An easement grants someone access to your property for practical purposes or for other reasons. For example, your neighbors may have access to a path on your property to get to the beach. While ...

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; ...

An appeals court this month sided with the Montecito Club, a private facility located at 920 Summit Road. A neighboring property had built on the club’s easement in 2020 without permission, the court ...

Palm Beach’s federally backed Midtown beach nourishment project is ready to start in January, after the Town Council unanimously approved a construction waiver that allows the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach head Danielle Del Sol led a recent panel discussion on the pros and cons of historic easements.

Conservation easements aren’t about locking land away. They’re about keeping land productive and viable so ranches remain ...

More than 60 acres of former lagoon property in Chesterfield Township is now protected from development by a conservation easement. The Chesterfield Township Board of Trustees voted 4-3 on June 11 to ...

Conservation easements are supposed to shield land from development forever, not enable it years down the road. But in Florida, at times key road connections — or political connections — trump the ...

Construction tied to a decades-old sewer easement in Huntington Beach is sparking a legal battle, with some homeowners saying they could lose large portions of their yards, including swimming pools.