Written by Alan Ackerman A ChatGPT search indicates that a broker forfeits the right to a fee when the listed property is acquired through eminent domain. Typically, brokers are…
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Below is an article our firm released in the September 2025 issue of Latches, the Oakland County Bar Association’s official publication. The Oakland County Bar website can be accessed here:…
Written by Robert Kuhn and Alan Ackerman A central issue going to both the valuation of damages and the extent of a taking in eminent domain cases is whether…
In the winter of 2025, Alan Ackerman, Hon. Matthew Ackerman, and Robert Kuhn taught a class on eminent domain and property rights at the Michigan State University College of Law….
Written by Robert Kuhn and Alan Ackerman The Marquette Board of Light and Power (“MBLP”) is continuing forward with its new electric transmission line project, titled the “Second Interconnection…
Written by Robert Kuhn and Alan Ackerman Condemning agencies contemplating the use of eminent domain at times hire third-party acquisition agents to purchase properties ahead of an incoming infrastructure…
Written by Robert Kuhn and Alan Ackerman The International Transmission Line (“ITC”) and its subsidiary, the Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (“METC”), are currently seeking easements to install new…
Last month, I had the incredible honor of being elected to the Michigan Court of Appeals. While I am thrilled to begin this new chapter as a judge, leaving my…
Principles of Compensation for the Taking of Gasoline Petroleum Station Operations This article discusses the basic issues of valuation for gasoline stations involved in eminent domain proceedings by governmental agencies….
One of the highlights of my legal career was representing property owners in County of Wayne v. Hathcock, a landmark Michigan Supreme Court case that overturned the controversial Poletown Neighborhood…
In an April blog, I wrote that The Practical Real Estate Lawyer was publishing my article, The Pitfalls of Objectively Measured Just Compensation: When Market Value Isn’t Enough, in its September 2024 issue. …
Thank you to Mitch Galloway for quoting us in his Farm News article, “ITC Transmission Line Plan Moves Forward in Eaton, Gratiot, Calhoun, Branch Counties.” As we wrote last week,…
The Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (“METC”), an International Transmission Company subsidiary, has filed two applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity for the construction of major transmission lines…
As referenced in an earlier blog, Alan and Mathew co-authored an article in The Practical Real Estate Lawyer‘s May 2024 issue. The article is titled “Valuation of Partial Takings.” In…
Last summer, I wrote a blog about why just compensation—which is based on the ‘objective’ standard of what a property would sell for on the open market—shortchanges residential property owners…