Below you will find articles from our legal journals on a variety of pressing legal topics.
Oregon and Washington are not alone in their desperate need for 550,0001 and 1,100,000 new housing units2 within the next 20 years, respectively. The entire nation continues to struggle with a lack of housing supply.3 Meanwhile, many...
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...
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...
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...
It is axiomatic that “you can’t get the value right if you get the highest and best use wrong.”1 There may be no more fundamental concept in the valuation of property under the Fifth Amendment’s just compensation clause than that fair market value...
There are people who believe that zombies will take over the world one day. Today, however, digital information rules the world. In the United States and many other industrialized nations, almost all non-verbal communications (as well as notes and...
“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” Dwight D. Eisenhower Although representation in transactional work differs from being counsel in a claim or litigation, my experience as an advocate, mediator, and arbitrator has enabled me to...
PUBLIC USE Detailed Factual Findings on Public Benefit are Required In re Gen. Mun. Auth. of City of Nanticoke involved a private benefit challenge to a proposed taking allegedly for construction of affordable elderly housing.1 In consolidated...
“This land is your land, this land is my land.This land was made for you and me.”—Woody Guthrie INTRODUCTION The iconic Woody Guthrie Song “This Land Is Your Land” is a song celebrating the great diversity of landscapes which define the geography...