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Yeah, at the ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference now ongoing in San Diego, we talk severance damages, relocation benefits, highest and best use, pipelines, energy corridors, temporary construction easements, and blah, blah, blah.

But what really matters is when our St. Louis colleague Paul Henry (the bravest man we know) presents “Everything About Eminent Domain I Need To Know I Learned From Star Trek.” 

In a Starfleet uniform.

To a room full of the nation’s best eminent domain lawyers.

As one of the Planning Chairs, we told Paul that he could present this topic, but only if he did it in uniform. Well played, Captain!Continue Reading Star Trek: 2017 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Conference, San Diego

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Here are the links and references to the cases we spoke about today at our opening session on the national trends in eminent domain law at the 2017 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in San Diego. 

We again have a record attendance, and a good number of new attendees. If you aren’t here now, we’re sorry you didn’t make it. But fear not: ALI-CLE has already set the date and location for the 2018 Conference: save the date on your calendars now — January 25-27, 2018, Charleston, South Carolina, at the Francis Marion Hotel. 

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HSBA 2017 Land Use Conference

To supplement your written materials for the 2017 Hawaii Land Use Conference, here are the decisions and other materials which we spoke about this morning at the 2017 Hawaii Land Use Conference:  

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Continue Reading Notes And Links From Today’s Hawaii Land Use Conference Session On Reg Takings

HSBA 2017 Land Use Conference

Registration is now open for the 2017 Hawaii Land Use Conference, presented by the Hawaii State Bar Association and the University of Hawaii Law School, at the downtown Honolulu YWCA’s Fuller Hall on January 19-20, 2017. “This 2 day conference is a must attend for any attorney or professional whose practice involves land use and development,” as the registration web site says (we agree).  

Topics include the latest in Transit-Oriented Development, the Thirty Meter Telescope, GMO (including the recent rulings from the Ninth Circuit), and the topic we’ll be presenting, “Takings: Regulatory and Physical.”

The final agenda has not yet been released, but if experience is any guide, Planning Chair Professor David Callies will put together two days of timely topics, presented by distinguished faculty. 

And the cost can’t be beat: $200 for members of the Real Property and Financial Services Section and government lawyers, $300…

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After the recent Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference in the Netherlands (very appropriate, as it was the home of the Dutch lawyer and property rights guy Hugo Grotius), we had the opportunity to visit one of that country’s notable museums, where we came across this odd piece, a somewhat worn and nondescript wooden chest. 

Upon closer inspection, it turns out that this might be the box in which Grotius stored his law books while he was in prison for life.

Turns out that it also might be the box in which he escaped from said imprisonment. We say “might be” because there are other boxes which lay claim to being “the” box.  

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No matter, because even if this box is only one “long thought to be the one from this famous story” and not the actual box, in our view, we’re still now only one degree of…

Continue Reading What’s In The Box? Hugo Grotius!

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After a short absence and a change of lead sponsor (from ALI-CLE, to the American Bar Association’s Section of State and Local Government Law), the Land Use Institute is back on.

Download the print brochure here, or visit the LUI web site for more. It will be held February 1-2, 2017, in Miami, Florida, at the Brickell City Centre‘s Akerman Conference Center, in conjunction with the ABA’s Midyear Meeting. One of the best aspects of this program is the registration fee, a mere $300, $250 if you are a judge, an academic, young lawyer, or government attorney (perhaps the best deal in CLE). Register on line here. For those who cannot attend in-person, the LUI will be live-streamed. Register here. 

Planning Chairs Frank Schnidman and Dean Patrica Salkin have assembled a very good faculty and program. Topics include: “Nuts and Bolts of Land Use…

Continue Reading Mark Your Calendars: The Land Use Institute Is Returning – February 1-2, 2017, Miami

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Here’s the final brochure for the upcoming ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Conference, set for January 26-28, 2017, in San Diego.

Early registration gets you a discount (code CY009MK), as does multiple registrations from one office, so now’s the time to commit to joining us for our annual gathering (the 34th Annual) of the nation’s leading practitioners of eminent domain, condemnation, valuation, and takings law. There are multiple ways to register, including on line. 

Like in past years, the first day has three tracks: Practice, Substantive, and Condemnation 101. The latter is a one-day course for those new to the field, or as a refresher course for those with more experience. The second day, the 101 attendees will join the advanced course, and we’ll have plenary sessions in the morning, followed by Practice and Substantive tracks in the p.m. As always, attendees are free to move among …

Continue Reading ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, San Diego, January 26-28, 2017: Final Brochure

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Several years ago, William & Mary Law School’s Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference departed its usual Williamsburg, Virginia venue and held the event in Beijing. Holding the conference there allowed U.S. legal scholars and property law practitioners to share ideas and compare our ways with our PRC counterparts. The event was a great success.

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Now, W&M has followed up with another international venue for the Conference: the World Court (Peace Palace), in The Hague, Netherlands.

The Conference kicked off last night with a reception honoring this year’s Brigham-Kanner Prize winner, Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto, who opened the Conference this morning with a summary of his work and theories. One of the most intriguing is that the “Arab Spring” was a cry for property and economic rights.Count us as convinced. 

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The panels began their presentations today. Ours focused on how property rights contribute (or not) to developing nations. My…

Continue Reading In Peace And In War: 2016 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference At The World Court

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The complete agenda, faculty list, and other information (including registration and early and group discounts) for the 2017 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference is now up and ready. 

The conference will be held January 26-28, 2017, at the Westin San Diego. Please consider joining us for the premier national conference on all things related to eminent domain, takings, and property law. You will learn a lot, meet your colleagues from around the country, earn a ton of CLE credits, and have some fun too. 

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