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 a “swimming pool” was defined as a structure either with more than 150 square feet of surface area or containing more than 1,000 gallons of water. The definition created a dilemma because of the structure “could at the same time have less than 150 square

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 land use planning, legal, development, and environmental communities, and demonstrates how these factors influence the day-to-day work of planners, developers, environmental regulators, and attorneys .

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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, detailing perceived wrongs against him, along with homicidal fantasies involving the group of seven, who he referred to as the “Bar Card Lynch Mob,” court records show .

The main target of Rousso’s ire was a 64-year-old longtime Seattle criminal defense attorney, who he’s accused

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 on Thursday named a former Trump-era prosecutor as special counsel to probe the matter.

Robert Hur, who Donald Trump named as US Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021, will head up the investigation into how documents with classification markings ended

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 the original complaint against the owner was conditionally dismissed. The Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, granted the officer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, and Powlette appealed.

After reviewing the pleadings, and construing all material accusations and all reasonable inferences therefrom in favor of

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 appealed from a judgment entered by the Baldwin Circuit Court after a bench trial in favor of the Town Council.

Upon review of the record, the court noted that the proposed boat launch would be placed where State Street ends at the edge of Soldier’s

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 choice that stated abortion was a constitutional proper that he was weighing whether or not the previous regulation might be enforced.

His choice places him at odds with Republican Gov. Doug Ducey. The governor had stated after he signed a brand new regulation banning abortions

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 the 99 Industrial Road Realty Belief, permitting them to rebuild a deck that was destroyed which accordingly restricted entry for people with mobility challenges In 2010, the Jack and Lora Papetsas offered the property to the Carew Defendants, who divided it into two separate properties,