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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Cuba Practice Update -- May 16, 2013

by Matthew Aho, Pedro Freyre, Augusto Maxwell | Akerman Senterfitt on 5/16/2013

Law to Punish Companies with Cuba Ties Struck Down - Last week, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Miami declared unconstitutional a 2012 Florida law intended to prevent foreign companies with ties to Cuba — or...more

Condemnation Changed (Permanently?) In Virginia

by Timothy R. Hughes | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 11/30/2012

On November 6, Virginia voted by a nearly 3-1 margin to amend the state constitution and drastically change eminent domain law. The constitutional amendment may ultimately be the source of quite a few unintended consequences...more

Redevelopment Agencies: Dead, But Not Buried

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/6/2012

In California Redevelopment Assn. v. Matosantos, the California Supreme Court sealed the demise of the state’s nearly 400 redevelopment agencies. That decision, however, leaves myriad questions unresolved for communities and...more

Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Bill Funding $3 Billion for School Construction Projects

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 7/27/2011

The Illinois Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutionality of legislation involving a $3 billion state construction program funded in part by the legalization of video poker, which would be permitted in bars and...more

Rogers Towers: Judge Declares Senate Bill 360 Unconstitutional

by Rogers Towers on 8/30/2010

A trial judge in Tallahassee has struck down Senate Bill 360, approved by the Legislature and Governor in 2009. As you may remember, Senate Bill 360 provided several forms of growth management relief in response to the market...more