California Eminent Domain Report

We are excited to be hosting our Eminent Domain seminars in person once again! Please join us in San Francisco on March 14th or Costa Mesa on March 28th. These complimentary programs will focus on current issues involving right of way, property acquisitions and eminent domain. Key topics to be covered by our panels of leading industry professionals include:

• Inverse Condemnation and Disaster: Exploring the interplay of natural disaster and potential liability to public entities in cases such as fire and flood;
• Environmental Considerations for Right of Way Acquisition: Identifying ...

For our readers who do not subscribe to Nossaman's Eminent Domain & Valuation Group E-Alerts, I'd suggest you check out our 2012 Eminent Domain Year in Review & 2013 Forecast.  There have been a lot of published court decisions this year, along with some interesting stories making the headlines.  The year in review is a nice, concise summary of what's taken place, and also a look forward to what to expect in 2013. 

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2009 has come and gone.  With it, we moved one more year past 2005's Kelo decision -- and a lot closer to what those of us who have worked in eminent domain for many years consider "normal."  Massive eminent domain reform efforts seem -- for now -- to be a thing of the past.

The California Legislature passed no substantive changes to California's eminent domain law, and the closest we came to a marquee eminent domain case last year was probably the Marina Towers decision, which was much discussed, but does not represent any sweeping changes to California law.

Still, there were a few notable ...