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Power Plant Project Suspended After California Public Utilities Commission Ruling - Move Highlights Importance of Commission’s...

by Sophie Akins | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 5/10/2013

In a ruling that highlights how California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decisions can have broad impacts on proposed power projects, the CPUC recently denied San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) the authority to...more

CEQA Reform: The Cure May Be Worse Than The Disease

by Marc Bruner, Julie Jones, Barbara Schussman | Perkins Coie on 4/30/2013

According to the author’s April 23, 2013 press release, the amended version of Senate Bill 731 is a “comprehensive reform” of CEQA, “modernizing the law to aid California’s economic growth.” But a close review shows that the...more

SDNY Favors the SEC in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Action Involving Novel Issues of Statutory Interpretation

by Joseph E. Gallo, Emily Stern | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/26/2013

In a case addressing an issue of first impression involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the US District Court for the Southern District of New York adopted an expansive interpretation of the statute’s interstate...more

CEQA Year In Review 2012

by Marc Bruner, Julie Jones, Stephen Kostka, Geoffrey Robinson, Barbara Schussman | Perkins Coie on 1/3/2013

In This Issue: - Project Approvals Triggering CEQA ..Chung v City of Monterey Park (2012) 210 CA4th 394 ..Tuolumne Jobs and Small Business Alliance v Superior Court) 210 CA4th 1006 (petition for review pending,...more

Governmental Actions That May Assist Insurance Recovery for Superstorm Sandy Claims

by Lynda A. Bennett, Andrew S. Zimmerman | Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 12/21/2012

Following the widespread destruction caused by “Superstorm Sandy,” the governors of New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency and issued numerous emergency executive orders and directives. Some of these orders have...more

Florida Statute Of Limitation In Personal Injury And Medical Malpractice Actions

by Law Office of Paul B. Genet on 12/19/2012

A statute of limitation is a law that places a time limit on your ability to pursue a legal action. Unless there’s an exception, once the time limit expires, you lose your ability to file a lawsuit....more

California District Court Awaits Class Certification Motion in Wal-Mart

by Casie Collignon | BakerHostetler on 12/18/2012

On December 10, 2012, the California District Court denied Wal-Mart’s motion for an interlocutory appeal in a putative class action filed in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision not permitting certification of a...more

District Court Denies Equitable Tolling, Fifth Amendment Taking in Novartis Patent Term Adjustment Case

by Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff | Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/20/2012

In another significant Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) case decided last week (Novartis AG v. Kappos, Civ. Action No. 10-cv-1138 (Nov. 15, 2012)), the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found that Novartis could...more

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