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ICANN Sets the Schedule to Kill Domain Tasting (CircleID)domain tasting, as everyone probably knows by now, is the disreputable practice of registering lots of domains, seeing how much traffic they get, and then using the five day Add Grace Period (AGP) to refund the 99.9% of them that aren't worth paying for. A related abuse is front running, registrars speculatively grabbing domains that people inquire about to prevent them from using a different ...

School District has Eminent Domain Authority (Northland's News Center)The Duluth School District now has the right to use eminent domain to acquire property as needed for the Long Range Facilities Plan. But that authorization didn't come without extensive public outcry.

Port must pay $10.5M in eminent domain case (The Business Journal of Jacksonville)The Jacksonville Port Authority has been ordered by a judge to pay $10.5 million to lawyers who defended Keystone Coal Co. from the authority?s failed attempt to acquire the property through an eminent domain lawsuit.

Will State Get a Bargain in Columbia Eminent Domain Seizures? (The New York Observer) The Columbia Spectator is reporting that the Empire State Development Corporation decided today to take the properties of the last two hold-out owners in Columbia's West Harlem expansion footprint through eminent domain. It's not an unexpected move: In July, the ESDC declared the footprint blighted, setting the ball rolling toward an eminent domain seizure. The properties to be seized ...

NY State Decides to Use Eminent Domain in Manhattanville (Gothamist) Five months after state officials found the site "blighted," the Empire State Development Corporation voted to use eminent domain to seize real estate for Columbia's Manhattanville expansion. The Columbia Spectator reports , "The state's decision on Thursday, will allow the state to seize land from two holdouts who have not struck property deals with the University. In exchange, the ...

School board green lights eminent domain (WorldNetDaily)Despite emotional and sometimes teary-eyed objections from homeowners, a school board has approved using eminent domain to take privately owned land and develop new schools as part of its "Red Plan."

$2.8 million award in eminent domain suit (Appeal-Democrat)Peach and walnut orchards in Olivehurst are worth $1 million more than the government paid when acquiring the land by eminent domain for Feather River levee work, a jury decided Tuesday.

School Board Approves Use Of Eminent Domain (Northland's News Center)After heated concerns from the public, the Duluth School Board authorized the use of eminent domain, if need be, to acquire certain property in connection with the District's Red Plan.