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New York City to the Rescue- Council Members Seek to Use Eminent Domain to Condemn Underwater Mortgages

At a press conference on the steps of City Hall, City Council members and housing advocacy groups called on the Mayor to help homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure. Such help would come in the form of using eminent domain to “buy back mortgages where homeowners owe more than their houses are worth.” According to a CBS report on June 25, 2014, “under the proposed plan, City government would purchase the mortgages from banks and refinance them to match the home’s value to prevent foreclosure.” According to the report,… read more

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Reminder: ALI CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Course of Study

We would like to remind you to reserve Thursday-Saturday, January 23-25, 2014, to attend the 31st annual presentation of the advanced-level ALI CLE Course of Study, Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation; or the ninth annual presentation of the basic-level ALI CLE Course of Study, Condemnation 101: How to Prepare and Present an Eminent Domain Case, both at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. Both courses are also offered via live webcast, available either in their entirety or in segments. As co-program director Joseph T. Waldo, Esq. stated: Practitioners in… read more

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William and Mary will honor Thomas W. Merrill with the 2013 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize

William and Mary will honor Thomas W. Merrill, a Columbia Law School Professor, with the 2013 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize at the 10th annual conference on October 17-18 sponsored by the William & Mary Property Rights Project. The project presents the award each year to an individual whose scholarly work and accomplishments affirm that property rights are fundamental to protecting individual and civil rights. According to the press release, Merrill is among the nation’s leading scholars of property, administrative, and environmental law, and is the Charles Evans Hughes Professor at Columbia Law… read more

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