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What is happening? Short Term Rental hosts and operators serve as gateway for retailers. Retailers can showcase items in short term rentals that enhance local retail experiences. It is also an opportunity to test local products. Why does this matter? Retailers have to think outside the box at these new short term rental customers but […]

What is happening? Ohio lawsuit calls into question the constitutionality of Milford Ohio’s prohibition of non-owner occupied residential property as short-term or vacation rentals & establishing a 300ft buffer between short term rentals. Why does this matter? A conservative leaning US Supreme Court and property rights sounds like a match. 1851 Center for Constitutional Law […]

What is happening? US law is based in large part on English common law. The UK Law Reform Commission has a proposal to apply property rights to digital assets. We should probably pay attention. Comments are due by November 4th. Why does this matter? While it seems like the history of our laws and constitutional […]

What is happening? NYC creates 8 million pounds of organic waste per day. To minimize rat populations, Queens took to social media to promote its composting program. Queens data showed that encouraging composting of yard waste ultimately led to composting of kitchen scraps, and compostable takeaway containers. Why does this matter? If the 8 million […]

What is happening? North Dakota State Representatives Rick Becker and Jeff Magrum will introduce legislation in the 2023 legislative session that will “clarify that eminent domain may not be used to procure easements for carbon dioxide pipelines and prevents landowners from being financially ruined for trying to fight it in the court system,” Why is […]

What is happening? Iowa legislature has passed 3 Ag Gag laws to “to stop animal welfare groups from secretly filming livestock abuse.” All 3 have found to be unconstitutional infringement on free speech by the courts. Why is this important? The most recent Ag Gag law in Iowa would have made it a “crime to […]

What is happening? Landowners in Virginia are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court for relief from FERC’s granting of eminent domain authority to private pipelines. Why is this important? Landowners across the country are fighting either the granting of eminent domain to pipelines or how those with eminent domain authority exercise it. How will this […]

What is happening? Cleveland, Cleveland State University, and Case Western University are working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify illegal dumping. Why is this important? The technology would allow automatic notification to authorities when illegal dumping has occurred. The AI would compliment work of the illegal dumping task force. How will this be important? Cleveland […]

What is happening? Your property could soon be run by AI. Why is this important? Meet the software company behind the AI: PassiveLogic. Its “software is designed to help building operators, architects, engineers, and contractors automate their systems and advance on-site intelligence to meet operational needs and environmental, social, and governance goals.” H0w will this […]

What is happening? Friends of the Land is a group of Bastrop County residents that oppose a large scale solar installation that they say will involve clear cutting trees, impacting a flood zone and wildlife. The solar project is a Chapter 313 economic development project that Friends of the Land says will guarantee 1 full-time […]