The conference is being held at the Arizona Biltmore.
Proof that we are actually in the room (and not on the golf course).
Here are the cases which I mentioned at today’s conference. What a great turn out (130+ lawyers, appraisers, right-of-way professionals, and others).
Many thanks to colleagues Chris Kramer and Jennifer Cranston for
Tired of that dry, stuffy legal text on eminent domain law?
If so, you are in luck because author Tessa Berkley has the solution, her latest novel, “Eminent Domain” ($1.99 on Amazonfair market value). Here’s the synopsis:
When two brothers are sent to the opposite coasts, each man must decide between the
We were recently asked which U.S. Supreme Court justice we admired, thought highly of. In the age of “celebrity judges” who telegraph their feelings about cases and issues, elitists, and a peanut gallery devoted to picking apart lawyers’ performances, one stood out:
An inversecondemnation.com holiday tradition, the Yule Log, updated for current events.
Ten years is a long time, even in non-blogging years. But in blog years, it’s darn near an eternity. Law blogs aren’t too hard to start, but they take a lot of time and effort to maintain: Finding materials of interest to your reader. Digesting and understanding those materials. Posting analysis that you can live
POTUS 1, George Washington, like a lot of other things, said it about our national day of thanksgiving pretty well:
“Our fincere and humble Thanks … for the peaceable and rational Manner in which we have been enabled to eftablish Conftitutions of Government for our Safety and Happinefs, and particularly the national one now lately
The HSBA Bar Convention is being held on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at the Hawaii Convention Center.
The Appellate Section has a wonderful line-up for the morning (9:00 am – Noon), and our wonderful line-up of speakers:
Yeah, its Sunday, but it is also Constitution Day (or should we say Khaaaaan-stitution Day?), so you know what that means: the annual reading of the Preamble by One Named Kirk.
He might be from Iowa, but that guy who plays him is from north of the border, so our kudos to a Canadian
Eminent domain, regulatory takings, and property rights
Later this week, if all goes as planned, I will become the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of State and Local Government Law. Several of my colleagues have asked why I participate in that organization since they don’t see the value in doing so. At the risk of repeating myself, I’m