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Two years ago, Owners’ Counsel of America endowed a scholarship in the name of its founder, property rights advocate and trial lawyer Toby Prince Brigham (1934-2021). The scholarship is for a second- or third- year law student to attend the annual three-day ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference (the upcoming Conference will be

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Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), please join us for ALI-CLE’s web program, “How Did Property Rights Fare at the Supreme Court? What Happened in the 2022 Term and What’s Next.”

Here’s the course description:

This has been a blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court term for property

Screenshot 2023-06-16 at 07-52-47 How Did Property Rights Fare at the Supreme Court What Happened in the 2022 Term and What's Next ALI CLE

On Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), please join us for ALI-CLE’s web program, “How Did Property Rights Fare at the Supreme Court? What Happened in the 2022 Term and What’s Next.”

Here’s the course description:

This has been a blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court term for property law

Missed our law firm colleagues Jeff McCoy, Damien Schiff, and Christina Martin when they were live, talking about their SCOTUS wins in Wilkins v. United States (is the statute of limitations in federal Quiet Title Act cases a jurisdictional bar?), Sackett v. E.P.A. (scope of Clean Water Act wetlands jurisdiction), and Tyler v. Hennepin County

History of ED Event

Mark your calendars to join us on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 5pm Eastern Time, as the Eminent & Right of Way Club welcomes Professor Greg Jackson, host of the History That Doesn’t Suck Podcast.

We’re going to have a discussion about the history of eminent domain, what zoning looked like in

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Missed out on the 2023 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference back in February in Austin, and the legendary “Condemnation 101” track?

Well, here’s your chance to get the knowledge. On May 18, 2023, ALI-CLE is going live with a rebroadcast of that program, including real-time Q & A

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In case you missed it live last week, here’s the recording of Cato Institute’s Book Forum on lawprof Eric Claeys’ forthcoming book, “Natural Property Rights.” As Cato notes:

The book introduces and defends a theory of property relying on labor, natural rights, and traditional principles of natural law. Justified on those grounds, property

Screenshot 2023-04-20 at 19-13-52 Condemnation 101 2023 Preparing and Presenting an Eminent Domain Case ALI CLE

Missed out on the 2023 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference back in February in Austin, and the legendary “Condemnation 101” track?

Well, here’s your chance to get the knowledge. On May 18, 2023, ALI-CLE is going live with a rebroadcast of that program, including real-time Q & A

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Good crowd.

Here are the cases and other materials we spoke about on Friday at the 22d Annual Texas Eminent Domain Conference, in Austin. A big thank you to the Planning Chairs and to our friends at CLE International for the speaking invite.

Screenshot 2023-04-11 at 20-42-01 Deep Dive and Amicus Review Tyler v. Hennepin County

Here at our law firm, we’re getting ready as one of our colleagues prepares to argue the Supreme Court’s next takings case in a couple of weeks. Yes, this is what we’ve alternatively called the “home equity theft” or the “keep the change” case where government seizes property to satisfy the owner’s tax debt, and