Construction Law

Wind Energy Facilities Law Adopted by the Town of Hamlin (New York)
Local governments in wind resource rich areas across the country are confronting a host of zoning challenges related to the siting of wind turbines in the municipality.  Often, municipalities have been slow to proactively catch up to the green power movement, not considering how to best regulate the turbines until interest is first expressed by [...

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Proposes Wind Energy Bird and Bat Protection Guidelines
Interest continues to grow in the promise of ”green” power generated by wind.   This has resulted in an increased number lawsuits surrounding the siting of wind turbines...

NY Appellate Court Finds Set-Back Requirements for Wind Turbines Do Not Amount to a Taking
Petitioners, opponents of a wind turbine generator project, alleged that the setback requirements contained in the Industrial Development Agency?s findings statement amount to a de facto taking...

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Wind Turbines Could Interfere with Airport Radar
In an administrative law case, Clark County, Nevada challenged a determination of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that found that the siting of 83 wind turbines on federal land atop a mountain located 10 miles from a proposed new airport (targeted for operation in 2017) would not exceed the federal obstruction standards, would not have [...

Global Wind Energy Market Survey: US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights
News release: "On the back of three years of consistent growth, the US wind market is poised for a record-breaking...

Local Government Role in the Siting of Wind Facilities
So far, the case law that has been generated on the sited of wind farms clearly indicates that the decisionmaking has been occurring at the local government level through routine land use planning and zoning (and applicable local environmental review) decision making...

US Government
alleging land surveyors should not be allowed on private property to build a US Mexican border wall.

Construction Contact
Kilbourn Tower pays the city of Milwaukee a $950,000 settlement.

Wind and Hail Coverage
Allstate Corp. agrees to restore insurance coverage and pay $250,000 settlement.