by Elizabeth | Jun 6, 2023 | Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown
Recently, a group of Chinese citizens living in Florida and a real estate brokerage firm—whose clients are primarily Chinese and Chinese American—have filed a lawsuit (Shen v. Simpson, No. 4:23-cv-208 (N.D. Fla. 2023)) against the state of Florida alleging that the...
by Elizabeth | May 16, 2023 | Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown
Ownership of U.S. land, specifically agricultural lands, by foreign persons or entities has been an issue that traces to the origins of the United States. In most states, foreign persons and entities have the same property rights as the citizens of those states. Other...
by Elizabeth | May 12, 2023 | Animal Law, Animal Welfare, Elizabeth Rumley
After considering a constitutional challenge to a California ballot initiative regulating space requirements for farm animals, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) ruled on May 11th in favor of the state of California, allowing the law to stand. The...
by Elizabeth | May 2, 2023 | Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown, State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland
In the past two years or so, as discussed in the first article of this series, the issue of restricting foreign investments and ownership in privately held farmland emerged or reemerged in the majority of states. This reemerging interest in restricting foreign...
by Elizabeth | Apr 18, 2023 | Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown
On April 3, 2023, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed into law House Bill 173 (“H 173”) which seeks to restrict certain foreign purchases of farmland located within the state. In 2023, the majority of states have proposed at least one piece of legislation that seeks to...
