Alan C. Weinstein, Inc.

Federal Land Use Law and Litigation, 2010 Ed. (Rochester: Reuters-Thomson/West Publishing 2010). Co‑ author with Brian Blaesser, Esq. New edition published annually since 2006.

Do “Off-Site” Adult Businesses Have Secondary Effects? Legal Doctrine, Social Theory, and Empirical Evidence, 31 Law and Policy 217 (2009). Co-author with Richard McCleary.

Current and Future Challenges to Local Government Posed by the Housing and Credit Crisis, 2 Albany Govt. L. Rev. 259 (2009).

Chapter 8, RLUIPA Challenges: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure, in Michael S. Giaimo & Lora A. Lucero, eds., RLUIPA Reader: Religious Land Uses, Zoning, and the Courts (American Bar Association and American Planning Association 2009).

The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and Local Government: Immediate and Future Challenges, Municipal Lawyer, Vol. 49, No. 3 (May/June 2008).

How to Avoid a “Holy War” – Dealing with Potential RLUIPA Claims, 60 Planning & Envtl. Law No. 3 (2008).

Recent & Upcoming Presentations

“Regulating Digital Signs & Billboards,” American Planning Association National Webinar (March 5, 2010).

“Adult Uses and Secondary Effects: The Empirical Evidence,” Richard E. Nelson Symposium on Local Government Liability Under Federal Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL (February 12, 2010).

"Municipal Liability for Regulating Religious Land Uses,” National League of Cities RISC Trustees Meeting, Louisville, KY (May 8, 2009).

“Adapting Street Graphics and the Law for Real World Sign Regulations,” Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana APA Chapters’ Regional Conference, Louisville, KY (October 16, 2008).

“Growth Management Regulations and Wetlands Protection,” CLE International Ohio Wetlands Conference, Cleveland, OH (October 2, 2008).

"Responding to the Foreclosure Crisis in Cuyahoga County," National Association of County Community and Economic Development Officials 33rd Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA (September 8, 2008).

"The American Experience with Affordable Housing Policies," Department of City Planning, the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. (July 22, 2008).

Federal Land Use Law & Litigation

Co-authored by Brian Blaesser & Alan C. Weinstein and published as an annual edition by Reuters-Thomson-West.

Chapter Summary

Overview Of Constitutional    Limitations

Due Process and Equal Protection

Takings

Freedom Of Expression

Signs, Billboards and Newsracks

Adult Entertainment Businesses

Religious Institutions & Uses

Federal Environmental Statutes

Discriminatory Zoning

Federal Statutes Impacting Land Use Regulation

Remedies For Constitutional Violations

Access To The Federal Courts