Real Estate & Property Law

Upcoming ABA Condemnation, Land Use Teleconferences

By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)

There's still time to register for two teleconferences that are a part of the ABA State and Local Government Section's "Virtual Spring Meeting."  I hope you can join us for at least one of the programs.

• Wednesday, April 1, 2:00 - 3:30 pm, EDT: Condemnation Hot Topics - The program will examine new and important condemnation cases and trends, and also review eminent domain as a backdrop for land use regulation. I will leading the session on pretext and public use in eminent domain cases. Also on the faculty are Robert Freilich, Mary Lynn Huett, and Edward Sullivan. The moderator is Professor Steven Eagle. More here.

• Thursday, April 2, Noon - 1:30 pm, EDT: Hot Topics in Land Use Law 2009 - The 2009 version of this popular annual program will cover the latest developments in several areas of the law related to land use regulation.  Among the expected topics are the ability of town boards to control obstreperous speakers; the latest law concerning ethical constraints on state and local officials and the citizens who appear before them; restrictions on the government's ability to limit religious land uses under  the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA); what's new concerning cell tower sitting; the use of pretextual public purposes to justify takings; new law about impact fees and exactions; and citizen input into brown fields restoration and the backlash against it. I will be speaking about the latest developments in eminent domain and pretext.  More here.

Full post as published by inversecondemnation on March 27, 2009 (boomark / email).