On June 26, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 799 (HB 799) into law. HB 799 allows property owners in Florida to create easements on their own land while retaining ownership of both the dominant and ...

Governor DeSantis signed HB 799 into law on June 27, 2024, impacting all developments subject to covenants or restrictions of any flavor, whether residential or commercial. Previous Issue: Recent ...

Most easements are created by a recorded instrument. Not so with one of the more exotic species of easement — the “equitable easement.” A case recently published by California’s Second Appellate ...

President Biden’s 2021 executive order supported the worldwide initiative (30x30) to protect 30% of Earth’s land and water by 2030. The effort would be collaborative, voluntary, and locally led.

Jessica Owley (Buffalo) has posted Changing Property in a Changing World: A Call for the End of Perpetual Conservation Easements, forthcoming in the Stanford Environmental Law Journal. The abstract: ...

An easement grants someone access to your property for practical purposes or for other reasons. For example, your neighbors may have access to a path on your property to get to the beach. While ...