Great Woman in Compliance: The Power of Vulnerability with Cricket Snyder
Breaking the Cycle: Flooding, Infrastructure, and Climate Law in Practice
Obtaining a Recreational Marijuana License from Your Local Municipality
State AG Pulse | Local Job, National Impact
It’s Not Easy Being Green: How To Comply with the Latest Cannabis Regulations
Recreational Marijuana Use Legalized in NYS – Your Questions Answered
The State of Cannabis in New York
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part I – Doing Business With the Commonwealth of Virginia
Lifting the Fog Over Lobbying Compliance
Homeless Assistance Centers and the NIMBY Response
Rapid Transit Zones in Miami-Dade County
[WEBINAR] Exploring the CPRA’s Investigatory Privilege
Real Estate Developer Rights When Cities Demand Too Much
[WEBINAR] Clearing the Smoke: 3 Years of Legal Cannabis in California
[WEBINAR] Housing and Land Use Legislative Update
[WEBINAR] Navigating California’s New Regulations for Wetlands and State Waters
[WEBINAR] Understanding and Responding to the FCC Cable In-Kind and Mixed Use Order
[WEBINAR] Advancing the Policy Discussion Around Housing
[WEBINAR] Innovative Partnerships to Overcome Housing Challenges in Communities
[WEBINAR] Focusing on the “US” in HoUSing: Merging Housing, Transportation, Incentives and Community
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As Texas markets continue to evolve, so too do the legal and structural tools available to developers. One such tool—the site condominium—has gained traction as a creative alternative to traditional subdivision platting. ...more
The Court of Appeals of Washington (“Court of Appeals”) addressed in an October 14th Opinion an inverse condemnation issue. See Mark D. Stephens & Lynn Stephens, Appellants, v. Town of Steilacoom, a municipal corporation,...more
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Natural medicine (i.e., magic mushrooms) in Colorado is reaching new highs. On June 6, 2025, the first state-regulated psilocybin session, a five-hour high-dose facilitation bookended by required preparation and counseling,...more
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Getzel Bee is the name of a New Jersey limited liability company caught up in a strange condemnation case. ...more
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The City of Columbus has fundamentally streamlined its Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) program for multifamily developers with the passage of City Ordinance 1907-2025. ...more
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In Edmondson Community Organization, Inc. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland recently applied the Supreme Court’s 2023 landmark decision in Tyler v. Hennepin...more
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It is no secret that housing has been a hot button issue lately, both in Rhode Island and across the country. In recent years, Rhode Island lawmakers have sought to address the state’s housing shortage. In 2023, the General...more
Part of Carlton Fields' Community & Development Series - In 2024, the Florida Legislature expanded the state’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) Act, empowering municipalities to accept unsolicited infrastructure proposals...more
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Since my December 2 blog post on the Act Promoting a Clean Energy Grid, Advancing Equity and Protecting Rate Payers, the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has issued draft regulations and preliminary drafts of...more
On October 2, 2025, the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) received formal authorization to auction up to $500 million in New Jersey state tax credits, pursuant to the State Tax Credit Subsidy Program...more
The National Rural Water Association (“NRWA”) has issued what it describes as its: Consolidation Guiding Principles (“CGP”)....more
Introduction - In May 2008, the City of Vallejo, California, filed for protection under chapter 9 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, followed in 2011 by Jefferson County, Alabama, in 2012 by the City of Stockton,...more
Ohio’s Senate recently joined the House, voting in favor of overriding the Governor’s Veto Item No. 66. This veto override has the effect of eliminating certain types of tax levies for local governments in Ohio, including the...more
Connecticut business property owners have until Nov. 1 to submit their annual personal property declarations or suffer a 25 percent penalty added to the assessed value of the undeclared assets....more
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