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Public-Camping Ordinances Survive SCOTUS Challenge, Providing Certainty to Local Governments Policing Illegal Camping

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Public-camping ordinances across Virginia and the United States dodged a constitutional bullet that would have prohibited criminal penalties for violations those laws if the defendant did not have adequate access to shelter. ...more

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AI Surveillance and Data Privacy at the Games

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As the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games (the “Games”) turn onto the final straight, the Games have yet again captured widespread global attention, on and off the track. With over 15.3 million visitors in Paris...more

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Supreme Court Expands Available Government Strategies to Respond to Homelessness Crisis

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On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson finding municipal ordinances prohibiting camping on public property to be a constitutional exercise of local government...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supreme Court Holds That the Eighth Amendment Does Not Prevent Enforcement of Local Camping Bans, Authorizing a Significant Shift...

Until recently, local policies on homelessness have been guided by two controversial rulings from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Martin v. Boise (9th Cir. 2019) 920 F.3d 584 and Johnson v. City of Grants Pass (9th Cir....more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

U.S. Supreme Court Weighs In: Are Ordinances Used to Prohibit Homeless Encampments in Public Areas Unconstitutional?

In response to a class action suit by homeless people challenging several anti-camping ordinances in the city of Grant Pass, OR, the U.S. Supreme Court explored the contours of the Eighth Amendment (“8A”) of the U.S....more

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Hong Kong’s New Extension of Government Leases Ordinance

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The new Extension of Government Leases Ordinance (the “Ordinance”) will take effect this Friday, 5 July 2024. In consideration of the significant number of owners affected by the expiration of Government leases from 2025...more

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United States Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Public Camping Laws in the Ninth Circuit

Policymakers have several tools for addressing the rising issue of homelessness in their communities.  In City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, No. 23-175603 (June 28, 2024), the U.S. Supreme Court (“Court”) had its first...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides City of Grants Pass v. Johnson

On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States decided City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, No. 23-175, holding that the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause of the Eighth Amendment of the United States...more

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Florida Develops Comprehensive Plan to Address  Camping and Sleeping on Public Property

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In an effort to address homelessness, effective October 1, 2024, the State of Florida implements its comprehensive plan to preempt local ordinances permitting public camping or sleeping, to provide standards for lawful...more

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DEI Under Scrutiny, Part IX: Alabama Bans Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs and Departments for Public Institutions

Alabama has joined the growing list of states passing laws banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in public institutions. On March 20, 2024, Governor Kay Ivey signed into law Senate Bill (SB) No. 129, a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Ley 2306 de 2023: Ampliación del periodo de descanso remunerado durante la lactancia en Colombia

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Recientemente se expidió la Ley 2306 del 31 de julio de 2023, por medio de la cual se promueve la protección de la maternidad y la primera infancia, creando incentivos y normas para la construcción de áreas que permitan la...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

When the Rubber Doesn’t Meet the Road: Ohio Supreme Court Sends Eminent Domain Dispute over Park Bike Path Back to Trial Court

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The construction of a bike path ran into a bump in the road when the Mill Creek Metropolitan Park District (Park District) attempted to take land through eminent domain. The Park District is a public entity that is attempting...more

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In a Win for Commercial Defendants and Their Insurers, the New Jersey Appellate Court Declines to Limit the “Ongoing Storm Rule”...

The New Jersey Appellate Division has recently confirmed that the “ongoing storm rule” established in Pareja v. Princeton International Properties, 246 N.J. 546 (2021) applies to privately owned commercial properties,...more

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Florida Law Limits Persons from Foreign Countries of Concern from Acquiring Real Property

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Now the subject of a lawsuit seeking to enjoin it, Florida Senate Bill 264 (CS/CS/SB 264), codified at Chapter No. 2023-33, Laws of Florida, would limit select persons from "foreign countries of concern" from directly or...more

Venable LLP

An Upcoming Proposal Will Impact Federal Acquisition of Real Estate - But How?

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As part of his administration's all-of-government response to climate concerns, on December 8, 2021 President Biden issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14057, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Ninth Circuit Revisits and Clarifies the Reach of Martin v. City of Boise

Court Invalidates City’s Attempts to “Evade” Martin - Over the last few years, courts have significantly narrowed the permissible scope of local regulation of public camping. The catalyst for this shift was Martin v. City...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Georgia Gun Laws and Public Events

The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the live event industry. For the greater part of two years, in-person concerts, theatrical performances, film festivals, and public gatherings were postponed and canceled due to legal mandates...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Public High School Coach in Free Speech/Freedom of Religion Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling which will have wide-ranging effects on the ability of governmental entities to react to religious and other speech of public employees. In Kennedy v. Bremerton Schools, the Court ruled...more

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New Jersey Supreme Court Confirms Improvement Authorities Must Engage in Competitive Bidding Process to Solicit Redeveloper

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In a decision on April 28, 2022, in Dobco, Inc. v. Bergen County Improvement Authority, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed an injunction requiring the Bergen County Improvement Authority (BCIA) to use a public bidding...more

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Government Flagpole, Government Speech? Supreme Court Decides Boston Lawsuit

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When the government allows a private group to display its message on public property, the message does not necessarily become government speech, and the private speaker may remain entitled to First Amendment protections....more

Stokes Wagner

LA Requires Labor Peace Agreements for Hospitality Operations on LA County Property

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At the September 15 meeting, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors adopted a new policy that will affect hospitality businesses operating on Los Angeles County property. Policy 5.290 was recommended to the Board in a...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Court Rules that City-Erected Structure at a Municipal Airport is Not “Shelter”

Decision in Compliance with Martin v. City of Boise - The last few years have seen a fundamental shift in how municipalities can lawfully regulate camping on public property. The spark for this shift was Martin v. City of...more

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New York Insurance Coverage Law Update

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Federal District Court Denies Insured’s Request To Add Claim For Bad Faith And Consequential Damages Based On Insurer’s Denial Of Coverage In this declaratory judgment action, the insured filed a motion for leave to add a new...more

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Real Estate Alphabet Soup: P is for Property

In my last post, “Real Estate Alphabet Soup: O is for Option” I continued my primer on the “alphabet soup” of real estate. This post continues to stir the “alphabet soup” with the letter “P.”...more

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Divided FERC Finds Pipeline Companies Can Seize State-Owned Interests

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On Thursday, January 30, 2020, a divided Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the “Commission” or “FERC”) issued a declaratory order proclaiming that the Natural Gas Act (the “NGA”) allows private pipeline companies to take...more

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