New rules significantly expand the scope of existing sanctions on Russia and impose extensive new export controls.
This Client Alert is published in the context of fast-moving developments and should be read in...more
Recent decision points to the original intent of the California Public Records Act in the evolving debate over government transparency.
Key Points:
..California Supreme Court rules that emails and text messages sent...more
On June 6, 2016, in Backcountry Against Dumps et al. v. Jewell et al., the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of California upholding federal...more
On October 9, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit stayed the implementation of the Clean Water Rule (the Final Rule) nationwide. The Final Rule defines “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), a threshold term...more
On October 29, 2014, the Fourth District Court of Appeal of California upheld the Sierra Club’s challenges to the County of San Diego’s (“County”) approval of a climate action plan (“CAP”) and related significance thresholds...more
Intended to clarify confusion from prior US Supreme Court decisions, the rules could have far-reaching implications for many stakeholders.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of...more
Renewable energy developers continue to have an excellent track record of defeating project challenges.
In December 2012, we summarized nearly 10 years of litigation against renewable energy projects. Between the...more
On March 25, 2014, in The Protect Our Communities Foundation et al. v. Jewell et al. , the US District Court for the Southern District of California issued a decision on a challenge to the Tule Wind Project and found in favor...more
On March 14, 2014, in Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility et al. v. Beaudreu et al., the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision on multiple challenges to the Cape Wind Offshore Wind...more
On November 6, 2013, in The Protect Our Communities Foundation v. Salazar, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California rejected a challenge to the Ocotillo wind-energy project based on the National...more