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Chamber Files an Amended Building an Affordable California Act

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In October 2025, the California Chamber of Commerce filed the Building an Affordable California Act (BACA) voter initiative, a comprehensive reform to modernize California’s project approval process and remove longstanding...more

DLA Piper

RMA Reform At A Glance

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Introduction and overview of the reform - On 9 December 2025, the Government released the Natural Environment Bill and the Planning Bill, which are intended to repeal and replace the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) by...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Hydro-Québec Launches New Wind Power Call for Tenders in 2026

On December 11, 2025, Hydro-Québec announced that a new call for tenders for wind power projects will be launched in spring 2026 to meet Quebec’s growing demand for electricity....more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Hydro-Québec lance un nouvel appel d’offres éolien pour 2026

Le 11 décembre 2025, Hydro-Québec a annoncé le lancement d’un nouvel appel d’offres éolien au printemps 2026 afin de répondre à la croissance de la demande en électricité au Québec....more

Snell & Wilmer

Ninth Circuit Holds That Tribal Officials Cannot Claim Sovereign Immunity or Qualified Immunity Under the Prevent All Cigarette...

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Recently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that tribal officials could not claim sovereign immunity or qualified immunity from potential liability for failure to remit taxes on cigarette sales to the State of...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Kalshi Files New Lawsuit Challenging Enforcement Actions From Gaming Regulators in Connecticut

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In early December 2025, federally regulated derivatives exchange KalshiEX LLC filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut challenging a cease-and-desist order issued by the Connecticut Department of...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

B.C. Court of Appeal Rules Previous “Free Entry” Mineral Tenure Regime Inconsistent With UNDRIP

Overview - On December 5, 2025, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) issued its decision in Gitxaala v. British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner), overturning in part the decision of the Supreme Court of...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Une deuxième série de projets est soumise à l’examen du Bureau des grands projets du Canada

Le 13 novembre 2025, le premier ministre du Canada a annoncé la deuxième série de projets qui seront soumis à l’examen du Bureau des grands projets (le « BGP »). Par suite de l’adoption du projet de loi C-5, Loi édictant...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Making Canada's Energy Sector More Competitive: Key Takeaways From the National Energy Roundtable

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The global competitiveness of Canada's energy sector was front and centre at the 10th annual National Energy Roundtable conference in Toronto. A packed house of business leaders, innovators and policymakers shared their...more

Kilpatrick

Proposed New WOTUS Definitions and Impacts on Tribes

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On November 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule that would revise the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS), thereby implicating the...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Promise of an Energy Superpower: Canada and Alberta Sign Transformational MOU

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On November 27, 2025, the Governments of Canada and Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) in which they agreed to collaborate, alongside Indigenous peoples, to develop energy infrastructure that supports...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Mise à jour concernant l’appel d’offres sur l’approvisionnement en ressources à plus long terme en Ontario (Updated)

Le présent bulletin a été mis à jour le 21 novembre 2025 Le présent bulletin fait le point concernant l’appel d’offres sur l’approvisionnement en ressources à plus long terme (Long Lead-Time Request for Proposals) (l’« appel...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The Evolving "Best Available Science" Standard in Washington Land Use and Environmental Regulation

Governor Bob Ferguson's Executive Order 25-10, issued October 22, 2025, calls for a more meaningful, accountable relationship between Washington state and Tribal Nations. The Order directs all cabinet agencies to strengthen...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Ernst Calls for Audit Before Future 8(a) Sole Source Awards

On November 12, 2025 Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) sent letters to the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) Administrator Loeffler and the SBA Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) attacking the SBA’s 8(a) program. ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFTC Chair Nominee Defers to Courts on Sports Event Contracts Questions

During his November 19 nomination hearing for CFTC chair before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Michael Selig — currently chief counsel for the SEC Crypto Task Force — faced extensive questioning...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Federal Education Landscape Is Being Rebuilt in Real Time — Here Is What It Means for You

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced a sweeping set of six new interagency agreements (IAAs) that fundamentally alter how major federal education programs will be administered. These agreements —...more

Wenning Environmental

“Oh, Give Me A Home, Where The Buffalo Roam…”

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The debate over bison on private property centers on a long-standing tension among wildlife law, property rights, tribal sovereignty, and public safety in states where bison roam near private lands (e.g., Montana, Wyoming,...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Latest Updates on Ontario’s Long Lead-Time Request for Proposals (Updated)

This bulletin was updated on November 21, 2025. This is the latest on the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) Long Lead-Time Request for Proposals (LLT RFP). The LLT RFP aims to address growing demand in...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

General Ed: Trump Administration Transfers Responsibility to Other Agencies

On Nov. 18, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced six new interagency agreements (IAAs) with the departments of Labor (DOL), Interior (DOI), Health and Human Services (HHS) and State. These agreements reflect the...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Department of Education Enters Six Interagency Partnerships

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On Nov. 18, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced agreements with the Departments of Labor (DOL), Interior (DOI), Health and Human Services (HHS) and State with the intent to reduce administrative burden and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Actualizing Therapy from Psychedelic Compounds Requires Acknowledging the Past Pioneers as well as Encouraging Cooperation from...

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In this era of industrialized capitalism, there are serious economic incentives to promote products in nascent industries. Intellectual property and the corresponding legal framework help achieve this promotion. ...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Second Tranche of Projects Referred to Canada’s Major Projects Office

On November 13, 2025, the Prime Minister of Canada announced the referral of a second tranche of projects to the Major Projects Office (MPO). With the introduction of Bill C-5, An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Three Pending Superfund Appeals Could Shape CERCLA’s Future Application

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Federal appellate courts are currently confronting pivotal questions about hazardous substance designations, cultural natural resource damages, and judicial oversight of EPA settlements. D.C. Circuit to Hear PFAS CERCLA...more

Cozen O'Connor

Democratic AGs Stand Ground Against Proposal to Give Up Public Lands Protections

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Six Democratic AGs submitted a comment letter in opposition to a proposal by the U.S. Department of the Interior to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Conservation and Landscape Health Rule (Public Lands Rule)....more

Perkins Coie

BOEM Rapidly Advances Steps to Develop Critical Minerals in American Samoa and Commonwealth of Mariana Islands

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Last week, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced progress on its long-term plan to lease areas for critical mineral development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). First, on Nov. 10, 2025, BOEM...more

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