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Looking Past the Pandemic: Local Government Quasi-Judicial Proceedings

By Michael Thelen on May 13, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Looking Past the Pandemic: Extensions of Development Permits and Statutory Vested Rights

By Michael Thelen on May 8, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Navigating Development Approvals in the Midst of the COVID-19

By WBD Admin on April 24, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Supreme Court Construes Local Law to Allow “Availability” Fees to be Charged Against Developed Property and Undeveloped Property

By Michael Thelen on March 5, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Site Plan Approval, Conditional Use Permits, and Statutory Vested Rights

By Michael Thelen on November 25, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Zoning Violation Sent to Landlord, Only, Nonetheless Started Tenant’s Appeal Clock

By Michael Thelen on November 21, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

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A Day Late and a Dollar Short – Jurisdictional Trap In the Rules of Appellate Procedure

By Michael Thelen on February 7, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

A lesson today from the Court of Appeals, in terms of the timeliness of filing an appeal.  Also, probably, the benefits of hiring a lawyer.  Now, it relates to marital property — not to land use — but procedural issues are important to all lawyers.  So, we think […]

Hey, Man, I Started the Ruckus—You Can’t Leave me Behind

By John Cooke on December 13, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

If you know the term “ruckus” – generally anything loud, confusing and conflicted — it’s often a dead-on description of a contested QJZ proceeding. Every QJZ proceeding begins with a person filing an application requesting a QJZ decision. The applicant starts the ruckus.

The Pitfalls of Pithy Latin Phrases

By John Cooke on November 28, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Crack open any law dictionary worth its salt and you will find the Latin phrase “Qui Tacet Consentire Videtur” or “He who is silent appears to consent.” Do not be fooled – context matters – a pithy Latin phrase is not a general rule of law. In American […]

Politics and Impartiality = Oil and Water

By John Cooke on November 14, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Sometimes, the simplest, local example teaches the deepest, global lesson – politics and impartiality do not mix.  Under the blanketing fog of politics and internet delivered news, it’s easy to become confused and actually believe you can thread the needle of politics and impartiality, but it can’t be […]

Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood… and I took the Smooth, Safe Path

By John Cooke on October 28, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken is a great American poem about choices.  In the poem, the fork where the two roads diverge provides no indication which path is the better path to travel.  In life and law, sometimes the better path is remarkably clear, but not everybody […]

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