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DOT wants to cap legal fees for takings by Dustin Block Dolan Media Newswire January 14, 2009 The Wisconsin Department of Transportation wants to make it more difficult for property owners to contest the price the state agency offers when it acquires their land for public construction projects.

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The Owners' Counsel of America was honored with the opportunity to present the Crystal Eagle Award to Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 for their dedication to the protection of private property rights and for exposing the many eminent domain abuses of our government. OCA Members Alan Ackerman (MI), Michael Rikon (NY), and Edward McKirdy (NJ) accompanied by Anthony Della Pelle (NJ), presented each gentleman...

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On Tuesday, January 6, the Owners' Counsel of America will present the Crystal Eagle Award to Sean Hannity & Alan Colmes, of Fox News "Hannity & Colmes," in recognition of their contributions to protecting and promoting private property rights and exposing eminent domain abuse.

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Yesterday, the Institute for Justice released the following press release regarding the recent lawsuit filed by Dallas, Texas Developer H. Walker Royall against author Carla Main, Professor Richard Epstein and Ms. Main's publisher, Encounter Books, regarding Ms. Main's book: Bulldozed: “Kelo,” Eminent Domain, and the American Lust for Land. The book can be purchased online at http://www.amazon.com/dp/1594031932/

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Thanks to Alan Ackerman for bringing to our attention on his blog the Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial below commenting on the successful ballot initiative proposed by Owners' Counsel of America Member, Kermitt L. Waters, Las Vegas, Nevada. Kermitt L. Waters and the attorneys at The Law Offices of Kermitt L. Waters have a combined 70 years experience defending Nevada landowners against eminent domain.

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The fifth annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference and presentation of the 2008 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize was held the weekend of October 17th at the College of William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia. The 2008 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize was presented to Professor Robert C. Ellickson, the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law at Yale Law School, during a candle lit dinner in the...

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The following article appeared in The Detroit News on Friday, September 12, 2008. The article does not mention that the initial offer made by the Road Commission to Mr. Awdish was $7,000. Disclosure: The property and business owner, Frank Awdish, is represented by OCA attorney, Alan Ackerman, Ackerman, Ackerman & Dynkowski, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

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October 1, 2008 - The Institute for Justice released the following story about the eminent domain battle over private property in Nashville's Music Row. Victory for Music Row Entrepreneur Joy Ford In Nashville Eminent Domain Dispute Ford Keeps Her Building & Gets More Land, Conflict Settled through Private Negotiation, Not Government Force

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This article appeared in the ABA's Probate & Property Magazine, May/June 2008 and is reprinted here with the permission of the author. The Perils of Prior Appraisal By Michael Rikon, Esq.

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In a NY Sun article yesterday, NY State Senator Bill Perkins, Democrat from Harlem, is said to be calling for a moratorium on eminent domain and a possible push for greater restrictions on the use of eminent domain. "I don't know of too many other issues where you have such diverse and pervasive outrage," Perkins said in a recent interview.

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