The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve Board, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced that the threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirement...
A bill was introduced in the Illinois state legislature to prohibit discrimination in appraisals. HB 5862 states that an appraiser or real estate licensee engages in prohibited discrimination ...
The Third Circuit recently held that state law is the standard for determining just compensation in Federal eminent domain cases. In Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC v. Permanent Easement, a pipel...
The 5th Circuit ruled that it was premature to review the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board allegation that a Federal Trade Commission action cut into competition. The FTC alleged in its ...
Attorneys for the Pimlico Race Course owners say the city of Baltimore is trying to gain control of the racetrack and the signature Preakness Stakes race through eminent domain. The Stronach ...
A Connecticut legislative committee approved a bill to restrict public taking of private land for economic development purposes. The bill would prohibit state and municipal redevelopment agencie...
TX State Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst joined several statewide advocates for property rights to announce the filing of Senate Bill 421 which seeks to strengthen Texas property rights. If passed, Ko...
The US Supreme Court reheard oral arguments on whether a property owner can have a federal court decide an inverse condemnation case without first exhausting state remedies. In Knick v. Twp. of ...
I recently had a trial regarding a partial taking of a trucks stop located outside of Harrisburg, PA. The Condemnor/Township claimed the damages were $0. We argued that the damages were $1.75M. ...
I tried a case in Bucks County, PA involving a condemnation by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. PennDOT claim the property was worth $850,000. We presented evidence that the property was ...