Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 170: Listen and Learn -- Real Property Zoning Rules
[Webinar] Cannabis Real Estate Considerations
On-Demand Webinar | Linear Infrastructure Redux: Adapting Your Projects to Meet the New Regulatory Climate
Law Brief: Your Ad Here: Outdoor Advertising and the Law
How Florida Zoning Regulations Can Encourage Development and Climate Change Resiliency
Transit-Oriented Development in the 305
Homeless Assistance Centers and the NIMBY Response
Religious Use Law in South Florida
Rapid Transit Zones in Miami-Dade County
Real Estate Developer Rights When Cities Demand Too Much
Jones Day Talks: Developments in Germany's Wind Power Regulations
[WEBINAR] Planning in the Coastal Zone
[WEBINAR] Creating an Accessible City
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Two recent unanimous decisions from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court confirm the supremacy of the state’s marijuana laws over local zoning restrictions. The decisions also indicate a tendency of the Supreme Judicial...more
Ms. Maureen Wren, Director of Media Relations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYS DEC”) noted a needed correction and addition to this post. Ms. Wren stated the post should have indicated...more
As Holland & Knight has previously reported, California courts have consistently enforced state housing laws that preempt land use and planning decisions by local governments. (See previous Holland & Knight alerts, "Court of...more
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (“Atlantic”) recently won another battle in its quest to construct an interstate natural gas pipeline across West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. Twenty-seven of its planned 604 miles...more
A recent decision from the Supreme Court of Warren County, John Carr v. Village of Lake George Village Board, demonstrates how a simple omission on a site plan approval application can upend an approved project, even though...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a March 7th opinion a judicial challenge to a Shelburne, Vermont ordinance regulating hazardous substances and certain bylaws related to a salt...more
Judge Woodcock of the U.S. District Court in Portland, finding that the South Portland’s Clear Skies Ordinance (the Ordinance) was neither a “preempted pipeline facility safety standard or a discriminatory ordinance enacted...more
On a day yielding no sunshine, but rather the first snow of the winter season in parts of Maryland, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals reissued its decision in Board of County Commn. of Washington County v. Perennial...more
• Two recent decisions by California courts offer important judicial guidance on the longstanding issue of reconciling local government land use decisions with the referendum and initiative powers reserved to the people by...more
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently issued a press release clarifying the abilities of municipalities to regulate drone operations in the navigable airspace. State and local governments "are not permitted to...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE FINANCIAL SERVICES UPDATE TITLE INSURANCE UPDATE - Misrepresentation: developer entitled to directed verdict on claims of fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation asserted by condominium association...more
The State liquor law preempts local municipalities from restricting hours of operation for businesses selling alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. Accordingly, local municipalities should use caution when...more
No State Preemption of Local Billboard Regulations, California Appellate Court Finds - The Outdoor Advertising Act does not preempt local regulation of billboards, a California appellate court has ruled. In a decision...more
In the last several months, the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) has issued a number of decisions further defining the scope of federal preemption. As the primary agency tasked with the economic regulation of the...more