NEXT
Sign in to follow

New York Law Journal

Moving Toward Yes Amid Political Uncertainty: NYC Planning Commission Approves 'City of Yes' for Housing Opportunity. But Will City Council?

Will City Council put aside the power struggles and politics, and rise to the occasion to support this final piece of Eric Adams' land use agenda, or will COYHO be lost in the political tides?
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Orders Stop to Referendum in Coastal Ga. Slave Descendants' Zoning Battle

The judge sided with McIntosh County's elected commissioners seeking to cancel the election, ruling that Georgia's Constitution doesn't allow citizens to challenge zoning ordinances by referendum.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Plan B: Housing New Yorkers on State Land

"For various reasons, new housing production on state land has slowed dramatically, and public authorities turned their attention to infrastructure, universities, and economic development," write Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

'Graveyard Desecration'?: Md. Supreme Court Gives Descendants of Enslaved Persons Partial Victory in Property Row

"The record suggests that, rather than respectfully disinterring and moving the remains of the deceased, the developers disturbed the ground, removed human remains haphazardly and inconsistently, destroyed grave markers, and ultimately paved a portion of the land into a parking lot," Justice Jonathan Biran wrote in his majority opinion for the Maryland Supreme Court ruling the plaintiffs can seek equitable relief on remand.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Homebuilder Hit With Multiple Suits in Florida State Courts Alleging Construction Defects

These suits were surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in federal and state courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Standing To Challenge Zoning Resolution; Breach of Contract Action Against Bank: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "New York University v. City of New York," and "724 Management LLC v. Santander Bank."
19 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Right-to-Know Law Policy Update in Wake of Anonymous FOIA Buddy Record Requests

The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records (OOR) released a memo confirming that FOIA Buddy is operated by people who have a stated goal of efficiently promoting government transparency and accountability in a cost-effective manner for all involved and that the OOR found no indication that FOIA Buddy is part of a phishing, scraping or scamming activity.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Higher Demand For Student Housing is Driving Work For Real Estate Lawyers Across Florida

With student housing needs on the rise across Florida and developers looking for safe investments, real estate lawyers based in the Sunshine state are seeing more demand in that area.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Leaders Tap Seven New NYC Housing Court Judges

Yekaterina Blinova and Adam R. Meyers were assigned to Manhattan; Jordan M. Dressler was assigned to Queens; Leslie A. Granger and Amira E. Hassan took the bench in the Bronx; while Javier E. Ortiz and Elyssa O. Slutzky will be serving in Brooklyn.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Approves Referendum Sought by Slave Descendants to Challenge Rezoning of Sapelo Island Community

The McIntosh County Probate Court judge said in his written order that local election officials verified that referendum organizers had collected more than 1,800 petition signatures from the registered county voters
4 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources

  • Aligning Client Needs with Lawyer Growth and Profitability

    Brought to you by BigHand

    Download Now

  • Technology to Make E-Discovery Smarter, Not Harder

    Brought to you by Nuix

    Download Now

  • Does Generative AI Have the Power to Transform Legal Services?

    Brought to you by HaystackID

    Download Now

  • How This Personal Injury Firm Reduced Client Intake Time by 80%

    Brought to you by PracticePanther

    Download Now