This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq. A Massachusetts case decided in August considered the Town of Nantucket’s zoning definitions for “hot tub/spa” and “swimming pool.” Specifically, the zoning code defined a “hot tub/spa” as a structure with less than 150 square feet of surface area and more than two feet of depth, while […]
UCLA Extension’s annual Land Use Law and Planning Conference is the leading networking event and source of information on California land use legislation, case law, and the emerging issues that frame land use and development practices in the nation’s most popular state. The program’s unique cross-disciplinary approach explores the full range of perspectives drawn from […]
SEATTLE — A former Renton criminal defense attorney nursed a yearlong grudge against seven lawyers and judges he blamed for ruining his reputation and legal career, then ambushed one of the attorneys, stabbing him in the back, King County prosecutors say. Lee Rousso self-published a book in 2021, years after his law license was suspended, […]
US-POLITICS-DOCUMENTS-BIDEN-JUSTICE US Attorney General Merrick Garland names an independent special counsel to probe President Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents at the US Justice Department in Washington, DC on January 12, 2023. Credit – Olivier Douliery—AFP /Getty Images Attorney General Merrick Garland determined that Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents merits further investigation, and […]
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. Property owner Powlette filed a malicious prosecution suit against the township’s zoning code enforcement officer, Carlson, alleging that the officer engaged in intentional and malicious conduct by swearing to a second criminal complaint against the owner for operating a bed and breakfast without a conditional-use certificate after […]
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. The Chandlers and Barnes had sought an injunction to prevent the Town Council of Perdido Beach from constructing a public boat launch and pier at the end of State Street on the western shore of Soldier’s Creek. – adjacent to their properties. In this case, the property […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Republican legal professional common introduced Wednesday {that a} pre-statehood regulation that bans all abortions is enforceable and that he’ll quickly file for the elimination of an injunction that has blocked it for almost 50 years. Legal professional Basic Mark Brnovich’s workplace stated after the US Supreme Court docket overturned its 1973 […]
This put up was authored by Joshua Vayner, Touro College Jacob Legislation Middle Initially, 99 and 101 Industrial Road have been designated as a single, waterfront property between 1989 and 2010. In September 2018, the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Provincetown in Barnstable County Massachusetts, granted a variance to the trustees of […]