Condemning agencies contemplating the use of eminent domain at times hire third-party acquisition agents to purchase properties ahead of an incoming infrastructure project without the provision of written good faith offers. This…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Zoning, Planning & Land Use, Real Estate - Residential
The International Transmission Line (“ITC”) and its subsidiary, the Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (“METC”), are currently seeking easements to install new transmission lines as part of their Long-Range Transmission…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (“METC”), an International Transmission Company subsidiary, has filed two applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity for the construction of major…
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/ Construction Law, Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Residential
Last summer, I wrote a blog about why just compensation—which is based on the ‘objective’ standard of what a property would sell for on the open market—shortchanges residential property owners subjected to eminent domain. In…
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/ Civil Procedure, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
* The following blog is an adaptation of the presentation Alan Ackerman and Matthew Ackerman gave on “The Fundamentals of Easement Valuation” at the American Law Institute’s Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Seminar in…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
One of the most common types of cases we handle is utility takings for transmission lines. As governments attempt to improve the electrical grid to support the transportation of wind and solar energy, this type of case is…
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/ Civil Procedure, Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In my last blog, I wrote about the shortcomings of compensating displaced property owners based on the ‘objective’ standard of the market value of their property. That standard ignores the owners’ ‘subjective’ losses, such as…
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/ Civil Remedies, Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
When we take on an eminent domain case, our primary goal is to put our client in the best position possible. In some cases, that means fighting the taking itself, as my dad (and boss) did in the well-known Wayne County v…
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/ Civil Remedies, Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Our office routinely handles utility takings, which often involve partial takings of easements for transmission lines or pipelines. As governments attempt to improve the electrical grid to support the transportation of wind and…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
