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Daily Business Review

4th DCA Rejects Boca Raton Apartment Project Challenge

The appellate decision kills a public referendum on the proposed nine-story, 378-unit Archstone at Palmetto Park project.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

University of Scranton v. Zoning Hearing Board of City of Scranton, PICS Case No. 14-0062 (C.P. Lackawanna Jan. 14, 2014) Nealon, J. (13 pages).

By | January 28, 2014
Motion for Reconsideration • Zoning • Sanctions • Pa.R.Civ.P. 1023.1(c)
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Does the Disparate-Impact Theory Apply to the Fair Housing Act?

Now that a settlement has been reached in the Mount Holly redevelopment case, what can practitioners learn regarding disparate-impact claims and the Fair Housing Act?
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Parkland Reservation: The 'Findings' Requirement

In his Zoning and Land Use Planning column, Anthony S. Guardino, a partner at Farrell Fritz, writes: New York law allows local governments to require that an applicant for a residential subdivision or site plan approval set aside land for park and recreation purposes or pay a fee in lieu thereof. The statutes, however, specifically require that the municipality first must find that the new development creates the need for additional recreational facilities, a finding which municipalities have sometimes neglected.
11 minute read

The Recorder

Valley Building Boom Keeps Land Use Lawyers Busy

Advised by Morrison & Foerster, Apple is embarking on the construction of a new Cupertino headquarters in the shape of a colossal spaceship.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Powell v. County of Humboldt

By | January 17, 2014
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Opinion: Inland Wetlands And Watercourses Act Does Have Teeth

By | January 16, 2014
To The Editor: We were surprised to read the Dec. 12, 2013, Connecticut Law Tribune's editorial "The Myth of Wetlands Enforcement in Connecticut," which describes Connecticut's Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act, General Statutes §22a-36 to 44 as an ineffectual scheme for protecting our state's wetlands and watercourses.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

An Embarrassing Supreme Court Moment

Justice Antonin Scalia this week questioned whether a lawyer was reading from notes during oral argument. Lawyers debate whether the justice was out of line.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Foothill Communities Coalition v. County of Orange

By | January 13, 2014
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Caribbean House Inc. v. North Hudson Yacht Club

North Hudson Yacht Club's invitation of a neighboring restaurant's valet service onto the club's property to park cars, with or without compensation, is within the scope of its easement.
7 minute read

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