This post was authored by Gabriella Mickel, JD Candidate 2024, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Defendant-landowner Sisters & Brothers Investment Group, LLP (SBIG) appealed an environmental-division enforcement order that prohibited them from using a property in the City of Burlington as a parking lot, requiring them to address site-improvement deficiencies as per […]
We are still waiting to hear when a trial will take place in the Senate now that the House of Representatives voted to impeach State Attorney General Ken Paxton AUSTIN, Texas — Now that the Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton on 20 articles, including bribery and abuse of public […]
This post was authored by Robert Thomas, Esq. and originally appeared on the InverseCondemnation Blog and is reposted with permission. See, https://www.inversecondemnation.com/inversecondemnation/2023/05/ca6-legislative-conditions-are-subject-to-nexus-and-proportionality-requirements.html The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Knight v. Metro. Gov’t of Nashville, No. 21-6179 (May 10, 2023) held that conditions imposed on every development — and not just ad hoc administratively-imposed conditions […]
This post was authored by Tyler Doan, Esq. Plaintiffs filed applications with the City of Austin to digitize existing traditional billboards and to upgrade signs with less sophisticated digitization. The Defendant denied their application because the signs would advertise for things not located on the site where the sign was installed. “In sum, off-premises signs […]
This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq. The NY Appellate Division, Second Department, issued a pair of SEQRA decisions in March, 2023 involving the Village of Chestnut Ridge’s 2019 “House of Worship Law,” which sought to allow additional gathering places and houses of worship in residential districts. in the first case, Matter of Kogut […]
This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq, A recent decision from the Suffolk County Supreme Court, Matter of Save Sag Harbor v Village of Sag Harbor, involving the village’s adoption of a local law that expanded the definition of an apartment building in order to allow more affordable housing. The village attorney had drafted […]
Gwyneth Paltrow not liable for ski crash: Jury Jury finds Gwyneth Paltrow is not at fault for the 2016 Utah ski collision 03:44 Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys’ fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Former Douglas Anderson teacher Jeffrey Clayton is facing multiple criminal charges for inappropriate behavior with a student after years of allegations. Some people voiced that the current superintendent, Dr. Diana Greene, should be held accountable for the delay in action against Clayton. A local attorney told News4JAX the principals and superintendents during […]