This morning, at 10:00 a.m. HST (3 p.m. EST, noon PST), the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in a case we’ve been following that involves federal regulatory takings claims, Williamson County ripeness, and the practical effect of the Hawaii Supreme Court’s decision in GATRI v. Blane,  88 Haw.

Appropos of absolutely nothing that are the usual subjects of this blog is this decision and order, issued yesterday by the California Commission on Judicial Performance.

It’s totally off-topic, but a must-read. 

It’s about what happened when a San Diego Superior Court judge decided to use the courtroom as a venue to audition…

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• Lots of case and little scrutiny in city redevelopment – 

• The Complexities of Judicial Takings – 

• Perkins appeals to a higher court –

I’m going to deviate a bit from the usual blog topics to point you to a recently-published book about the use of social media by lawyers.

The book is social.lawyers: Transforming Business Development (West 2010), by legal marketing expert Jayne Navarre. It is available for purchase through West here.

First off, this will…

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On Friday, at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, the Section of State and Local Government Law along with the Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law co-sponsored a panel discussion of what was the most fascinating case of the Supreme Court’s recently-concluded term, Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of …