Businesses that sell consumer products in California should be aware of upcoming changes to recycling label restrictions. Recently enacted California law requires that all products and packaging manufactured after October 4,...more
2/3/2026
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California continues to press forward with housing legislation. One of the most significant proposals to date, the Abundant & Affordable Homes Near Transit Act (SB 79), recently cleared the California legislature. SB 79 aims...more
9/26/2025
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Relief is not immediately in sight for companies subject to key California greenhouse gas emission laws. A federal court in California recently denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to pause compliance with SB-253,...more
8/21/2025
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What are the top legal and practical concerns stemming from a key California climate-change initative, its Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule that went into effect in October 2023? This initiative by the California Air...more
Should state and local governments be concerned about California’s 2024 mandate to purchase zero emission fleet vehicles given that many of those vehicles do not yet exist? Procopio's John Lormon and Matt Abbot address...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed amendments to Rule 14a-8 that revise three of the thirteen existing bases for the exclusion of shareholder proposals from a publicly traded company’s proxy statement...more
Organic waste collection regulations became effective as of January 1, 2022 for local government jurisdictions in California. Since 2006 California has aggressively pursued establishment of economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG)...more
1/31/2022
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