Real Estate & Property Law

Regulatory Takings Claims in Federal Court
A federal regulatory takings claim being litigated in the first instance in federal court? Why, that's as rare as hen's teeth. Here's the deal: under Williamson County Regional Planning Comm'n v...

Gardner considers teen's death "suspicious"
From Sara Shepherd: A teenage boy was found dead behind a Gardner residence Monday afternoon, prompting a police investigation. Just before 5 p.m., Gardner public safety officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Aspen Lane to investigate a report...

11th Circuit Finds Floridas Preclusion Doctrine Foreclosed Relitigation of Regulatory Takings Claim
This case is the latest in the quest of plaintiffs trying unsuccessfully to get their takings claims heard in federal court after complying with the Supreme Court mandate of frst exhausting their state court remedies...

Why the Takings Clause Requires Compensation for Government Takings of the Property of Innocent People during Criminal Investigations:
I think my debate with Orin over the Takings Clause and seizures of property during criminal investigations is likely to enter the realm of diminishing returns soon, if it hasn't already...

Epstein Blogs His New Takings Book
In a post at PrawfsBlawg, "Takings, a Second Time," University of Chicago Law Professor Richard Epstein discusses his new book Supreme Neglect: How to Revive the Constitutional Protection for Private Property, a follow-up to Takings: Private Property and the Power...

Gardner on Excuses and Emotions
John Gardner has posted the following to SSRN: "The Logic of Excuses and the Rationality of Emotions" Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 35/2008 JOHN GARDNER, University of Oxford - Faculty of LawI have previously defended a way of thinking...

Visa Applications For Foreign Nationals Married to American Citizens
two options for getting your foreign-born spouse a visa

Dumb Foreign Laws
Stupid Laws of Other Countries

Citizenship and Immigration Canada
allegedly overcharged for immigration application fees.

AT&T International Roaming Charges, AT&T lawsuit
AT&T Faces International Roaming Charges Lawsuit

Preliminary Settlement Reached With Soleus International
Soleus International Reaches Preliminary Settlement of Class Action

Anixter International Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Anixter International Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Moody International Facing Unpaid Overtime Class-Action
Moody International Facing Unpaid Overtime Class-Action

American International Group, Inc.
AIG