Coastal Legal Issues and Topics

The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program has published a new issue of ”Water Log”: http://masglp.olemiss.edu/waterlog.html

Inside this issue:
• Institute for Marine Mammal Studies Challenges Sea Lion Placement Process
• Water Withdrawal Permitting: Not a “Taking” of the Endangered Whooping Crane
• BP and Anadarko Petroleum Liable for Civil…[Read more]

Be sure to check out the June 2014 issue of “Water Log”: http://masglp.olemiss.edu/waterlog.html

Inside this issue:

• Alabama Adopts New Shellfish Aquaculture Rule

• Water Wars: The Battle Rages On

• Deepwater Horizon Update: A Snapshot of Recent Rulings

• In The Dark: Goods Lost in Transit under the Carmack Amendment to the Interst…[Read more]

Rob Thomas posted a favorable review of an Article Lynsey Johnson and I wrote for the Environmental Law Institute on his very influential property rights blog, “inverse condemnation.” I think this posting is a huge step forward in an effort to reach out to the development community, an important part of the “Whole Community” we need to approach,…[Read more]

There is a very interesting decision handed down January 28, 2014 in a Case in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concerning a “Taking” in the context of the construction of coastal jetties by the US Army Corps of Engineers. In essence the court found that the plaintiffs were not barred by the Statute of Limitations from dem…[Read more]

Hi!

Several of us have been working within ABA for some time on potential ideas for promoting Resilient Communities. I am working with others to develop two major concepts into publications, books and or White Papers for Attorneys, Planners, Loss Reduction Specialists, Climate Adaptation Specialists, Hazard Mitigation Specialists, and all…[Read more]

Check out “Drowning in Place: Local Government Costs and Liabilities for Flooding Due to Sea-level Rise” by @truppert
Skip Navigation