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North Carolina Lawyers Weekly July 19, 2018 The North Carolina Department of Transportation will pay $2.5 million—almost three times what it initially deposited—for taking almost an acre and a half of right-of-way, plus other takings, from a four-acre tract in Union County as part of its construction of the Monroe Bypass, the landowner’s attorneys report. Read more here: https://nclawyersweekly.com/2018/07/19/landowner-to-get-2-5m-from-dot-almost-3x-deposit/

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly June 7, 2018 The North Carolina Department of Transportation will pay slightly more than $2 million for the taking of roughly 16 acres of right-of-way from a large tract of undeveloped land in Union County as part of the construction of the Monroe Bypass, the landowner’s attorneys report. Read more here: https://nclawyersweekly.com/2018/06/07/landowner-to-get-2m-from-dot-almost-3x-deposit/

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly February 12, 2018 In this issue, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly presents its annual compilation of million-dollar verdicts and settlements. Read more here: https://nclawyersweekly.com/2018/02/09/february-12-2018/

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP January 16, 2018 On Jan. 25, Jeremy Hopkins will speak at the American Law Institute CLE program, Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation. The event will be held in Charleston, S.C., and will be offered online and in person. Read more here: http://www.cshlaw.com/news/jeremy-hopkins-speak-eminent-domain-cle/

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly January 11, 2018 The North Carolina Department of Transportation has agreed to pay $2.5 million—almost twice the amount it originally offered—to compensate a Union County landowner for taking 23 acres of vacant land as part of the construction of the Monroe Bypass, the attorneys for the landowner report. Read more here: https://nclawyersweekly.com/2018/01/11/holistic-view-leads-to-bigger-settlement-for-landowner/

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly January 4, 2018 A real estate developer that had hoped to convert a 30.3-acre property in Indian Trail into a mixed-used shopping center and office complex has reached a $1.85 million settlement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation after the DOT condemned part of the land for its construction of the Monroe Bypass, attorneys for … Read More

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly January 4, 2018 A Greenville couple will receive $1.375 million from the N.C. Department of Transportation after the DOT condemned 46 acres of farmland that the couple owned and lived on, severing their 125-acre property into five irregularly shaped parcels, their attorneys report. Read more here: https://nclawyersweekly.com/2018/01/04/greenville-couple-receives-1-375-million-for-taking/

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly July 21, 2017 From the balconies of Bloomsbury Estates, seven floors of luxury apartments in the Boylan Heights section of Raleigh, residents have a commanding view overlooking the construction of Union Station, the new regional transportation hub due to be completed next year. The station will be a boon for the city, but comes at a … Read More

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly June 12, 2017 The North Carolina Department of Transportation will pay $8.6 million to compensate a Union County manufacturer for taking half an acre of highway access earmarked for the Monroe Bypass, an attorney for the manufacturer reports. Read more here: https://nclawyersweekly.com/2017/06/12/dot-to-pay-8-6-million-for-strip-of-land-along-highway/

Triangle Business Journal May 25, 2017 Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (CSH Law) today announced that Jeremy Hopkins has joined the firm’s Raleigh office as a Partner with the Land Condemnation & Eminent Domain Practice Group. Read more here: https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/potmsearch/detail/submission/6424501/Jeremy_Hopkins