Below you will find articles from our legal journals on a variety of pressing legal topics.
Environmental Law 2025 – now in its 55th year – is taking place on February 20-21, 2025 in Washington, D.C., in person or via live webcast. Environmental Law 2025, co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute, will feature integrated panels of...
For over 40 years, ALI CLE has been bringing eminent domain practitioners together to examine the latest issues, engage in healthy debate, and get the information they need to stay current in their practice. This year, Eminent Domain and Land...
When real property subject to condemnation is within an area of urban renewal2 or is underutilized, understanding the potential for a highest and best use that differs from a property’s current use, as of the date of condemnation, is critical. This...
Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is gaining attention as an alternative to the traditional “first-past-the-post” electoral system, especially during the lead-up to the 2024 elections. RCV has the potential to make elections more competitive and ensure...
As a young lawyer in the late 1970s, I marveled at how my colleagues working for large law firms, (now called “Big Law”) could work at least 12 hours per day for at least four days a week and then some on weekends. My observation was that they were...
The administrative process by which tribal nations obtain trust status for land to conduct off-reservation gaming or other activities has been criticized by some as cumbersome, lengthy, and overly burdensome.1 With recently implemented amendments...
The practice of medicine has undergone a metamorphosis that has materially changed “the increasing gap between what doctors have traditionally been trained to do and the realities of modern clinical practice.”1 This article will examine these...
This article will focus on how lawyers and appraisers can work together to tackle difficult appraisal problems that don’t lend themselves easily to a simple comparable sales approach or where such an approach requires larger adjustments than are...
“I knew [he] was going to be a bad witness by the enormously confident way that he marched into the box, held the Bible up aloft and promised to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. He was that dreadful sort of witness, the...