-CLE American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conferences, we’re always ready to go. You know that. But this year’s version — the 41st — was buzzing like no other in recent memory.

Maybe it was the New Orleans venue with its atmo, food, and music for

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Join us at 12:30pm ET today, Tuesday, February 13, 2024, for the ABA’s Section of Real Property, Trust and Estates’ monthly Professor’s Corner, where we will join exactions experts Prof Tim Mulvaney, Andrew Gowder, and Prof Elizabeth Elia to discuss the Supreme Court arguments, the issues in the case, and what may be down