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Crocker Says Boca Raton Broke Sunshine Law to Block Midtown Housing

A lawsuit claims city council members broke the state sunshine law by privately communicating to exclude housing from a redevelopment zone.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Rights and Liabilities When Contaminated Property Is Taken in Condemnation

A thorough understanding of the rights and liabilities of parties to an eminent domain proceeding under the Spill Act and the SRRA is critical to both condemnors and condemnees.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Floating 'Eyesores' Are Illegal Advertisements, City Suit Claims

New York City is seeking an injunction and fines against a Florida-based company's barge-based billboards that have been floating along city waterways since October 2018.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Local Gov't Takes a Hit Under Proposal to Legalize Marijuana

A major feature of the governor's original budget proposal for fiscal year 2020 is a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in the state—subject to the ability of counties and large cities to opt out. Here, columnist Anthony Guardino suggests that local governments also should be able to opt out of the law.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Town Can Acquire Mobile Home Park as Part of Affordable Housing Plan, Appeals Court Rules

"We are satisfied the municipality's broad eminent domain powers authorize the taking of the mobile home park, and the subsequent deed restriction on the mobile homes will create and guarantee affordable housing," the panel wrote.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Affordable Housing Crisis Persists

We are in favor of seeing the Legislature become proactive in this area, but nothing would be more counterproductive than a moratorium on efforts to meet the Mount Laurel obligation.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Stinky? Yes. A Public Nuisance? No. Beveridge Litigators Stick Up for Landfills

A growing number of plaintiffs around the country are attempting to bring public nuisance class actions against landfills because—as garbage is want to do—the sites stink.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Upper West Side Skyscraper's Future Uncertain After NY State Court Ruling

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Franc Perry's ruling that project's approval rested on a bad reading of zoning law raises questions about an ambiguous set of rules and whether government assurances trump statutory language.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ultra Music Festival's 2019 Edition Hangs in Balance in Miami Courtroom

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Rodolpho Ruiz is holding a hearing on the Brickell Homeowners Association's emergency motion for temporary injunction against the city of Miami. The suit alleges officials circumvented the law in granting Ultra the use of publicly owned Virginia Key through a license agreement, as opposed to a lease.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Importance of Construction Project Management

Effective construction project management benefits owners by increasing the potential for successful project completion—on time, within budget, and free of financial or legal complications.
7 minute read

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