You can also fly, drive, or bike to the upcoming 37th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference. in Nashville. Limited space still available, so don’t delay further and register now. We’re on track to record attendance, so you don’t want to miss the best nationally-focused three-day program on our area of
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Space Still Available For ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference, Nashville Jan 23-25, 2020
If you get this, you need to attend the 37th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, January 23-25, 2020, in Nashville.
And if you don’t get this, you need to attend more.
CFC: “Calculated” Hurricane Harvey Flooding Is A Taking – But Will Decision Survive Federal Circuit Review?
We won’t go into the details of the Court of Federal Claims’ opinion and order in In re Upstream Addicks and Barker (Texas) Flood Control Reservoirs, No. 17-9001L (Dec. 17, 2019), since it is 46 single-spaced pages long. You can (and should) read the entire thing. But we shall highlight of a few of …
California’s “Well-Seasoned” Inverse Condemnation Strict Liability Principle Not Set Aside By PG&E’s Bankruptcy Court
Here’s decision we’ve been anticipating in a case and issue we’ve been following for a while, the question of whether private utilities can be held liable under an inverse condemnation theory for much of the damages caused by the recent California wildfires.
Short story from the Northern District of California Bankruptcy Court: yes, private…
Don’t Miss Out: Join The “Big Guns” And Secure Your Space At ALI-CLE’s Upcoming Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference (Jan 23-25, 2020, Nashville)
We were not as creative as our colleague Paul Henry (see below), but our Planning Co-Chair Joe Waldo and I wanted to personally invite you to join the “big guns” in our area of law at the 37th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference, January 23-25, 2020, in Nashville, Tennessee.
We’ve…
Marketplace Morning Report On Today’s Bankruptcy Court Arguments: Is California’s Inverse Condemnation Rule Itself An Inverse Condemnation Of PG&E’s Property?
We contributed to Marketplace‘s Morning Report (stream above, or visit this link), and its brief discussion of the California wildfire and inverse condemnation situation, “PG&E tries to get out of its financial responsibility to those affected by west coast fires.” That portion of the broadcast begins at the 1:57 mark.
Today’s the…
Register Now! ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Conference (Nashville, Jan 23-25, 2020)
Registration underway, so come join us! Agenda full of hot topics in takings and appraisal law! The best national faculty! Renew friendships, and make new colleagues! And Nashville!
Download the brochure and make your plans for January. (Don’t wait, we’ve sold out the past three years.)
Here’s The Agenda And Faculty For The 2020 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Conference, Nashville, Jan 23-25, 2020
You overwhelmingly asked for Nashville, and we’re bringing it to you!
Get ready, and hold your place now: here’s the list of programs and speakers for the 36th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference, to be held at the Downtown Nashville Hilton, January 23,- 25, 2020. Two-and-a-half days with top-notch national…
Get Ready: The 2020 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Conference Agenda Coming Soon
The final agenda and faculty list will soon be officially published, but we wanted to give you a preview of what is in store at the ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference, January 23-25, 2020, at the Nashville Hilton (downtown, just a few steps away from everything that Nashville has to offer).
Don’t…
Cal Supreme Court: Stop Saying Inverse Condemnation Is “Strict Liability”
The California Supreme Court’s relatively short unanimous opinion yesterday in City of Oroville v. Superior Court, No. S243247 (Aug. 15, 2019) may have a bigger impact outside of that case than within in.
While that is undoubtedly true in many decisions by a precedential court of last resort, we highlight that here because inverse…




