Okay, you’re thinking, this is going to be one of Robbins’ columns on some bit of legal arcana. Well sort of… but not really. Especially if you care about your pocket book.Easements by necessity are, ...

Stuart M. Saft, a partner with Dewey & LeBoeuf, writes that Congress has provided the owners of real estate with the ability to donate the façade of a building that has historical significance; ...

Since Congress passed the bipartisan legislation that created conservation easements in 1980, the amount of land permanently protected from development has increased significantly. Today, nearly 30 ...

A person interested in purchasing real property should always determine whether any easements burden or benefit the real property and the impact such easements have on the real property. An easement ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Forever certainly is a long time. But so far, perpetuity has worked when it comes to South Dakota landowners signing conservation easements. This year, lawmakers will again look ...

New Jersey case law bars an increase in the burden imposed by a dominant estate beyond the limits that a servient estate should bear. Can access by easement to property benefitting a one-acre parcel ...

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In 1980, Congress enacted a law that provided land owners a tax break if they donate a conservation easement. The idea is simple: If someone owns land in some sort of environmentally sensitive area ...