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New York Law Journal

Transit-Related Zoning Programs: Current and Proposed

Over two-thirds of subway and commuter rail stations within New York City are not accessible to individuals with ambulatory disabilities or mobility limitations. In an effort to make these stations more accessible, the MTA and the Department of City Planning are currently proposing amendments to the Zoning Resolution. In their Transactional Real Estate column, Peter Fisch and Salvatore Gogliormella discuss programs currently in place and the new accessibility-related initiatives being proposed.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Four-Attorney Saul Ewing Team Forms New Government Law Group

Fueled by South Florida's development craze, four former Saul Ewing attorneys departed the firm to found a new lobbying and land use law firm in the region.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Long Term Tax Exemptions in a Post-Pandemic World

Given the new challenges wrought by COVID-19, certain recent case law and a 2018 amendment to the New Jersey Long Term Tax Exemption Law, should be examined more closely, despite not having been informed by the pandemic or its potential impacts.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth Court Holds Township Need Not Vacate the Road Less Traveled

Recently, the Commonwealth Court, in In Re Vacating of Old Route 322, No. 384 C.D. 2020 (Pa. Cmwlth. Mar. 3, 2021), considered what happens when adjacent landowners allege a public roadway has become so "useless, inconvenient or burdensome," that the municipality is required to vacate it under the General Road Law.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Williamson County Attorney Asks AG for Ruling on Office's Power to Restrict Housing for Homeless

In a fight over the establishment of housing for the homeless, Williamson County Attorney Dee Hobbs has asked the state attorney general for an opinion on whether the office can enjoin a violation of a restriction contained in a properly recorded plat of property within the county.
3 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Who Got the Work: An Oregon Land Investment and Contentious Construction

Schwabe Williamson is advising a water supply district in Oregon in its acquisition of land for the creation of a community forest, Bernstein Shur is representing a hotel as it tries to stop the construction of a grocery store, and other work from midsize firms.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Courts Address Property Disputes on Indian Nation Lands

Native American tribes seeking to develop their land or control how it is used are finding that New York courts are becoming more and more involved in resolving the disputes that arise.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Woman Behind the Curtain': Meet the Lawyer Driving Major Florida Land Deals

Alicia Lewis said longevity in your legal career should be based on your skillset and not how you look. "My male counterparts don't have to deal or think about that," she said, adding: "It is almost as if men get better with age and that assumption is always there and it is not always there for a woman."
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Saul Ewing Land Use, Government Procurement Duo Jumps to Gunster

The former Florida state senator and his wife, also a local government attorney, joined Gunster's environmental and land use law practice after eight years at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Eminent Domain in Pennsylvania, Part IV—Who Can Condemn?

Beyond the commonwealth agencies such as PennDOT and the Turnpike Commission that frequently exercise the power of eminent domain, there are a number of political subdivisions, authorities and public utilities with that power.
9 minute read

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