Preti Flaherty partner, Steve Langsdorf , is featured in a Kennebec Journal story on his representation of the Town of Chelsea.
The town could end up paying $50,000 if it went to court, according to its attorney, Stephen Langsdorf, of the Preti Flaherty law firm. He said there’s also no guarantee that the town would win, although he thinks the town would have a strong case.
A recent Supreme Court ruling in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado makes it clear that impact fees adopted by a legislative body may work as an unconstitutional taking of property. The Issue: This...
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Early this week, in response to the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota (598 U.S. (2023)) , the Maine Legislature passed emergency legislation establishing a new process for...
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