SALEM - A bill to create statewide standards for handling claims under a voter-passed property compensation measure won Senate approval Thursday, with backers acknowledging the bill avoids dealing ...

The ruling authorizing the award is at odds with other federal court decisions holding that law-enforcement exercises of the "police power" are exempt from takings liability. Vicki Baker (Institute ...

TALLAHASSEE — In a dispute that started after Walton County temporarily closed beaches early in the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal judge has ruled against waterfront property owners who contended that ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...