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As the title of this post notes, we are underway with the 41st ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, in New Orleans. 

But the magic doesn’t just happen on its own. It takes a lot of hard set-up work by the ALI-CLE staff to make #EminentDomain2024 a great event. Here’s some of what goes on beforehand.

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The “before” view of the Big Room

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In the rear with the (AV – webcast) gear

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Getting closer…

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We’re not all work…just outside the conference roomContinue Reading We’re Underway With The 41st ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, New Orleans

Don’t miss out!

We promise: this is the last time we’re going to try to entice you to the upcoming ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference in New Orleans. We are getting close to capacity, but there is still room. In recent years, we have standing room only in the Conference halls, and have sold out the hotel block. After all, this is a pretty niche area of law. So what gives?

When we were in Austin last year, we thought it might be nice to try and answer that question. We asked Conference participants why they come, year-after-year (and in Austin, despite massive travel disruptions). Yes, it is the various venues (Nashville, Austin, Scottsdale, Palm Springs, to name a few recent locations), and yes, it is the excellent and useful programming.

But as we suspected it is more than that.

Continue Reading No FOMO: There’s Still Room For You To Join Us In New Orleans Feb 1-3, 2024 For The 41st ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference

Here are the cases that Michael Berger and I discussed in today’s presentation to the ABA State and Local Government Law Section’s Land Use group. It was good seeing everyone, even virtually:

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Continue Reading Cases And Links From Today’s ABA State & Local Govt Law Land Use Presentation

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Starting in January, we’ll be helping our friend and former law partner Mark M. Murakami with the venerated and oh-so-important Land Use course (Law 580) at the University of Hawaii’s Law School.

We’re temporarily stepping into some mighty big slippers (this is Hawaii, so we don’t always wear shoes), as this is the course that our mentor Professor David Callies taught for decades. And is there a better venue in which to teach and study land use law and regulation, and its limits? After all, Hawaii may be the most heavily-regulated land on the planet, and is a focal point for every issue you can think of, from zoning to environmental restrictions to takings to public trust to subdivision to admin law to … well, you get the drift.

We’ll cover those topics, as well as the fundamentals. And we have a few surprises up our sleeves — some impressive…

Continue Reading Hawaii Five-80: More Land Use (Law 580) At The University Of Hawaii

A big thank you to Clint Schumacher and his Eminent Domain Podcast for having us on the program (this is the sixth time, not that we’re counting). We joined Clint to chat about three breaking issues in eminent domain (highlighted by the intriguing cases we discuss), as well as to preview the upcoming 41st ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference, February 1-3, 2024, in New Orleans.

As Clint describes it:

Robert Thomas of Pacific Legal Foundation joins us for a review of three impactful cases that eminent domain practitioners should watch as they work their way through the courts. We also get a preview of the 2024 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference that will be held in New Orleans this coming February.

Click here for information and registration for the ALI-CLE conference.

Please share your thoughts on the show or this episode with me. I’m on X @J_Clint…

Continue Reading We (Re)Join Clint Schumacher’s Eminent Domain Podcast: Three Impactful Issues, And The 41st ALI-CLE Conference (New Orleans, Feb 1-3, 2024)

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22nd annual Alfred B. DelBello Land Use
and Sustainable Development Conference

Come, join us (and others) on Thursday-Friday, December 7-8, 2023, at Pace Law School in White Plains, New York for the Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference (this year’s conference theme is “Balancing Economic Realities with Environmental and Social Concerns”).

We’re speaking about the 100th anniversary of the modern regulatory takings doctrine, which got its start nearly 101 years ago with the Supreme Court’s opinion in Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, where the Court held that property may be regulated, but if the regulation “goes too far,” it will be deemed a taking.

Here’s a description of the program:

The 100th Anniversary of Pennsylvania Coal vs. Mahon: How the Takings Clause Became the Primary Check on Government Power When SCOTUS Abandoned Review Under the Due Process and Contracts Clauses During the New Deal

The Takings Clause and 100…

Continue Reading Join Us For 100 Years Of Pennsylvania Coal (Pace Land Use Conference, Dec. 8, 2023)

Screenshot 2023-11-16 at 15-28-57 About SCOTUS Ladies

Although the Dissed! podcast is no more, our colleagues Elizabeth Slattery (PLF) and Anastasia Boden (Cato) have thankfully redirected their efforts to the written form, a new law blog (how retro!).

As the title (“SCOTUS Ladies“) hints, their blog focuses on the doings of a certain court in Washington, DC. Here’s how they describe the project:

The SCOTUS Ladies are Elizabeth Slattery and Anastasia Boden. You may know us from our legal commentary, social media exploits, public speaking, or our former podcast about Supreme Court dissents, Dissed. ​

We’re two liberty loving Supreme Court superfans with experience in the liberty legal movement, ranging from the Heritage Foundation to the Cato Institute—and a few places in between. We believe legal commentary doesn’t have to be dull on the one hand or polemical on the other. And it should never be dense. We started this website so any liberty-curious person…

Continue Reading The Queen Is Dead, Long Live The Queen(s): Introducing The “SCOTUS Ladies” Blog

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Here’s the brochure and the full agenda and registration information for the upcoming ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference at the JW Marriott in New Orleans, February 1-3, 2024.

This is the long-running nationally-focused conference on all things eminent domain, takings, valuation, and related. We have three tracks, from which you can choose a la carte – Practice, Substantive, and Condemnation 101:

For over 40 years, we’ve been bringing eminent domain practitioners together to examine the latest issues, engage in healthy debate, and get the information they need to stay current in their practice. This year – our 41st – is THE perfect time to reunite with your eminent domain colleagues. There will be plentiful opportunities to meet and mingle with the faculty and other registrants – throughout the conference and at evening social events. Attendees come back year after year to make new friendships and renew…

Continue Reading Here’s The Program For The 41st ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Conference, Feb 1-3, 2024, New Orleans

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Professor Gregory Alexander: the newest inductee in
the Property Rights Hall of Fame

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Our panel at today’s Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference at William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia, which was focused on the work of this year’s Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize, Prof. Greg Alexander, was tasked with addressing this topic:

“Equity has long had an influence on the delineation and development of property rights. In addition to defining the extent of property rights and influencing a court’s choice of remedies, equity has played a role in governing or managing the impact of property rights on other interests. This panel will discuss these and other topics related to the role of equity in property law, including the relationship of that role with constitutional protection of property rights.”

Speakers on this topic included Profs Henry Smith (Harvard) and Samuel Bray (Notre…

Continue Reading 20th Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference: Property Rights As A Means Of Human Flourishing

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This week is what we call Brigham-Kanner week here at William and Mary Law School. The week culminates in the Thursday presentation of the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize to lawprof Greg Alexander, followed on Friday by the Conference presentations (see below).

And earlier in the week, we’re having a series of law student-oriented programs, featuring sessions on “Careers in Dirt Law,” “Comparative Property Rights” (feat. Toronto expropriation lawyer Shane Rayman), and “Property Rights Practice Perspective” (feat. several young lawyers — including W&M Law alums — who are now practicing eminent domain and takings law).

Here’s the full B-K Conference program.

The Friday program includes some very intriguing topics:

  • Property and Propriety (or the Well-Ordered Society): A Tribute to Gregory S. Alexander
  • Equity’s Role in Defining Property Rights*
  • Emerging Issues Roundtable
  • The Restatement’s Impact on Property Rights
  • The Scalability of Property Rights – the Extent to Which Interests

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Continue Reading 2023 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference (Oct. 26-27, 2023)