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Podcast: Come and Take It: The Eminent Domain Podcast
Episode: Casey Pipes on Broadband Expansion via Utility Easements
Description: Casey Pipes, managing partner at the Helmsing Leach law firm in Mobile, Alabama, joins the show to discuss an emerging issue: the legislated expansion of existing utility easements to allow access by private broadband companies to install data cables. We discuss the motivation for and constitutional issues of these statutes, as well as current and potential implications for property owners. An interesting subtopic is how these issues specifically affect railroads, and what these types of statutes could mean for other private entities in the path of broadband expansion. Below are links to the case in Virginia and...